If you are looking for a place where time stopped, Ani ancient site is this place. It used to be a capital of Armenian Kingdom and it also used to be an important destination on Silk road. Briefly it was a busy and crowded city once upon a time. But today it is a lonely and mysterious ancient site. Even tough it is, you can see the glory of golden days of the site.

Today it is located in Kars province of Turkey and Arpa creek is the border with Armenia. There was a connection point (a bridge on the creek). This bridge is a lonely monument in present.

Don’t forget to schedule a visit to Ani ancient site if you enjoy traveling in time.

Isos ancient site was the place where Persians and Macedonian Empire made a war. Macedonians, Alexander the Great, won the war. They had the chance to move to Asia. Isos ancient site is located at Erzin county of Osmaniye province.

Alexander the Great had faced to Persian Empire when he moved to Asia. Both sides had met in front of Isos ancient site. Alexander the Great won the battle and had an advantage for military campaign to Asia.

Macedonians and Persians were important states of ancient era.

Halikarnassos was one of the magnificent cities in ancient era. The thing that made here unique was a monument. This area had been dominated by Persians for years and Governor Mausolos reconstructed the city and it became a glorious city. After his death, a monument was built in the name of him in BC 353.

It was so marvelous that even Alexander the Great didn’t damage the monument although he ruined the city. But Rhodos knights destroyed the monument in 1402 and used the big stones to build today’s Bodrum Fortress. The remains were brought to British Museum.

Today Bodrum is one of the well known holiday resorts of Turkey. On the other hand, history is the other name of this holiday resort.

Philosophy was one of the main branches that shaped ancient times. Miletos was the ancient site where Thales, Anaximandros and Anaximenes developed a new trend that is valid for today. They were named as ” nature philosophers” and today’s nature understanding is dated back to their period.

There used to be a philosophy school that was one of the important schools. According to Thales ( the first philosopher) , the basic material for life is the water. He examined the civilizations and development and he got this result. If the water hadn’t been existed, the life would have never been developed even the human anatomy. So the basic material is the water. Anaximenes thought that air was the basic material. Anaximandros thought that chaos was the basic material for life.

In addition to philosophy school, Miletos was a well known site that was designed up to the developed city design rules. Hippodamus, the first city developer, was one of the famous characters of Miletos.

Briefly it is the site that is a time capsule of ancient era because you can see traces of developed scientific basics.

Istanbul is one of the cities that have buildings like perfect time capsules inside. One of them is Yedikule Dungeons because many well known sultans were imprisoned here.

Actually it was built in Byzantine period but it was extended in Ottoman era. Sultans were taken here when any uprising existed. Towers were built for various purposes.

It is one of the worth visiting places of Istanbul city to feel the history.

If those who want to travel in time come to Turkey, one of the attractive destinations is Istanbul Archeological Museum. It was the first history museum of Turkey. It was opened in 1869 as the first modern history museum. Osman Hamdi Bey was the founder of the museum.

The archeological excavations had started in Anatolia since 1800’s. Some pieces were brought to Western museums. Osman Hamdi was the person who rejected this situation so he leaded to establish a modern history museum to exhibit the historical legacy of this landscape.

Today this museum is one of the well known Istanbul museums with different sections of the museum. For example, in addition to history of Anatolia we can see the Egyptian mummies in another section. We can see great tombs of Roman era. Each sections take you to different periods of time.

It is worth visiting place to feel the history here.

104 years ago, a war was existed between the greatest navy of Western world and Turks. It was the navy that all greatest warships of England and France were in. We were defending our landscape, we had limited sources. On the other hand, Alliance navy had the updated technology for that period.

All Turkish nation became one fist and defended Dardanelles and we didn’t let the navy sail through Istanbul. It was one of the key struggles of WW1. As a result, Alliance nations couldn’t help Russian Royal Family and a new Russian state was established. It was the first war that Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) had a big success as a commander in history. He made a preparation for Turkish Independence War.

Although ANZAC soldiers were in British command, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk sent a letter to the mothers to ANZAC soldiers. This is the letter;

Dardanelles (Çanakkale Strait) is the place where time stopped. You can see the remains of Çanakkale war’s spirit everywhere even under the water. Many soldiers died or injured here. This is a true travel in time when you visit Çanakkale.

Just come here and feel the time period of 1915 here.

Amisos was the ancient site of Amazons in Black sea region. It was the well known earlier settlement unite of female warriors. They were very good at fighting with weapons and nobody could understand that they were women.

Amisos is Samsun province in present. Today we can see the tombs and village replicas in city center. We know that Amazons were one of the famous inhabitants of Small Asia.

Pergamon Kingdom was one of the health centers of Small Asia. Capital was also famous in ancient era and it was a glorious city. It was so big that there were temples of Dionysos and Athena. It had the best days between BC 283 and BC 133. The city was surrounded by walls. It had a such library that it was considered as the wealthiest one in Asia.

Also Pergamon Kingdom was specialized on art and health. Also great altar was an important building. We shouldn’t forget the grand theater of Pergamon. A temple for Asklepios was built and the local healers were trying to heal the illness’. There were a few buildings like that in ancient era settlement areas.

Pergamon Kingdom became Bergama in present. It was an important center for the era. It could be a great destination if you wanna see the glorious city of the era.