Turkey
Turkey is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Asia. UN Tourism counted 51.7 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 95% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Ink.
- International arrivals
- 51.7 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 11th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Inkrarer than 5%
- Area
- 779,430 km² (300,939 sq mi)
- Population
- 83.4 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 81in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 51with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 22on Globestamp’s list
Does Turkey count as a country?
Yes. Turkey is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
| List | Counts Turkey? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Turkey in Asia (Anatolia, Ankara, Izmir), Turkey in Europe (Istanbul) |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Turkey stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Turkey’s is Ink: plain rubber-stamp ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more. With 51.7 million international arrivals in 2019, Turkey is more visited than 95% of the 199 places with figures. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to Turkey
The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Turkey when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Places in Turkey you can collect
Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in Turkey, from 22 World Heritage Sites to 10 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 22
Troy (1998) · Göbekli Tepe (2018) · Çatalhöyük (2012) · Selimiye Mosque (2011) · Mount Nemrut (1987) · Ani (2016) · Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital (1985) · Gordion (2023) · Arslantepe (2021) · Historic Areas of Istanbul (1985) and 12 more. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 2
Hagia Sophia · Pamukkale. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 10
Mount Ararat · Mount Erciyes · Mount Hasan · Nemrut · Mount Süphan · Karaca Dağ and 4 more. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 7
Uludağ · Kartalkaya · Palandöken Ski Center · Erciyes Ski Resort · Saklıkent · Kandilli Ski Resort and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 2
Vialand · Wonderland Eurasia. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 7
Istanbul Aquarium · Eskişehir Zoo · Gaziantep Zoo · Antalya Aquarium and 3 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 5
Atatürk Arboretum · Bursa Botanic Park · Istanbul University Alfred Heilbronn Botanical Garden · Tema Nezahat Gokyigit Park and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 5
Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam · Feza Gürsey Science Center · METU Science and Technology Museum · Bursa Energy Museum and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Istanbul | 10,061,000 |
| Ankara | 3,716,000 |
| İzmir | 2,587,000 |
| Bursa | 1,492,000 |
| Adana | 1,293,000 |
| Gaziantep | 1,044,000 |
| Konya | 919,000 |
| Tarsus | 894,318 |
Airports
Turkey has 51 airports with scheduled flights, 15 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).
81 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Turkey into 81 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 81
Adana · Adıyaman · Afyonkarahisar · Ağrı · Aksaray · Amasya · Ankara · Antalya · Ardahan · Artvin · Aydın · Balıkesir · Bartın · Batman · Bayburt · Bilecik · Bingöl · Bitlis · Bolu · Burdur · Bursa · Çanakkale · Çankırı · Çorum · Denizli · Diyarbakır · Düzce · Edirne · Elazığ · Erzincan · Erzurum · Eskişehir · Gaziantep · Giresun · Gümüşhane · Hakkâri · Hatay · Iğdır · Isparta · Istanbul · İzmir · Kahramanmaraş · Karabük · Karaman · Kars · Kastamonu · Kayseri · Kilis · Kırıkkale · Kırklareli · Kırşehir · Kocaeli · Konya · Kütahya · Malatya · Manisa · Mardin · Mersin · Muğla · Muş · Nevşehir · Niğde · Ordu · Osmaniye · Rize · Sakarya · Samsun · Şanlıurfa · Siirt · Sinop · Sivas · Şırnak · Tekirdağ · Tokat · Trabzon · Tunceli · Uşak · Van · Yalova · Yozgat · Zonguldak
Questions people ask
Is Turkey a country?
Yes. Turkey is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
How many tourists visit Turkey a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 51,747,000 international arrivals in Turkey in 2019, the 11th most of the 199 places with figures. Countries count arrivals in different ways (some include day-trippers and cruise passengers), so treat it as a rough rank rather than an exact number of tourists.
How rare is a Turkey stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more, rarer than 5% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Turkey count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Turkey in Asia (Anatolia, Ankara, Izmir), and counts Turkey in Europe (Istanbul) as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Turkey
Near Turkey
Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.