Inspired by Turkishcobra´s "Turkish Cities Game" :

I will think of a Turkish landmark and give it´s location.  Users must think of another landmark and quote it´s location.  There must be some form of connection with the previous landmark eg.

a) neighbouring area/province

b) as in Turkishcobra´s game, the name of the next landmark must begin with the first or last letter of the previous one  (landmark name or location name may be used).

c) any informative fact that links the two consecutive landmarks

Happy hunting everyone (well almost everyone) !

I will begin with two, as an example.

Kız Kulesi (I hope the spelling is correct as I found different variations) location = İstanbul

to

Kapadokya - home of the famous "fairy chimneys" and ancient underground cities (Central Anatolia)

Kapadokya

Abant (beautiful lake in Bolu province) 

Lake Abant panorama

Abant

Tunca (a river in  Bulgaria and  Turkey)

 Sarayiçi (connection is it is near the Tunca): the old site of the Ottoman palace in Edirne when Edirne was the capital. The tower of justice still stands, and the wrestling matches take place here.

Marion,

You are supposed to start with the first/last letter of the previous one (have you noticed the red bold letters?). You break the rule. Bir daha olmasın.

 Canım sorry I read the (a), (b) and (c) as either (a) or (b) or (c):

I will think of a Turkish landmark and give it´s location.  Users must think of another landmark and quote it´s location.  There must be some form of connection with the previous landmark eg.

a) neighbouring area/province

b) as in Turkishcobra´s game, the name of the next landmark must begin with the first or last letter of the previous one  (landmark name or location name may be used).

c) any informative fact that links the two consecutive landmark

In my defence, The first example was Kız Kulesi and Kapadokya. I didnt think Istanbul neighbours Nevşehir (rule a), and there is no link given (rule c), only rule (b) applied. So I though it was OK to just pick one of the three points.

I promise to never, ever, be naughty in this game again!

Well

Since this is not a ´boring thread´ like cities of Turkey, I will join

Selimiye mosque (a great monument from Sinan) in Edirne

Oh, acctually I didn´t pay attention to (a). I think you don´t break the rule then. There is a connection between Tunca and Sarayiçi through Edirne.

 So instead of Bir daha olmasın it can be bir daha olsun! Yaşasın ....

Hey, good idea peactrain! Another informative thread for Türkiye. And let me go on by Sarayiçi

İshak Paşa Sarayı:

Located 5kms far from Doğubeyazıt county of Ağrı province, on a hard and rocky fields. Construction of this palace was started in 1685, in Ottomans Term, by Çolak Abdi Paşa, who was also "bey" of Beyazıt Province. Harem Section was completed by İshak Paşa, his grandson.

Now, the picture of this palace is decipted at the backside of 100 Lira banknotes.

A nice picture of İshak Paşa Palace.

The last chain is selimiye mosque!!!

But you are right..This thread is not as dull as  cities of Turkey

 Connection: not letters but places:

Mount Ararat: to climb this mountain you have to start out from Doğubeyazit, which is also the town nearest İshak Paşa Sarayı.

It is snow-covered all year round, is very beautiful, and is where the Bible said Noah´s Ark landed, so it is the site of the world´s first rainbow.

I will leave the clevers to add a picture of this beautiful mountain

And this is the picture of Mount Ararat / Ağrı Dağı:

Mount Nemrut

connection: same category / mountains

Mount Nemrut lies in Adıyaman Province, nearby its Kahta county.

It is famous with its "Stone Heads".

This Stone Heads are on display in a National Park in Mount Nemrut. This National Park hosts an antique city remain from Kommagene Kingdom.

And these are some of Stone Heads:

And the Statue of Antiochos:

And some other pictures

And general glance to National Park of Nemrut :

thx

turkishcobra //

You are right Marion .  I gave the a), b),  c) as options and I just happened to choose one and everyone followed suit lol.

It doesn´t matter anyway, I´m enjoying the views and noting the locations for future reference.

Nemrut  -  Trabzon: Sümela Monastery . . . Wow!!

I would really love to take a tour of the Black Sea Region.

You should-it´s ace!

Niğde-Kümbet 

This game seems awfully nice.

I wish I had the suitable information to contribute.

But well done all .

I am learning about places here more than any tourist booklet

thank you all

Niğde-Kümbet  -  Tire in the Province of Izmir

I read somewhere that it has the largest town market in Turkey.  Now I realise why it is the favourite place of one of my Turkish friends.  I haven´t been myself, but it´s on the list.

Niğde-Kümbet  -  Tire in the Province of Izmir

I read somewhere that it has the largest town market in Turkey.  Now I realise why it is the favourite place of one of my Turkish friends.  I haven´t been myself, but it´s on the list.

You can contribute and learn at the same time. Explore the map and look for places, learn a little about them, then share it here .