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Visiting Ayasofya

•Hagia Sophia also called Ayasofya is another beauty structure in Istanbul.

•It was first built as a church, then it was turned into a mosque and since 1935, it was finally converted into a museum.

The Museum of Ayasofya

Topkapi Palace

•Topkapi Palace is certainly the most important historical site to be visited in Istanbul.

•In 1924, it was turned into a museum upon the orders of Ataturk.

•It also housed the state treasury and the archives. The mint, as well as the highest educational institution were located on the Palace grounds.

Topkapi Palace

PERGAMON

•Pergamon once a great center of culture survives as one of Turkey’s finest archeological sites.

•The site of Pergamon was first excavated by the German archaeologists between 1878 and 1886.

•Ancient authors tell us that the Pergamon library at one time contained 200000 volumes. 

Pergamon

Mount Nemrut• Mount Nemrut is also a popular tourist

destination in Turkey. It’s a sanctuary of Tomb of king of Kommagene.

• This mountain lies 25 miles north of Kahta, which is near Adiyaman.

• There are various ruins statues, on which the names of god where inscribed.

• The heads of the statues can be seen scattered throughout the site.

• It is a good and memorable experience to witness the sunrise from this mountain.

Mount Nemrut

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