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 […]
Cappadocia: The land of beautiful horses
Cappadocia is the destination that any of the visitors feels themselves in another world. This world offers us a deep history and natural wonders. Cappadocia was designed specially by nature because many components gathered here and they created Cappadocia. Firstly nature had the first role. Cappadocia is a land that volcanos were existed on. The area was shaped by lavas […]
First Church of the world: ST.PIERRE CHURCH
Anatolia is a very special region for Christianty because Christianty became an universal religion here. Holy Bible and Christianty were shaped up to the counsils in Anatolia and the first church of the world was constructed in Hatay province of Southern Anatolia. The church which was dedicated to St.Pierre was built by carving the natural cave. The construction year was […]