Five new destinations to temporary UNESCO historical list

Turkey has an inquestionable historical background. We can come across many sight seeing places that are added to UNESCO’s temporary historical list. We have five new destinations that are in this list; Beypazarı historical city: Beypazarı is a county of Ankara province. It is famous for one of the traditional architectural styles of Anatolia. They are under the protection of […]

Boncuklu Field; A historical place that has an important feature

We all know that Göbeklitepe is an ancient site that is one of the oldest civilizations. If we think that it is around 12.000 years old, we may imagine that it isn’t possible to discover any place older than this period. An ancient site at Boncuklu field (in Mardin) is a special site because the archeologist discovered some itrems that […]

Caves of Bakhios; Caves of ancient era

A cave was discovered in Adıyaman province that is located in South eastern region. The importance of this cave is its historical background. Two inscriptions were found on the entrance of the cave. It is named as “caves of Bakhios”. Also there is a name as the cult area of Commagane King Mithrades. It was carved in a rock as […]

Gölalan Waterfall; a hidden paradise

Turkish landscape offers us many opportunities for the habitants. Gölalan waterfall is one of the greatest waterfalls of Turkey. It is in the border of Samsun province. The rocks and water form a great panorama so this landscape will become an attractive sight seeing place for tourism. This waterfall will be one of the worth visiting places after the quarantine […]

Cancellations of touristic activities in Turkey

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, touristic activities were cancelled in the world. Turkey is always a preffered destination by millions of tourists. So it seems that Turkish touristic season will be started in June,July and August. Cultural tours and baloon tours were cancelled to the same period. More time we wait for, more pleasure we have. Also hotels will be […]

Karkamış Kingdom of Hittites; A new archeopark of Turkey

A new settlement and a new kingdom center were unearthed on Turkish-Syrian border area. This kingdom was esablished in late Hittites era. Karkamış kingdom was an important state of Hittites era. A settlement area and some palaces were discovered. The items were brought to Gaziantep Archeology Museum and Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum. This ancient site was designed as archeopark. Discover […]

Van Lake history on the basin of the lake

Van Lake is the biggest lake of Turkey. Water of this lake contains soda and this is the one of few samples in the world. This article is about the depth of the lake. Traces of history lie under the lake. That’s why Van Lake’s depth is as important as itself. Van lake is one of the worthvisiting places of […]

A fault line was declared as National Park

As we know that Turkey is on active fault lines. So Anatolian peninsula has been facing many earthquakes in the history. One of them which passes through Central Anatolia is on the ground. Since it passes through İnönü district of Eskişehir province, it is one of the best samples on the power of nature. We can see what an earthquake […]