Thracian region of Turkey is the zone of Europe continent. During the history, it has been an important residental area for centuries. Even today, Thrace is a bridge between east and west. An ancient site which was named as Perinthos is the proof of this history. It was so important that it was a developed…
Drought periods in Anatolia
As we live at present, drought periods were very effective in the past. Those periods forced human being migrate in some ages. According to archeaological works, a drought period was found in history of Anatolia. It was around 5000 years ago. Drought shaped the life and everything adopted according to drought. Some sites have been…
A marble board in Ephesus
Ephesus was a site which contained every sort of residence including luxury residence. There is a neighbourhood where high society resided. The excavation of Ephesus show us many unique items. A marble board was unearthed. According to the measurements, it was cut so milimetric that it is very difficult even for today. We realise that…
Harput Fortress;
Harput fortress is a special Urartu military facility because it exhibits all features of Urartu defence. Archeaologists unearthed many important items that prove us the power of Urartu civilization. In recent days, an open air area was unearthed. It is thought that it can be a religious arena. Those facilities show us how important it…
A glorious fight arena in Anatolia
There is an ancient site in West Anatolian region. It is named as Mastaura ancient site. It is dated back to Roman time. As we know that war games were the most famous entertainment. It was avaliable where Roman Empire was spread out. Like the Collezium in Rome, another arena was built here in order…
An Apollon statue (it is guessed)
Turkey is a real treasure for archeaology. We can list many items that were unearthed by chance. A statue and an item were unearthed in the province of Afyon. It is guessed that it is Apollon statue. As it isn’t complete, it requires a complicated examination. Anatolia is the homeland of the civilization and it…
Turkey lovers…..
As we know that many Turkish lovers are waiting for the time to come to Turkey. As the governments aren’t permitting their citizens to travel to Turkey, they are waiting for the final decisions. Godd news is that they will give us a date to open the borders. Also the bad news is that it…
What is the current situation for Turkey?
We know that tourism is still unstable for the world economy at present. The governments and international unions are trying to recover the tourism sector from the crisis via some regularities. Due to the restrictions, travel and tourism are still functioning restricted. That’s why we can consider the issue as global issue today. On the…
Isle of Cleopatra(Sedir Island at present)
I have stated for several times that Anatolia had famous visitors. One of them was legendary Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. She had a lover the Roman commander Marcus Antonius. The Roman commander was the authority of the peninsula. According to the story, the lovers met on the island that is lying on the bay of Aegean…
Gates of Constantinople and Istanbul
Istanbul (Constantinople) has been the greatest capital of all times, even today Istanbul(Constantinople) is on the top of ancient cities. Its glory is so impressive that the city is a timeless treasure. Constantinople – the capital of East Roman Empire- was the most important capital of medieval age. The walls of the city were so…