Turkey is a country that a tourist can find everything. For example the historical background is so wide that we can find traces of those periods. We can come across the ancient sites that witnessed history such as Miletos, Ephesus and Troy. The archeaologists discovered big treasures and items. So big stories are told. The king Midas is one of […]
Medusa: The Goddess that turns you to stone
Small Asia is a landscape that hosted many Greek Gods and Godnesses. No doubt none of them is more effective than Medusa. She could turn you to stone by a look. So her look was so dangerous that her busts were inversed. Medusa’s story includes drama and tragedy. A beautiful girl became a monster because of jealousy. She is the […]
Channel Istanbul: A disaster for Istanbul
Channel Istanbul is the project in the agenda of government. It is a project that will create problems for Istanbul. Firstly this project will make an island and it is going to create geographical issues. Then the other issues will follow. Tourism is one of the sectors that will harm from these issues. As we know that touristic development depends […]
New Istanbul Airport; the monument of nonscientific and arrogant mind
New International Istanbul Airport was a controversial project because it was against every scientific and economical scales. For example it was built on the wood territory of Istanbul city and it caused many wild boars to run away to the urban side due to the constuction. Around a month ago, a bee colony came to the region and they established […]
European Union; An important market for Turkish tourism
European Union is one of the important unions of the world at the present time. It is one of the developed unions of developed countries. So tourism becomes one of the major economic activities. Europe is the oldest continent of the world with Asia. So history has traces in this continent. Also European citizens are aware of history and culture. […]
Turkey is home of multi-cultural and various habitants
Turkey is a country where you can come across multi-cultural envoirement. There are a few places in the world. That’s why they are more attractive for tourism sector. The oldest ancient sites are here, the civilization developed here. The scientific branches such as philosophy and medicine had masters. Bergama was one of the asclepions in ancient world. Philosophers were the […]
The Museum Hotel; the hotel where the history meets
Turkey is a country where you can find some places that history and tourism meet. This is the point that makes this landscape more valuable. The American newspaper New York times made a list of 52 places to visit in 2020. One of those places is in Turkey. It is the hotel that was constructed on ancient site. The museum […]
Medical science in ancient Small Asia
Medical science was the developed scientific branch in Small Asia. Human being always searches the way of living longer and to cure the illness’. It was the same in the past. The ancient societies of Small Asia tried to find way in order to keep the society healthy. Thanks to the wealthness of natural source, they were one step ahead. […]
Miniaturk; A mini museum of ancient structures
A museum was established in Istanbul. Mini models of famous structures are exhibited in open field. Those are the most famous structures of the world and Turkey including Bosphorus Bridge and Atatürk Olympic Stadium of Istanbul. It was established on the coast of Golden Horn. It is open everyday and all of the structures including modern ones are exhibited in […]
A plane is under the water on our coasts
A special wreck is lying on the bottom of Kaş coast of Antalya. It is an Italian warplane from WW2. It is serving as a home for sea life. Also it is the visiting point for divers. Diving tourism becomes popular in recent years so the sunk wrecks have great meanings for divers.