The ancient sites of Anatolia have long lasting life in history. The archeological excavations support this statement. The ancient sites such as Smyrna have a deep impact in history. During the excavations, some items that belong to late periods are unearthed. For example, Ottoman ceramics that were produced in Kütahya province were unearthed. It is the sign of long lasting […]
Urartu treasures are unearthed
Urartu civilization is one of the Anatolian civilizations that established multi cultural structure in this peninsula. All Eastern Anatolia was their territory. Urartu State has a deep heritage in the region. Some of them are hidden and unfortunately they are unearthed by illegal excavators. A space after a tunnel was discovered by illegal excavators.It is one of the best samples […]
Cultural links of Southeastern Anatolia
Southeastern region of Turkish Republic has a different importance in the history. If we think that civilization raised from Mesopotamia region, we should consider this region as a neighbourhood of the region. So the inhabitants of this region affected from this development. The last discoveries proved us that the settlement has been lasting for a long time. It is so […]
Tracks of Troian War are in Syrian region
Troian war was known as the first World war in the world. That’s why the impacts of this war expanded whole region. The latest discovery in Syria approves this statement. A Roman mosaic which describes the Troian war was discovered. The Amazon queen and Greek soldiers were drawn on the mosaic. Today’s Syria was one of the key points to […]
An Istanbul mystery; Are Conquerer Sultan Mehmed and Constantine I buried in the same tomb?
The history of Istanbul is actually very impressive. The city is full of legends and mysteries. Some of them are well-known by the public. But some of them are forgotten or liberately hidden. This one is intentionally hidden by Ottoman dynasty. After a hard rain in Istanbul, Fatih region of Istanbul had a lot of rain in 19th century AD. […]
Marmaris; A holiday paradise in South Eastern Turkiye
I have been to Marmaris for four day vacation. It was the beginning of October. Istanbul was colder and cloudy but Marmaris was around 32 celsius. The weather was hot but windy. We have booked at the Hotel Aqua (5 star hotel). It is an all- inclusive hotel. It took around 8 hours and 30 minutes to reach there by […]
Agriculture; the development in Anatolia
Agriculture is one of the steps that have deep impact on human being development. It leaded to establish settlements and to get products from soil. Also agriculture made the human being control the life. It is known that some oldest samples were in Anatolian peninsula. There are some hints in some ancient sites. Due to the fertile soil of Anatolia, […]
The ancient order of Çatalhöyük
Çatalhöyük is one of the ancient settlements that have deep impacts in social culture. Order of Çatalhöyük is the oldest sample of settlements. It was designed as groups of buildings. There were no streets or no doors. All of the entrances were on the top of the houses. There were even no windows. This ancient site was one of the […]
Gre Filla ancient site will be removed over the dam lake
Gre Filla ancient site which is considered as Göbeklitepe of Diyarbakır is one of the important archeaological sites of South Eastern Anatolia. Unfortunately it is one of the unluckiest sites of Turkiye. The dam will take it under the water. So the site will be placed over the dam lake with a project. All South Eastern Anatolia is one of […]
Augusta ancient site; One of the hidden treasures in Clicia
Turkish landscape has a lot of archeaological treasures in its territory. Unfortunately some of them aren’t lucky. Due to the dams, some of them remained under the water. Augusta ancient site which is located in Adana province of Turkiye was one of the best known ancient sites due to the historical records. This ancient site was unearthed in 1950’s and […]