Month: December 2019
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]