Edens of Turkey

Aegean Region Turkey

About eight centuries were here until the late Leto, Artemis and Apollo worshipped. The ruins of temples and other buildings, together with the remains of Xanthos since 1988 the World Cultural Heritage (World Heritage, UNESCO). The two sites in Lycia (Asia Minor, Turkey) lie about 35 km southeast of Fethiye.

Ephesus (Latin Ephesus, Ἔφεσος Greek, Turkish Efes, hittite Apaša verm) was one of the most important and oldest Greek cities of Asia Minor (now Turkey) in antiquity. Both name and initial settlement date from vorgriechischer time.
Ephesus is located approximately 70 km south of Izmir, near the western Turkish coast (Aegean) in the ancient landscape Ionia. […]

Kaunos
Kaunos was an ancient city in south-eastern countryside Caria in Asia Minor (near the present village Dalyan in Turkey). It was originally on the sea, by shifting the coast now 8 km from the sea in the delta of the river Köycegiz. Kaunos belonged to temporarily Attischen Alliance and the mainland owned by the nearby […]

Marmaris is a coastal city in the Muğla Province in the southwestern part of Turkey. It has approximately 31,000 inhabitants (2002) and is dominated by tourism.

History
The town’s name means Four hanged architects. This name comes from the origins of her formative castle. The then Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent commanded 1522, after his victory over […]