This is a collection of Sandalsand’s pictures from Türkiye (formerly Turkey). They are the result of trips to different parts of the country.
If you look up all articles from Türkiye, you will also find world heritage sites and regular travelogues. Before anything else, start with these pictures from Türkiye.
Afterwards, find more photo galleries on Sandalsand.
Fast facts
Learn about the country on Wikipedia. Here is a moderated excerpt:
Turkey is a transcontinental country located mainly on Anatolia in Western Asia, with a portion on the Balkans in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea to the west. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turks form the vast majority of the nation’s population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey’s capital, while Istanbul is its largest city and financial centre.
Turkey is a regional power and a newly industrialized country, with a geopolitically strategic location. Its economy, which is classified among the emerging and growth-leading economies, is the twentieth-largest in the world by nominal GDP, and also the eleventh-largest by PPP.