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Istanbul's Hagia Sophia Museum remained Turkey's most visited tourist attraction last year, according to data released by the Culture and Tourism Ministry.

Turkey's leading tourism associations have voiced their concern that the sector will likely see a difficult year in 2016 amid the Sultanahmet attack and the diplomatic crisis with Russia, as well as security concerns in the country's eastern regions.

The number of tourists visiting the Ihlara Valley, one of the most important routes of Cappadocia in the Central Anatolian province of Aksaray, increased by 12 percent to 491,380 last year compared to 2014. 

The Ihlara Valley is a site of stunning natural beauty and is home to a series of ancient Christian churches and frescoes tucked away in stone caves. 

An underground city found in Turkey's touristic Cappadocia will "rewrite the history of the city," according to the mayor in the Central Anatolian Nev?ehir province, adding they had discovered people had permanently lived in the underground city, unlike other cities which were mostly carved into rocks for temporary protection.

Nevşehir in Central Anatolia, which is home to the Fairy Chimneys of Cappadocia, continues to attract tourists from around the globe with a new addition to its list of must-see sights: a massive underground city thought to date back 5,000 years

Three rock-carved inns in Cappadocia have turned into a mud bath facility, with the aim of creating a different tourism alternative in the region Turkey's first rock-carved underground mud bath will serve in the Cappadocia region, as local inns, which served as lemon storage facilities in the past, have been reorganized into an new tourist attraction. 

A 3,000-year-old underground city that was discovered in 1988 in the northern province of Bayburt needs attention to attract more tourists A trip to Cappadocia is rarely complete without a descent into the underground city of Derinkuyu.

Millions of visitors descend on 'the land of beautiful horses' - Cappadocia - every year, but a famous photographer has now revealed how he hastily invented the moniker under pressure from military authorities With its fairy chimneys and hot air balloons, Cappadocia in central Turkey is a world-renowned touristic region, but the meaning of its name is still a matter of debate as seen in

Cappadocia?s A??kl? Mound is known as the first village in the central Anatolia region. Tourists can see exact copies of the findings in the mound when they visit the area The A??kl? Mound, where settlement first started in the Cappadocia region 11,000 years ago, offers a chance to travel back in time.

Turkey has been going through hard times recently, but it does not seem to concern some of the tourists visiting the Cappadocia area - a location which hosts around 2.5 million visitors ever year. "Turkey is a magnificent country. Contrary to my expectation, I have not encountered a problem since I came here," said Timmy Myers, an American first-time visitor to the central Anatolian region.