The Turkish Riviera is considered by most tourists visited very happy. It is one of the typical holiday destinations with plenty of sunshine and good food. The Turkish Riviera stretches from the Antalya province in the west to the Cape in her Anamur East. Here you will find anywhere really crusader castles and other evidence of the very troubled past. Amid the province of Antalya, which is in the east of the city of Alanya after Kalkan up in the West expands, lies on a cliff the beautiful city of Antalya. It has a marina and excellent hotels. The city is really ideal as a starting point for excursions such as the ancient Greek cities of Perge, Aspendos and Side. In the town of Antalya itself can the mosques Kesik Minar, the Hadriantor and Yivli Minare as well as the Roman tower Hidirlik Kulesi visit.

In the west of the city of Antalya, near the town of Kemer, one finds a Village Club Mediterrane. Each cottage is on the combination of flair turkish designed with Western demands.
Before the Hellenistic city of Perge walls is a particularly well-preserved Roman amphitheater. Here you will find a Triumphal Arch, an agora, and a thermal spa. In very impressive amphitheater from the 2nd Century Greek tragedies are still shown. In the north of the city lies the magnificent Roman aqueduct. In the town of Side, a rather lively resort, you can almost intact ancient Greek city walls to see. There is also a fountain, a theater, 2 Agoras and the Roman baths. The city of Alanya, one of the most popular resorts on the Mediterranean, lies at the foothills of the Taurus Mountains.

It is located directly below a Seljuk Citadel. The tour leads along the coast by boat along the cliffs and beautiful hidden coves. By a Citadel with three walls has a great view. Probably the world’s largest reptile park, the EKO-Park near Tekirova is since the year 2005 for the public to visit. In this park, at the moment is 50,000 square meters in size, it can be a variety of different snake species, frogs, turtles and giant lizards as well as many types of cacti, medicinal plants and exotic trees to admire. Continue toward the east to get to Anamur. The cityscape is a cliff lying on a Byzantine castle dominates. Incidentally, I have nowhere as many water turtles seen in the moat. Before louder turtles, you can see almost no water. The museum presents this historic city finds the various archaeological sites of this region. A tip from me: Enter no more shorts, it resembles a running the gauntlet and is not really a pleasure.
Please note that the distance between Alanya and Anamur is very unfallträchtig. This is not last in the monotonous road mostly soporific effect on motorists. Follow the trail continues, so you come sometime after Mersin
The ancient port city of Mersin has been built on old foundations. In Mersin you can feel very clearly that less tourists go on holiday. With his English skills you can not often shine. Further east lies the city of Adana. It is a center of the cotton industry. The bazaar, as well as the crusader castles and the Hittites settlements here are very worth seeing.

Asia Minor or Anatolia, is part of the Republic of Turkey, one of Southeast Asia counts. Cyprus is often also expected to Anatolia. The area of Anatolia is 757,000 km ². It makes around 97% of territory from. This represents about 2% of the whole of Asia. In the south, bordering the Mediterranean Sea to Anatolia. In the north, however, lies the Black Sea. West to find the Ägais in the north and west of Anatolia, the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara. Since 1930 the population has nearly quintupled. Today it consists primarily of Turks, Kurds and the Turkish members of other tribes. For the religions of Islam clearly dominates. Around 98% of the Turkish population belong to him. The Christians, however, are in the minority. Only about 0.2% committed to this belief. In 1910, there were still about 20%.

As a boundary between continental Europe and Asia has been ever since the Bosporus. Here lies the city of Istanbul. Istanbul is since the year 1970 by approximately 2 million people to around 12 million inhabitants to grow. The “city on the Bosphorus” is due to the intercontinental Straits divided into 2 parts. The one is European and the other part is Asian. The two parts are covered by a very tight ship traffic and 2 bridges linked. In 2009, the construction of the sea under the railway running through tunnels planned. The 2nd Straits to Anatolia, the Dardanelles. They lie between the European Gallipoli peninsula and the region of Troy and Canakkale. Are considered geologically but also Asia and Europe. The climate is strongly influenced continental. There are hot and dry summer and very cold and snowy winter.

