The date was 23rd April 1920,Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal had an objective; to establish an assembly and make Turkish state civilized. He achieved his goal and The Turkish Assembly was opened. After the independent war was won, Our leader Mustefa Kemal presented this day to the children that he thought as future of Turkish nation. This day was celebrated as […]
Wild life of Anatolia
Anatolian peninsula has a wealthy wild life. Especially the migrant birds stop in various destinations while flying to their main destination. Some lakes and swamps are the common places for them. Seals of Foça are one of the famous animals of Anatolian peninsula. As they land on Foça beaches, they are named as Foça seals. Wild horses of Anatolia are […]
Holidays in Turkey
Turkish territory offers us various experiences for vacations. Whatever your selection is doesn’t matter. A traveler can find everything here. Cultural tourism, summer tourism or anything else are the choices of a traveler in Turkey. Geography and climate help this territory to develop different types of tourism. Including some outdoor activites such as caving and rafting are getting famous and […]
Why is Turkey so important for the world history?
There are a few places that are very lucky for the history in the world. Some places are famous that their names are told even by closed eyes. There is no need to tell more words in order to define the role of this place in history. Anatolian peninsula and Thracia are such a place. We can come across many […]
Meke Lake; the diamond of mid Anatolia
Mid Anatolia is one of the beautiful regions of Turkey. Meke Lake is one of the sight seeing places. The region is a volcanic territory. The view above was taken several years ago. As the rain rate is going down, the land mark is losing its lake. Once upon a time, it was the destination of migrate birds. As the […]
History of Konya plain
Turkish landscape has many fertile agricultural fields. Because of the climate and fertile soil, we can come across many agricultural activities here through the history. Wheat production has been one of the vital agricultural activity. Hittite Empire which was the first civilization that has ever known grew up with the agricultural productitivity. Even Hittite empire weakened by the drought. This […]
2000 year old granite columns
Once upon a time, there used to be an acient site named Alexandria Troas in Western Anatolia. It was a port city and it became a rich site by the trade of granite columns. By the time, the geography has changed and the conditions have been reshaped. It became a lake so it had been forgotten in time. Then the […]
IV.Arsinoe; the younger sister of Queen VII. Cleopatra
This name isn’t famous in world history. Even she was an impressive Egyptian princess (or a queen), her name isn’t announced among the strongest women of Ancient Egypt. Her life isn’t clear and we know alittle about her. But there is one thing about her, her life ended in Ephesus. According to the records we have, she was the member […]
Turkey; water is getting less
Because of gloabal warming, fresh water is getting less in the world. Turkish landscape contains many small lakes and fresh water sources. Thus we can come across various natural sites which have various eco-systems. like the other parts of the world, Turkish landscape is in danger of drying. When we compare today with 50 years ago, around %50 of our […]