The Anatolian peninsula (also called Asia Minor), comprising most of modern Turkey, is one of the oldest continually inhabited regions in the world. Due to its strategic location astride two continents, Turkey's culture has a unique blend of Eastern and Western tradition and offers an immense cultural heritage.
If you are planning to visit Turkey you may be interested in having a quick look at several photos it. Click on the links below to view the pictures. We have taken any attempt to provide exact (GPS-based) coordinates of the positions where the photos have been taken.
Here you see the western part of Turkey from space. The inset at the top right shows Istanbul. Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center.
