Demir Hisar is a town in Republic of Macedonia. It is the seat of Demir Hisar Municipality. This small settlement has an absolute Macedonian ethnic majority. The name of the town translates to “Iron Castle” in Turkish, and dates back to the time when Macedonia was ruled by the Ottoman Empire. HistoryEdit N.A. Places to […]
Bakhchysarai is an urban-type settlement in Central Crimea, located in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Bakhchysarai Raion (district), as well as the former capital of the Crimean Khanate. Its main landmark is Hansaray, the only extant palace of the Crimean Khans, currently opened to tourists as a museum. Located in a […]
Doğanhisar is a town and district of Konya Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 36,162 of which 9,756 live in the town of Doğanhisar. HistoryEdit N.A. Places to VisitAdd How to ReachEdit By Air : N.A. By Train :N.A. By BUS :N.A. By […]
Altunhisar is a town and district of Niğde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It has a population of 2,899 live in the town of Altunhisar.Located on the Niğde plain to the north of the Melendiz mountains, 16 km for Bor and 30 km from the city of Niğde. Altunhisar is famous for […]
Sultanhisar is a town and a small district of Aydın Province in the Aegean region of Turkey, 30 km east of the city of Aydın on the road to Denizli.Nysa is 3 km from the modern town of Sultanhisar, which was founded by the Seljuk Turks in 1270 and brought into the Ottoman Empire in […]
Detail InformationEdit Rumelihisarı is a fortress located in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey, on a hill at the European Side of the Bosphorus. It gives the name of the quarter around it. It was built by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II between 1451 and 1452, before he conquered Constantinople. The three great towers were […]
Detail InformationEdit Anadoluhisarı (Anatolian Castle) is a fortress located in Istanbul, Turkey on the Anatolian (Asian) Side of the Bosporus, which also gives its name to the quarter around it. It was built between 1393 and 1394 by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I “The Thunderbolt” as part of his preparations for the Second Ottoman Siege […]
Şebinkarahisar is a town and a district of Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of eastern Turkey.The 6th century Byzantine historian Procopius writes that the Roman general Pompey captured the then ancient fortress and renamed it Colonia, in Greek Koloneia . A Greek inscription of the ninth or tenth century found in the fortress […]
Akhisar is a county district and its town center in Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Western Turkey. Akhisar is also the ancient city of Thyatira or Thyateira.With archaeological findings that are proving settlements going back to 3000 BC, Akhisar has been a busy trade center with its strategic location at the intersection of […]
Şereflikoçhisar is a town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 148 km south of the city of Ankara. According to 2010 census, population of the district is 35,9898 of which 29,091 live in the town of Şereflikoçhisar and the remainder in surrounding villages. The area is a flat dry […]