Cultural Profile of Turkiye

If a country is a canditate for tourism sector, it means that history, culture and civilization are all connected. Since the history has begun, this territory has been hosting various civilizations. So the societies have deep transactions among them. We all start the history with Hittites Empire on this territory. Before Hittites, we don’t see a central ruling. There were […]

Anatolia; the land of good souls

St. Nicholas is one of the symbols of Anatolia. He was the inspirer of Santa Claus. He helped his society, and he did it secretly. So he became a symbol character of all Christian world. Rumi is one of the well-known philosophers in the world. He makes a call to everyone in order to be peaceful. He united the goodness […]

Christmas is born in Demre

As we have mentioned for several times, Anatolia has been the homeland of the various civilizations through all times of history. Also the belief systems including religions are the important contents of the civilizations. Since the beginning of the Christianity, Anatolia has an important place. For example, Anatolia is on the way of pilgrimage. Christian pilgrims had a break in […]

Christmas soul of Anatolia

As we all know that Christmas belongs to Christianity, and it is celebrated in Western countries. Anatolia and Turkish Republic aren’t the places you expect to see enthusiastic Christian soul because of different culture. But I will tell you a different story. Around 2000 years ago, a place was here named Demre (Today it is in Antalya province). A priest […]