In the east, temperatures often drop to minus 30 degrees. Sometimes they are even lower. Anatolia can be divided into eastern Anatolia, Central Anatolia, Southeastern Anatolia, the Mediterranean region, the Black and Marmara region. Eastern Anatolia is geographically the largest and regarded by the population of view the smallest of the 7 geographical areas of Turkey. It has an area of 163,000 km ² and represents approximately 20% of the territory dar. His official title is Dogu Anadolu Bölgesi. Central has a surface area of 151,000 km ². It is the 2nd enjoy the largest Turkey. Southeastern has a surface area of 75,000 km ². It is the second smallest of the 7 geographical areas. Officially, the name rings Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi, which translates Southeast Anatolia region means.

The Turkish Mediterranean region is also a geographical area of the country. The region represents approximately 15.4% of the national territory It is one of the most visited regions in Turkey. The Black Sea region represents approximately 18.1% of the national territory It is the 3rd largest region of Turkey. The Marmara Region has an area of 67,000 km ². It is the smallest but most populous of the 7 areas of the country. The official name of the Marmara region is Bölgesi, which translated means Marmara region. It represents just 9% of the territory dar. Of all the regions are the Marmara and the Mediterranean area for the most popular tourist regions in order to spend their holidays.

On the former territory of modern Turkey prevailed at the time, Armenians, Greeks, Persians and Hittites and the Greeks this in turn under the ruler Alexander the Great. Asia Minor was then the Roman empire in its dominion incorporated. This reign of the Roman Empire lasted until 4th Century AD on. According to this rule Asia Minor fell to Byzantium.

After the arrival of the Seljuk, began the Turkish settlement in Anatolia in the 11th Century AD The home of the Turks was originally in western China and Central Asia.

The Byzantine army was in the Battle of Mantzikert by the Seljuk in the year 1071 beaten. The Rum Seljuk Sultanate founded it 1077 and then the Ottomans conquered vast territories of East and Mittelanatoliens. By the Mongol invasion of the Seljuk Empire weakened greatly, so that several Turkish tribes made independently. For these Turkish principalities (Beyliken) later formed the Ottoman Empire. From the perspective of the western side, the country was in the twelfth century as Turchia named.

Ca.1299 Osman I founded the Ottoman Empire, which was named after him, as well as the Ottoman dynasty. After the Ottoman Constantinople in the year 1453 have conquered, they prevailed over large parts of the Middle East, and through the Balkans, the Caucasus, North Africa and the Crimea.

After the spread of the Ottoman Empire before Vienna was brought to a standstill and the Ottoman army at Kahlenberg in 1683 was beaten, pushed to the Ottoman Empire from its European territories west of the Sea of Marmara, between Istanbul and Edirne back. The growing independence of some nations in the multi-ethnic state of the Ottoman Empire, began in the 19th Century. Because the occupation of North Africa by some European powers and the loss in the First World War, brought the downfall of the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire during the First World War fought on the side of the Central Powers, Britain and France since the Armenians were promised an independent state had feared the Ottoman government to reduce their areas that they can not tolerate wanted. It started then created a relocation action, the only excuse was taken to live in the area to kill Armenians. This genocide of the Armenians is still by the Turkish government deny.

The Ottoman Empire lost after the defeat of the Central Powers, because of the peace treaty of Sevres outside his areas of Anatolia and Thrace. The territory of modern Turkey should be crushed. The city of Smyrna (Turkish Izmir) and some parts of western Anatolia, Greece was awarded, the areas around Adana got the Italians and the French were Cilicia and Syria. In the eastern regions of Turkey, an Armenian state emerge. Those plans were unfortunately until now not be implemented.

Against these plans Ataturk began from 19 May 1919 with the military and political resistance. From 1920, the struggles against Greece is always fierce. He finished in 9th September 1922 with the demise of the Greek occupied Smyrna (Izmir). With this decline, many Turks and Greeks their homeland.

