Imagine yourself standing in front of a giant earth pyramid with gaping holes in it that look like windows and doors to a netherworld. Now pan your head from left to right and see yourself surrounded ...

2002-08-04 04:00:00 PDT Urgup, Turkey-- It's long after midnight when we arrive in the town of Urgup, in the badlands of central Turkey, and a woman named Kismet is leading us down a path to our ...

My husband and I just returned from a three week trip to central and western Turkey and found it a very travel-friendly country. The people are hospitable - some invited us into their homes for tea, ...

Smack in the center of Turkey, only a 90-minute flight from Istanbul, lies a natural wonder: a remote mountainous region with Fairy chimneys – tall, spindly volcanic rock formations that stretch ...

If Cappadocia, Turkey had an official postcard, it’d likely be the rainbow of hot air balloons floating above its conical “fairy chimney” rock formations at sunrise when the sky is tinted pink. Most ...

Photo taken on July 9, 2012 shows a view of the rock cave site in Cappadocia, Turkey. UNESCO listed the unique area of Goreme-Cappadocia as both a cultural and natural World Heritage Site in ...

Sitting at the meeting point of Asia and Europe, Turkey is a unique blend of east-meets-west culture, where up-to-date cities sit side-by-side with ancient landmarks and world-class beach resorts. The ...

Cappadocia is in central Anatolia, the Asian portion of Turkey. Its history dates back thousands of years to the Hittites and before. It enjoyed a brief period of independence about 2,000 years ago.