Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is the founder of modern Turkish Republic and he is still the most effective leaders of the world. He has his heritage and spirit in every part of Turkish Republic. Thanks to his leadership, we have this country and we live free as a country. We owe him our everything. In order to thank him and to […]
Hasankeyf is changing but how?
The picture below can’t be seen any more because as Ilısu dam is collecting water, this ancient site is under the dam lake. This ancient site is as old as Göbeklitepe and we can come across settlement fields from 10.000 years ago. Also Roman, East Roman, Seljuk Empire and Ottoman Empire eras left traces here. All of the historical eras […]
Hell Creek of South Eastern Turkey
What a canyon it is! It is like Grand Canyon of USA but it is in southern eastern corner of Turkey (Şırnak province). Its local name is Hell creek. It is flowing in a big canyon. As you can understand from the view, the landscape has many surprises for us such as natural caves. The region had been under the […]
Land of Red Fairies is waiting for you….
It isn’t a picture from Grand Canyon of USA. It is located in Eastern Anatolia and it is named as Narman chimneys. Also those chimneys are named as Red Fairies and the area of those chimneys is named as the land of Red Fairies. Those chimneys were formed around 300 million years ago. Still the powers of the earth are […]
A Great Natural Treasure; Mt.Nemrut Crater Lake
We know some samples of the crater lakes in the world. I am sure that we all agree volcanos are super powers of the earth. They can be silent but they are real giants of the earth. One of them is in Turkey. It is located in Tatvan county of Bitlis province. Its name is Mt.Nemrut. It is a silent […]
Natural Corn Storerooms of Central Anatolia
Cereal products have been the major agricultural production of Central Anatolia for thousands of years. They have been main element of nutrition for the local people. Also Central Anatolia has been one of the main production fields to grow up cereal products. It means that also exporting and storing have been important titles for the redion. Still the region has […]
Historical Urfa Fortress
South Eastern Turkey is full of historical events’ witnesses. As it has been the gate to the Asia and eastern world, many civilizations visited here. They left some great heritages such as historical Urfa fortress. Actually its history isn’t clear, it is thought that it was built in 81 4 AD by Sassanians. Additiion to this theory, we can come […]
The oldest area of Turkey in Central Anatolia
As we know that geography of the world has been changing since the beginning of the world. The earth is 4.5 billion years old. Everything started with super continental structure and this super continental structure began to break down. Today’s earth and contintents had been formed in millions of years. Still the formation of the earth has been going on […]
Life on Muş Vast Plain
Eastern Anatolia is like a hidden natural treasure, the region has a lot of natural beauties. Due to the rough past of the region, the region wasn’t able to develop in tourism. So the beauties of the region had been unknown for a long time. It seems that the region’s situation seems promising. That’s why I would like to introduce […]
Dara ancient site; A Roman frontier on east border to Mesopotamia
South eastern Anatolia is the gate to Mesopotamia as it was in the past. The ancient period was very violent and Mesopotamia was always under war threat. It was the east border of East Roman Empire. Dara ancient site was born in this period. It was built as eastern border station of East Roman Empire. Actually it was a fortress […]