On 24 July 1923 was the Treaty of Lausanne, the Treaty of Sevres revised.
Thus, the present valid borders, international law recognized. Also, the population exchange with Greece was in the normal path. Mustafa Kemal called on 29 October 1923 from the Republic after the foreign forces were expelled.

The opening of accession negotiations with the European Union, Turkey reached after 40-years of effort on 3 October 2005.

Turkey, officially called Republic of them, moreover also Turkey or to Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyet is a country in Asia.  Around 97% of the area of the country belong to Asia. Only about 3% belong to Europe. War of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk founded. Incidentally, this is a name you should remember. In almost every major city has a monument to the founder of the Turkish Republic. Negative comments about him you should refrain. Turkey is a secular state, which means a holiday in this Muslim country actually, is for the tourists hardly represents a switch, because he is from the other faiths hardly noticed something when he does not want. Secularism is the founder of the State of Mustafa Kemal “Ataturk” back. He was highly anxious, Turkey, following the example of Europe to modernize.
A good example of secularism in Turkey are the schools. While in Bavarian schools often to see the cross, may in the whole of Turkey in a school no headscarf worn. Even the religious education is a private event with which the school has nothing to do. The Turkey extends over 2 continents. Anatolia, which is the Asian part of Turkey is, claimed about 97% of the area of the country. The European part is located in the west. Thrace, as the name, covers around 3% of the country. At Anatolia, most Germans prejudices. Did you know that even the great coastal resorts such as Bodrum or Antalya Anatolia belong?

The borders of Turkey have a length of about 9,850 km. These assets were approximately 7,200 km from the sea framed. In the west of the country to find the Aegean Sea. Here are cities such as Izmir. The nearest airport is located here in Antalya. In the north of the country lies the Black Sea. Here lies, for example, Samsun. This region is known for its black tea as well as all annual hazelnut harvest. Turkey has a total of 8 borders with neighboring states. Here one finds in Greece (in the long term for many other tourist plays an important role, because a day trip to Greece is the visa for Turkey easily extend), Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq and Syria. Disputes between Syria and Turkey and to provide for tension. In the tourist regions to get them but nothing with and abroad will also take nothing for fear tourists might stay away. Tourists respond to such messages are always sensitive, but believe me, nothing really gets you in and feels in Turkey is always safe.

The north of the country, however, is a case for itself. It lost only very rarely tourists out. The region is earthquake-prone and not really nice to Turkey holiday. Earthquake in Turkey are, however usual. However, if you already gets panic, was reassured. The last earthquake I have a circulatory disorder kept, so it was unspectacular.

The Turkey is still considered to be cost-effective alternative to sun destinations such as Spain or Dubai.

Thermal and therapeutic springs
Ciban (Yavansu Venus) Kaphcasi: 4 kilometers southeast of Kusadasi. The waters are good for skin disorders.
31 icmeleri: 300 meters south of the Tusan Hotel.
Güzel Camli Kaplıcasi: Located at Güzel Qamli beach, south of Kusadasi.
Kemer Kaplicasi: 4 kilometers south of Kusadasi. The waters are good for stomach and intestinal disorders.
Dilek Peninsula National Park
This extensive park is a veritable paradise of natural beauty that one may visit on the Aegean coast and it contains an interesting collection of flora as well as coves and beaches, and picnic spots. It is an ideal place for walking tours, recreation, and water sports. The park is located 28 miles from KuÅŸadasi and may be reached by highway or by sea.

Beaches
Kadinlar Denizli Plaji: 3 kilometers from Kusadasi
Güvercin Ada Plaji: A brief walk
Yilanci Burnu Plaji: Located at Yilanci Burnu behind Club 33 on the far side of Kesedagi. One may walk there from town.
Yavansu Plaji: A natural beach located 6 kilometers from Soke.
Karaova Plaji: 6 kilometers from Kusadasi.
Güzel Camli (Zeus) Plaji: Located in the national park, 23 kilometers from Kusadasi.
Küçük and Büyük Kalamaki Plaji: Located in the national park, 30 kilometers from Kusadasi.
Odun iskelesi Plaji; A natural beach located beyond the Kalamaki beaches. Access is by sea.
Dipburnu Plaji; Shallow along the shore. Access is by sea
Nero Plaji: Deep along the shore. Access is by sea.

