We all know icebergs; we see a small part of an iceberg on the surface of water. We can realise that it is a giant when we see the bottom part of the iceberg. Istanbul is the same. Constantinapole is under the modern part of the city. The archeaologist still are discovering new tunnels and new cisterns under Istanbul. According […]
St. Sophia: The great cultural heritage of world
If you hadn’t seen St.Sophia in Istanbul, you wouldn’t have discovered real history indeed. History of Christianty is related to development of Constantinapole and Nicea because Christianty and Holy Bible became universal with councils of Constantinapole and Nicea. St.Sophia is avery important figure in Christianty because it is still the biggest church of Orthodox world and also it is one […]
Underground Cistern: A time machine in Istanbul
Cisterns were the most important buildings of a Byzantine city because they were built in order to keep the water. They were constructed in huge scales. Underground cistern is one of them but except the big ones, there were other cisterns under the other buildings. They were built in small scale. They were vital for a city surrounded by walls. […]
Sardes: the city where financial systems were born
Monetary Fund and Finance are two economical models that shape our present. We never seperate any event from monetary system so our life is strictly related to money and finance. Do you know how everything started? I am gonna bring you to Sardes where money was born. Sardes was the capital of Lydian Empire. It is located in Manisa province […]
Alexander the Great: Conquerer of the world
Alexander the Great was one of the first world emperors of ancient era. He dreamt his future and decided to build his own empire. He started his military campaign from Small Asia (today’s Çanakkale) and conquered almost whole Asia and North Africa. If we could travel in time and wanted to go that period, probably you would face a developed […]
Cleopatra was here
One of the most powerful queens of ancient era Cleopatra was one of the visitors that came to this landscape. Tarsus was one of the important Roman cities because it was a busy port. Cleopatra and Roman general Antonius were lovers. She came to Tarsus in order to meet her lover Antonius. Cleopatra entered the city from that gate.
Beauty Contest on Mt.Ida
We have an interesting epic that first beauty contest that has ever been known was organised on Mt.Ida ( It is in Çanakkale province of Turkey). Aphrodite, Hera and Athena were the goddess’ and shepherd Paris was the jury. According to the myth, goddess of chaos Eris left an apple to be given to the most beautiful goddess in the […]
Ephesus: the great moment of ancient era
Ephesus is one of the most important ancient sites of Turkey because it is one of the a few cities that symbolizes the bright days of Western Anatolia. We can see a structure that is alike today’s cities. There are sections for wealthy public of the city and the common areas for whole Ephesus society. The wealhty section had private […]
Troy: the biggest war trick
We all know that Troy was the destination where one of the most legendary wars was existed. It was so big that the biggest navy was gathered and they attacked Troy even Aschilles. Princess Paris kidnapped Helen to Troy and the war was declared. It had lasted for 10 years. It finished with the war trick. Greeks built a wooden […]
Göbeklitepe: Great land of all times
Göbeklitepe is an ancient site that tells us many stories from 10.000 years ago. It has an holy atmosphere even with remains in present. Göbeklitepe has the biggest and oldest temples of ancient era. According to the remains, it was one of the biggest religious centers nearby Mesopotamia. Due to its location on Silk Road, the trade was developed. The […]