Topkapı Palace
The sultans’ palace on Sarayburnu: courtyards, the Imperial Council, the treasury and the terraces over the water. Dated entry, sold online on its own site.
Eastern Anatolia
Museums in Malatya
4 museums and archaeological sites in the province of Malatya, with hours and what to see at each.
Malatya
Arslantepe Archaeological Site
A 30-metre mound near Malatya, one of Turkey's largest, inhabited from about 5000 BC to the 11th century AD and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Malatya
Beşkonaklar Ethnography Museum and Traditional Malatya House
Five early-20th-century mansions in Malatya, a prime example of traditional local architecture, now an ethnography museum, currently closed for restoration.
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Malatya
Malatya Atatürk Memorial House and Ethnography Museum
A 1926 stone building in Malatya that Atatürk used on his visits, now a memorial house with photographs, meeting scenes and hand-woven carpets.
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Malatya
Malatya Museum
Malatya's archaeological museum, built around finds from Arslantepe and from the Karakaya dam rescue digs, tracing the region from the Chalcolithic to the Seljuks.
Visitor guideIstanbul tickets online
Four Istanbul landmarks, each sold on its own site by the agency behind this guide — dated entry and free cancellation up to 24 hours.
Basilica Cistern
Justinian’s great underground reservoir: 336 columns in still water and the two Medusa heads. Fast-track entry with a digital audio guide.
Hagia Sophia
Justinian’s cathedral, the sultans’ mosque and a working mosque again today. The ticket admits you to the upper visitor gallery.
Dolmabahçe Palace
A nineteenth-century palace on the water’s edge: the Selamlık, the Ceremonial Hall under its chandelier, the crystal staircase and the Harem.