Researchers believe they have found the site where Alexander the Great's troops fought the Battle of the Granicus. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Located in Cappadocia near the center of Turkey, Derinkuyu is an ancient marvel ... changing hands from the Phrygians to the Persians to the Christians of the Byzantine Era. It was finally ...

Erosion shaped the incredible landscape of Turkey's Göreme valley ... first the Greeks and Persians and later the Byzantine Greeks and a host of rivals. This precarious political position ...

For much of its history, Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city ... neighborhoods influenced across epochs by Hittites, Greeks, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Ottomans, Armenians and Sephardic ...

The Persians continued to manufacture Croesids ... The hoard is being stored at the Ephesus Archaeological Museum in nearby Selcuk, Turkey, along with imported Athenian pottery that was recovered ...

Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ... made their way back from the Black Sea after a victory over the Persians. “They decided to feast on local honey stolen from some nearby ...

From the unusual natural scenery to its rock-hewn churches and frescos, discovering all of what Cappadocia has to offer is ...