Turkey - Black Sea Coast (Chapter) Lonely Planet

This is a historic region, scattered with the legacies of civilisations and empires that have ebbed and flowed like Black Sea waves. And the existence of modern Turkey owes a massive debt to the passionate local support thrown behind Atatürk’s revolution.

Turkey - Black Sea Coast (Chapter) Lonely Planet

climb through forests to the Sumela Monastery, improbably clinging to a cliff above a misty valley
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slow down and imbibe the easygoing ambiance of the fishing harbour at Sinop
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buy a Trabzonspor soccer top and pound big-city streets in Trabzon
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Coverage includes: Amasra, Sinop, Samsun, Ünye, Ordu, Giresun, Trabzon, Sumela Monastery, Uzungöl, Rize, Hopa