A beautiful pilgrimage city where whirling dervish worship was born, central Turkey’s Konya is a destination of historic and natural treasures.

Archaeology & History Inside Turkey’s Mysterious Ancient City That Once Sheltered Thousands—Underground In this edition of Huge! explore Derinkuyu, a hidden marvel carved from volcanic rock.

Ancient DNA from Stone Age burials in Turkey has finally put to rest a decades-long debate about whether the 9,000-year-old proto-city of Çatalhöyük was a matriarchal society.

Visiting Troy is more than seeing ancient ruins; it is stepping into a story that has been told and retold for millennia. Every stone and layer holds a fragment of humanity’s past, a piece of ...

The activity is a relatively recent tourist attraction for Turkey, starting in 1991. And in a country that’s home to Europe’s largest city with a history dating back 2,500 years, ancient ...

By Robert Iddiols, CNN Konya, Turkey (CNN) — When most people think of Turkey bucket list destinations, a few obvious ones spring to mind – Istanbul, Turquoise Coast hotspots like Bodrum or ...

Konya, Turkey (CNN) — When most people think of Turkey bucket list destinations, a few obvious ones spring to mind – Istanbul, Turquoise Coast hotspots like Bodrum or the otherworldly ...