Kuşadası

Located 71 kilometers from the Aydin provincial capital, the county of Kusadasi includes the eastern and southeastern coastal plain of the Kusadasi gulf as well as the low plateau immediately inland of it. The county is enclosed by mountains to the east and south.
The driving force of the county’s economy is tourism and the businesses and services associated with such enterprises, though agriculture is still an important activity.
The county seat borders on Selguk and Pamucak to the north and terminates in the Dilek peninsula on the south. Because Ku§adasi is so conveniently located for access to such important touristic areas as izmir, Efes, Meryem Ana, Selguk, Milet, Didim, Pamukkale, Marmaris, and Bodrum, it is unquestionably the most important tourism center in western Anatolia. Owing also to its proximity to the Greek island of Samos, it also serves as crossing-point for tourists passing between Turkey and Greece.
The abundant availability of means of transportation has been one of the most important factors contributing to the county’s development. Highways provide convenient connections to Menderes International Airport (Izmir) and work is underway on a project for a local airport serving Kusadasi. Ku§adasi also contains two main harbors, one of them being a yacht basin offering full international-class services.

Within the town and in its immediate vicinity there are a large number of beaches, hotels, motels, camping grounds, holiday villages, and other places of entertainment and for this reason, life here during the summer months is quite active and varied.
While there are a number of different theses concerning when and by whom the town was originally founded, its location between the ancient Ionian settlement of Pygela nearby to the north and Panionium to the south in the town of Davutlar as well as the substantial development here both indicate that Kusadasi must be quite an old settlement.
Kusadasi came under Ottoman control in 1413 and a number of public improvements were made by Oküz Mehmet Pasha. Under successive Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman control, Kusadasi fulfilled a number of important duties as a port and military base. It became part of the province of Aydin in 1954.
Panionium
The Panionium was a temple built by the twelve cities of Ionia located in what is now the town of Davutlar. The lonians gathered here to hold the festival called the Panionia and also to deliberate and come to decisions on matters affecting them all.
Neapolis
Neapolis is located on Yilanci Burnu quite near Kusadasi. It is believed to be the oldest Ionian settlement in the area.
Küçük Ada Kalesi
Located on Guvercin island in the bay, this fort is a rather old structure. In the 19th century, it was used by the Ottomans as on advanced outpost against possible attacks from the islands during the Morean rebellion. When the island’s pier was built, the island was connected to the mainland by means of a breakwater and a road.

Okuz Mehmet Pasha Kervansarayi
Located near the Kusadasi pier, this caravanserai was also built in 1618 by Okuz Mehmet Pasha. The structure is surrounded by high crenellated walls like a fortress and has two stories and an interior courtyard. It is used as a hotel nowadays.

Kaleiçi Camii
Located within the Kusadasi shopping area, this mosque was built in 1618 by Grand Vizier Okuz Mehmet Pasha. The doors on the entrance are decorated with interlocking geometric patterns and are inlaid with mother of pearl.
Kaleiçi Hamami
Another addition to Kusadasi’s architecture by Okuz Mehmet Pasha, the hammam was built at the same time as the caravanserai and fortress.

Thermal and therapeutic springs

Aydın Kaplicasi: These thermal springs are located east of the city and are a favorite picnic spot.

imamkoy Kaplicasi: Another thermal spring, this one is located in the village of imamkoy, east of Aydın.

Guzellik Suyu: This river is located east of Aydın.
A particularly popular place to visit in summer is Pasa Yaylasi, a high plateau whose pines and ancient plane trees, ice-cold streams, cool air, and quiet surroundings make it an ideal outdoor recreation and picnic spot.

