Turkey is a land of sun, sea, and history.
As being one of the content resources of our Explore Turkey web site the book covers the most important ancient sites of Anatolia. The Bosphorus, which connects Marmara Sea and Black Sea, is one of the most exquisite places in the world, with a width of maximum 3.200 m and minimum 550 m, maximum depth of 118 m and its length is 31,5 km. It was naturally formed at the beginning of the IVth Geological Era as the sea water occupied the deep valley. Wearing effect of time caused the wooden buildings demolish and they were replaced with new ones. In place of the wooden Besiktas Palaces there appeared the Dolmabah e Palace and also Beylerbeyi Palace was rebuilt while stone buildings like G ksu were built and gave the Bosphorus its final outlook.