Lake Van is the well known lake of Turkey. It is located in Eastern Turkey. It has some outstanding features. It was formed by tectonic movements of the region. The water of Lake Van is salty and it contains mineral water. This feature was existed due to its volcanic structure.

It is the biggest salty and mineral water lake of the world. Also Lake Van has a monster story.

MONSTER OF VAN LAKE

Monster of Van Lake is one of the famous stories of the world such as Loch Ness and others. Actually we don’t have a physical proof but we have a lot of stories on the subject.

This castle of Northern Eastern zone is very impressive even tough it is a damaged building. It has an mysterious historical background. It is certain that this castle witnessed history.

It has an outstanding architectural features. It has a huge area.

It is located in Artvin province. It is the castle of Bagrat Empire.

As we state that our landscape has many beauties. Eastern Anatolia has been hosting many inhabitants for centuries. The last discoveries showed us that some zones were very important such as Meya caves in Ağrı province.

This cave group seems like an ancient site. Those caves have some facilities such as temple, praying rooms and social rooms. The inhabitants’ identity and period aren’t absolute. We know that this place was one of the resident areas of Christians.

The most important point is that the archeological works aren’t enough to unearth the historical background of the area.

As we know that war games were popular in Roman era and gladiators were starring actors of those games. This fact had a reflection in every Roman city. Kibyra site was one of those sites. It was famous for gladiator games ;

Kybra site was constructed as apart of unity named Tetrapolis (union of four cities) between 2nd and 1st century BC. It was constructed on a huge area and its architectural features are marvelous. The various buildings such as theater and Odeion ( Music house) were important buildings of the site. The theater was built like a hippodrome of Constantinople. They were built in a glorious style.

Also bath of Kibyra was one of the impressive buildings of the site. As an administration area, it was a state center of Roman Empire. Mostly we can say that real gladiators were here.

It is located in Mediterranean region of Turkey. This zone of Turkey is considered as the historical zone of Turkey.

As we always mention that East Roman (Byzantine) civilization had a great heritage in this landscape. They were the experts of building good castles. Their castles have never vanished totally. You can see the wall or gate but you can understand that it is a Byzantine castle. The castle of Adliye village is this sort of this castle. ;

As you see above, it is just a wall but you can see the Byzantine construction features. Its construction year isn’t absolute but it is thought that it was built in 13th century AD.

It is in Northern Western region of Turkey. Due to lack of archeological excavations, we don’t have sufficient information on the castle. It is certain that it has many stories for us.

Small Asia or Anatolia, it doesn’t matter. This landscape is full of castles that have different stories in their lifetime. Karacahisar castle is one of them. Its story is in below;

It was constructed in a region named as ” site of castles” in the middle age. It had a strategical importance in that region. Byzantine castles were parts of defense line. Also it is known as the castle which was conquered by Ottomans as firstly.

It is located in Central Anatolia but a ruin remained from that castle. So we don’t have sufficient information on the castle due to lack of archeological excavations.

South Eastern Anatolia is a special region for history. As it is located between Europe and Asia, it has been hosting many civilizations for centuries. Also the religions promulgated from this region. Christianity left us great churches in the region. But unfortunately all of them aren’t lucky to survive till today. Black Priest Church is one of them;

It is estimated that it was built around 2nd century BC. After Artuqid civilization, it was converted into a bath for Artuqid royal family. This building has a place for old technical stories such as antique robots of Artuqid scientists.

Diyarbakır is the main residence area of the region. Also due to the historical background, Diyarbakır has an important place for history of belief.