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Muğdat Mosque (Turkish: Muğdat Camisi) is a mosque in Mersin, Turkey. It is named after Miqdad ibn Aswad, one of the early Muslims.
Olba or Olbe (Ancient Greek: Ὄλβη; Turkish: Oura) was an ancient city and bishopric in the Roman province of Isauria, in present-day southern Turkey. It is included in the…
Alahan Monastery (Turkish: Koja Kalessi) is a complex of fifth-century buildings located in the mountains of Isauria in southern Asia Minor (Mersin province in modern day…
Heraclea at Latmus or Heraclea under Latmus (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια πρὸς Λάτμῳ or Ἡράκλεια ὑπὸ Λάτμῳ, romanized: Herakleia pros Latmo or Herakleia hupo Latmo; Latin: Heraclea ad…
Sultantepe (Huzirina?), a tell with a temple complex from the Late Assyrian, an archeological site at the edge of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, now in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.…
Arzen (in Syriac Arzŏn or Arzŭn, Armenian Arzn, Ałzn, Arabic Arzan) was an ancient and medieval city, located on the border zone between Upper Mesopotamia and the Armenian…
Alaaddin Mosque (Turkish: Alâeddin Camii) is a historic mosque in Sinop City, Sinop Province, Turkey.
Arabissus or Arabissos (Ancient Greek: Ἀραβισσός), also known as Tripotamos, was a town in ancient Cataonia, then Cappadocia, and later in the Roman province of Armenia Secunda.
Mount Chimaera was the name of a place in ancient Lycia, notable for constantly burning fires. It is thought to be the area called Yanartaş in Turkey, where methane and other…
Köprülü Canyon (Turkish: Köprülü Kanyon) is a canyon and a National Park in the Province of Antalya, Turkey. Covering an area of 366 km2 (141 mi2), it was established as a…
Gaziura (Greek: Γαζίουρα), was a town in Pontus, on the river Iris, near the point where its course turns northwards. Some scholars equate Gaziura with Talaura, others with…
Köpetdag Nature Reserve is a nature reserve (zapovednik) of Turkmenistan.
Amyderýa Nature Reserve (Turkmen: Amyderýa goraghanasy) is a nature reserve (zapovednik) of north-eastern Turkmenistan.
Kow Ata (also The Bakharlyn) is an underground lake in an eponymous cave near Bäherden in Turkmenistan, at the foot of the Kopet Dag. It is the largest in Commonwealth of…
Zorkul Nature Reserve is a 1,610 km2 (620 sq mi) nature reserve in the south-eastern section of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region of Tajikistan, adjoining the border with…
The Mausoleum of Khoja Mashkhad is located 6 km south of Shaartuz in the Khatlon province of Tajikistan.
The National History Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук тарых музейи, romanized: Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Uluttuk tarykh muzeyi) is a museum…
Orto-Tokoy Reservoir or Orto-Tokoi Reservoir (Kyrgyz: Ортотокой суу сактагычы), is a reservoir of the Chu River, located in Kochkor District of Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan. It has…
Köl-Suu (Kyrgyz: Көл-Суу, also Көлсуу) is an alpine lake in At-Bashy District of Naryn Region of southeastern Kyrgyzstan. It is located at 3514 m elevation in the Kakshaal Too…
The Andijan Reservoir, known as the Kempir-Abad Reservoir in Kyrgyzstan (Uzbek: Andijon suv ombori; Kyrgyz: Кемпир-Абад суу сактагычы, romanized: Kempir-Abad suu saktagychy), is…
Ulaan Lake (Mongolian: Улаан нуур, ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ) was a lake in the districts of Mandal-Ovoo and Bulgan, in Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia. It completely dried up in 1995.
Khorgo-Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur National Park (Mongolian: Тэрхийн Цагаан нуур) covers the picturesque Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake and the nearby Khorgo Mountain (a recently extinct…
Bogd Khan Uul Biosphere Reserve is a nature reserve situated to the south of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. It is in the southern part of the forest steppe zone and is in the Khentii…
The Zhakiya Kazhi Mosque (Kazakh: «Жақия қажы» мешіті, romanized: «Jaqııa qajy» meşiti; Russian: Мечеть «Жакия Кажы», romanized: Mechet' «Zhakiya Kazhy») is a mosque in the…