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Hattusa

Çorum

The capital of the Hittite Empire, with the Lion Gate, city walls and the rock-carved shrine of Yazılıkaya.

Photo: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0
Best Time to Go
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
Our full guide to Hattusa is being written. It's on the Central Anatolia list as If You're Nearby.

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About 98 miles away

Fairy chimneys, cave hotels and hot-air balloons at dawn.

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Istanbul

About 305 miles away

Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Grand Bazaar and the Bosphorus, on two continents.

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Konya

About 187 miles away

The green-domed tomb of the poet Rumi, in the home city of the whirling dervishes.

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Cappadocia's balloons and Konya's dervishes.

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