Agri
Situated in Eastern Anatolia and extending to the Iranian border, is Agri, one of the highest regions in the country with its mountainous formation.
Rising up to a height of 5165 m, Mount Agri (Ararat) is the main peak of Turkey and the symbol of the city. This snowcapped dormant volcano is the famous biblical [...]

Sirnak
Surrounded by high mountains, Sirnak is a new and small province of Turkey in Eastern Anatolia, and was once a town of Hakkari province. The Habur border gate with Iraq is here on the road which is one of Turkey’s main links to Middle Eastern countries.
It is believed that the settlement was originally called “Sehr-i [...]

Bingol
Bingöl, 144 km’s east of Elazig, is located in a high region of the broad Eastern Anatolian plateau. Mountains surround the area, reaching heights of about 3000 m (10,000 ft), and containing many glacier lakes giving the city its name of “a thousand lakes”. Kalatepe peak (3250 m) on the Bingöl Mountains, near the town [...]

Bitlis
Bitlis stands in a narrow stream valley in the Eastern Anatolia, just in the middle of a green oasis. Due to its location in Anatolia, it is an important center for tobacco and honey production in eastern Turkey. A Byzantine castle with polygonal towers dominates the town. There are several mosques in the town, such [...]