Museums & culture in Turkey
Museums, galleries, open-air heritage sites and the collections worth planning a day around.
village
Adatepe
town
Alaçatı
town
Amasra
district
Antalya Kaleiçi
craft town
Avanos Pottery
district
Ayvalık Old Town
museum
Bakşı Museum
district
Balat and Fener
museum
Bayezid II Complex
town
Beypazarı
village
Birgi
festival
Black Sea Yayla Festivals
historic houses
Bornova Levantine Mansions
village
Bozburun
craft town
Buldan
bathhouse
Cağaloğlu Hammam
village
Cumalıkızık
island
Cunda Island
tradition

Ebru, the Art of Marbling
town
Foça
museum
Galata Mevlevi House
market
Gaziantep Coppersmith Bazaar
museum
Gaziantep Culinary Museum
village
Gölyazı
town
Göynük
village
Gümüşlük
town
Güzelyurt
shrine
Hacıbektaş
district
Hamamönü
museum
Hatay Archaeology Museum
craft town
Hereke Carpet Village
festival
Hıdrellez Spring Festival
working landscape
Isparta Rose Harvest
museum

Istanbul Archaeology Museums
gallery

Istanbul Modern
festival
Istanbul Tulip Festival
street
İstiklal Avenue
tradition
Iznik Tiles and the Cini Workshops
district
Kadıköy and Moda
town
Kalkan
tradition

Karagoz Shadow Theatre in Bursa
museum
Karatay Medrese
district
Kars Old Town
town
Kaş Old Town
town
Kastamonu Old Town
ghost village
Kayaköy
festival

Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling in Edirne
bathhouse
Kılıç Ali Paşa Hammam
village
Kıyıköy
caravanserai
Koza Han
craft town
Kütahya Ceramics
neighbourhood
Kuzguncuk
living tradition
Meerschaum Carving
festival
Mesir Macunu Festival
town
Midyat
town
Mudurnu
district
Muğla Old Town
museum

Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara
museum
Museum of Innocence
village
Mustafapaşa
festival
Nasreddin Hodja Festival
district
Odunpazarı
craft town
Oltu Stone Craft
museum
Pera Museum
village
Polonezköy
museum
Sakıp Sabancı Museum
museum
Şanlıurfa Museum
festival
Selçuk Camel Wrestling
village
Sille
village
Şirince
village
Sığacık
living tradition
Sıra Nights
town
Taraklı
tradition

Telkari Silver Filigree of Midyat
tradition

The Whirling Dervishes of Konya
market
Tire Market
living tradition
Tokat Yazma Craft
village
Trilye
museum
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
tradition

Turkish Carpet and Kilim Weaving
living tradition
Turkish Hammam Tradition
town
Ürgüp
wildlife site
Van Cats
village
Yörük Köyü
living tradition
Yörük Nomad Heritage
museum
