The country’s 5,000-plus miles of coastline ... The longest and one of the wildest beaches in Turkey, the sands of Patara stretch for eight miles along the Mediterranean, with little to disturb ...

Editor’s Note: This CNN Travel series is, or was, sponsored by the country it highlights ... Whether you’re a lounge-in-the-sun-all-day kind of beach goer, or a back-to-nature happy camper ...

Turkey has long been a favourite of British ... but it is a lot more peaceful than most and comes with a Blue Flag beach. It’s surrounded by nature: emerald mountains, olive groves and fields ...

Turkey had 140 beaches certified Blue Flag in 2002. The country joined the program in 1994 with only 12 Blue Flag beaches, according to the 2018 list by Copenhagen-based Foundation for ...

reed-lined river to Iztuzu Beach near the western end of Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. And what a beach it is: a protected nesting area for sea turtles, this gorgeous three-mile-long stretch of ...