Aydın’s museum is located next to the indoor sports arena on Gazi Boulevard. It was originally founded in 1968. This modern museum has 1,500 square meters of indoor space and a courtyard and an outdoor exhibition area measuring 3,025 square meters. At the entrance and in the outdoor area, column capitals and works of stone brought here from the city of Tralles are on display.
The interior of the museum consists of three sections in which works are displayed chronologically. The museum’s collection includes a large number of statues, building fragments, terra cotta and metal objects, coins, grave finds, and idols dating from prehistoric, Hittite, Roman, and Byzantine times. Among the more important objects one may see are a bust of Athena, a statue of a Nike, and a bust of Marcus Aurelius.
In the Hall of Ethnographic Works, mostly traditional objects typical of the Aydin region such as garments, accessories, decorative articles, hand tools, weapons, and so on are on display.
The province of Aydin is quite rich in historical remains and as the museum lacks the space to display them all, there are numerous objects in its storerooms.
Some of the most important old bridges built during various periods in Aydin are ilhanoglu Koprusu, Cavus Koprusu, and Karanlik Kopru.

Ãœveys Pasa Camii
Located in the district of Kopriilu, this mosque was built in 1568 by Uveys Pasha, then governor-general of Egypt. The minaret has a single balcony and is decorated with muqarnases (stalectite forms).

Hasan Çelebi Camii (Eski-Yeni Cami)
Located in the district of Hasan Efendi, this mosque was built in 1585 by Hasan Celebi, a brother of Uveys Pasha, governor-general of Egypt. The mosque has a marble mihrab (niche indicating the direction of Mecca) and a mimber (pulpit) that are adorned with lace-ike decorations. The minaret, which appears rather slender, was rebuilt around the beginning of this century.
Ramazan PaÅŸa Camii
Located in the district of Ramazan Pasa, this mosque was built in 1594 by Governor-General Ramazan Pasha. This mosque is important in the history of the Turkish War of Independence as it was here that a meeting was held on 22 May 1919 at the beginning of the war at which it was decided to offer resistance. Artistically, it is an interesting structure with its Baroque features, its stained-glass work, its plaster decorations, and its carved woodwork.
Ahmet Pasa Camii (Agagarasi Camii)
Located in the district of Guzelhisar, this mosque was built in 1659 by Ahmet Jems! Pasha. The mosque is also known as Kirmizi Minareli Cami (”Red-brick Minaret Mosque”) owing to its red-brick minarets.
Süleyman Bey Camii
Located below the train station, this mosque was built in 1683 by Hajji Siileyman Bey and is a typical example of classical Ottoman architecture. The interior of the dome is decorated with late-period brushwork.
Cihanoglu Camii and Kulliyesi
Located in the district of KoprulG, this mosque was built in 1756 by Professor Cihanoglu Abdiilaziz. It is an important example of the architecture of the Turkish Baroque. Attached to the mosque is a kulliye (complex of associated buildings with social functions) that includes a medresse, a tomb, a bazaar, and fountains.
Nasuh Pasa Kulliyesi
Also located in the districit of Koprulu, this kulliye was built in 1708 by Nasuh Pasha, who hailed from Aydin. It includes a masjid, a khan (called Zincirli Han), and a hammam (Nasuh Pa§a Hamami) arrayed around a medresse.
Haci Omer Dede Mescidi
Located in the district of Kurtuluj, this buying was originally built as a dervish lodge by someone known as Hajji Omer. It was later converted to a masjid.
Fatma Hanim Sebili and Subyan Mektebi
Located in the district of Hasan Efendi, this structure is believed to have been built in the 18th century. The lower part is a seb/7 (a large, public fountain) while the upper part Is a children’s school
Atika Hanim Çeşmesi and Türbesi
Located in the district of Kdprulu, the fountain and tomb were built in 1774 by Atika Hanim, daughter of Abdullah Pasha
Gümrükönü (Çifte) Hamam
Located in the district of Giimrukonu, this is an interesting example of 16th century Ottoman public bath construction, it is not certain who it was built by.
Cemal Bey Hamami
Located in the district of Kdprulu, this hammam appears to have been built in 1764 by someone called Cemal Bey.
Egri Kümbet
This is a tomb but whose is unknown. From its stylistic features it would appear to have been built in the 18th century. In an earthquake in 1899, the structure leaned somewhat to the right and it is because of this appearance that it is now known popularly by its present name, which means “Leaning Tomb”.