Turkey Marmara

Istanbul is an alluring cultural melting pot that spans continents and an unforgettable tourist destination. Turkey’s largest metropolis, Istanbul offers a perfect balance between ancient history, cultural diversity, delightful cuisine, colorful bazaars and markets, and breathtaking sights. 

Bursa is a large city in Turkey, located in northwestern Anatolia, within the Marmara Region. It is the fourth most populous city in Turkey and one of the most industrialized metropolitan centers in the country. It has become proliferated with parks and gardens located across its urban fabric, as well as to the vast and richly varied forests of the surrounding region. Bursa has rather orderly urban growth and borders a fertile plain. The mausoleums of the early Ottoman sultans are located in Bursa and the city's main landmarks include numerous edifices built throughout the Ottoman period. Bursa also has thermal baths and several museums, including a museum of archaeology.

Izmit, traditionally called in English Ismid, is a city in Turkey, the administrative center of the Kocaeli Province. Nicomedia (Izmit) was the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire between 286 and 324, during the Tetrarchy introduced by Diocletian. There are numerous tourist attractions in the city center and its adjacent region, such as the remains of the ancient Acropolis, Agora, Amphitheater, Nymphaeum, Necropolis; the Demeter Temple; Roman city walls, aqueducts and cisterns; Gayret Gemi Museum; Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography; and much more.

Balikesir is the capital city of Balikesir Province. It has many historical buildings. The 19C clock tower is the symbol of the city. A historical fountain is another popular landmark. The Zaganos Pasha Mosque Complex and Yildirim Mosque are popular spiritual areas. Many old Balikesir houses in the Aygoren and Karaoglan district remain from the Ottoman period. Balikesir National Photography Museum is the only photography museum in Turkey. The Museum of National Moment, exhibits historical memories of the city. Of course, Balikesir is especially known for its historic windmills, and health spas. Other attractions are Rahmi Koc Museum, National Forces Museum, and the Tomb of Karesi Bey.

Eceabat, formerly Maydos, is a town and district of Canakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey, located on the eastern shore of the Gelibolu Peninsula, on the Dardanelles Strait. Eceabat is the nearest town to World War I Gallipoli Campaign battlefields of 1915, cemeteries and memorials to the more than 120,000 soldiers fallen from Turkey, the United Kingdom, France, Australia and New Zealand. To explore its function as a command point, you may visit the intriguing Gallipoli Battle Museum.

Gallipoli is the name of a town and a district in Canakkale Province of the Marmara Region, located in Eastern Thrace in the European part of Turkey on the southern shore of the peninsula named after it on the Dardanelles strait, two miles away from Lapseki on the other shore. Its main attractions include the Saruca Pasa Baths, as well as several Byzantine ruins.