It has been mentioned for several times; There are many unearthed ancient sites under the soil in Turkey. According to the historical records, many sites that had very important for various goals had been existed then they were abonded. So their traces had gone. A Roman site,Germenicia, is taking place in the historical records of…
Secrets of Topkapı Palace
Topkapı Palace had been the head palace of Ottoman Empire around for 500 years. It was built in 1460’s firstly. It was constructed on the hill which dominates the all straits and can see the continents Europe and Asia. The history of this hill is dated back to Roman Empire age. Roman Emperors knew that…
Aspasia of Miletus;Teacher of Socrates
Small Asia communities were famous for philophosers. Some of them were female philophosers. One of them was Aspasia of Miletus. She was born in Miletus then she moved to Athens. She lived in Athens. She was known as teacher of Socrates. She tought philosophy at the school of Socrates. She had an affair with commander…
UFO visited Lake Van
UFO seeing isn’t special only for USA or Russia. An UFO seeing was happened in the province of Van. According to the reports, an object like an UFO came to Van. Although it happened around 8 years ago, it is very important even today….
Boat tourism in Turkey
Before the COVID outbreak, hiring a boat or a special sort of local ship (Gulet) was one of the preffered travel modes but it was avaliable for high class society. Mostly the people didn’t think this mode very necessary. COVID outbreak changed this trend. Isolation became the most necessary rule and the people looked for…
A monastery was discovered by illegal excavation
A statement ” Wherever you dig in Turkey, it is possible to come across an archaeological site or object.” is becoming true. As much as the illegal excavations are common in Turkey unfortunately. An archaeological site ( a monastery) was unearthed during an illegal excavation in İzmir. In addition to a monastery, a mosaic was…
Belek District of Antalya; Attraction center of Turkish tourism
Antalya is named as Turkish Riviera in tourism world. Also Antalya is considered as the center of Turkish tourism. Every district of Antalya offers different experiences for their visitors. Belek is in the border of Serik county of Antalya. It is the zone where luxury accommodation facilities are. Belek is also famous for outdoor sports…
The Fortress’ of Bosphorus
Bosphorus (Istanbul Strait) has been very valuable for hundreds of years. It is one of the important straits of the world, even today. There are two fortress’ on each side of Bosphorus. They were built by Ottoman State before the conquest of the city. One of them is Anatolian Fortress. It was constructed on the…
Istanbul; A city and a love
Constantinople or Istanbul; It isn’t only a city or a resident place where human beings live. It is so special that a person who visits this city at any time, this person falls in love with here. It was the same in the past. When the city was named as Constantinople, we could see that…
Old Town of Istanbul; Constantinople
Constantinople or Byzantiun were the sites that were surrounded by a city wall. This peninsula was the center of Roman empire and the world. There has been residence for thousands of years. The main capitol of Roman Empire and early times of Istanbul were the center. So the holy buildings and great masterpieces were built…