We are leaving 2019 in 3 days and we will be in 2020. As we mentioned before, tourism is one of the key sectors of Turkish economy. Due to the new archeological discoveries, Turkey is getting more valuable for world tourism. More values we get, more worthvisiting Turkey becomes. The reason why a tourist comes here doesn’t matter. Turkey has […]
UNESCO World Heritage Temprorary List; New places from Turkey
Turkey has many archeological treasures. This is the fact but a few of them are in world heritage lists. Some of them were added to this list in 2019. One of them is Bodrum Castle which is served as Underwater Archeological Museum in present. The castle has 500 year history and it was used as headquarter during war times. It […]
Merry Christmas
Christmas reminds Santa Claus, Santa Claus reminds christmas. Demre was the place where St.Claus’ story existed. Although it is known that St.Claus lived on the north pole, in fact Demre (Antaly) was the place where St.Claus lived. The priest of Demre was so good that he tried to meet the needs of the poor people at any time. But nobody […]
Mud for health
Turkish landscape offers us many opportunities for health and beauty. Before this article, we mentioned on spring waters and doctor fishes. But there is something else that is as important as them; mud baths. Especially on spa regions, mud is applied on the visitors in order to discover the natural beauty. Mud baths were also famous in the ancient times. […]
Zeus at Olympos returned back
Zeus was head God of ancient Greek civilization as we know. He was honoured by the statues. Most of them were lost and gone. By the archeological works in recent years, Zeus statue of Constantinapolis was reconstructed. It was destroyed by a fire 1500 years ago. Zeus at Olympos was the symbol of high class sport competition. We can see […]
Harem; the section of ladies at the palace
Harem is one of the sections that have a deep mystery for the history. Nobody could know this section expect servants, harem girls and royal family. All of the portraits were painted up to the stories the artists heard. Also they added imagination for harem girls’ portraits. Briefly harem was the section for royal family. It was arranged to meet […]
Turkish Miniature
Turkish miniatures are the masterpieces of Turkish traditional arts. Every stage of the public was painted with special style. It isn’t like an ordinary painting. The figures weren’t drawn according to depth adjustment. The goal of the artist was to describe the scenery in a best way.
Turkish game; Backgammon
Backgammon is one of the well known games of Turkey. 15 black chequers and 15 white chequers are the components of the game. The chequers are moved by the numbers of dices. The purpose of the game is to collect the chequers in their areas. If you throw double, you can play four chequers. Normally two chequers are played. A […]
Turkish Carpet Handycraft
Turkish carpet handycraft is one of the most famous handycrafts in the world. They are the well known decoration items in the houses of world. Anatolia is the homeland of this handycraft. This handycraft is under protection of state. Carpet has been the most important item at home or at tents for centuries for Turks. Since Central Asia, we have […]
Hazerfan; the man who became a dream true
Flying like birds has been one of the dreams that human being want to become true. A Turkish scientist Hazerfan started to work on this subject in 1620’s. His goal was to become flying true and he achieved it. After a long studying period, he climbed through Galata Tower. He built a wing skeleton to fly for a long distance. […]