Homer was the famous poet of ancient era because he was the author of Iliada. It was about the trip of a soldier to Greece after Troy war. It took ten years to come back to Greece. It was a well known classic poet and everybody knew that poem Iliada. He was from Ionia and…
Santa Claus:St.Nicholas
Santa Claus is a holy character of Christianity because he is symbol of helpful and good character of the religion. Everybody thinks that Santa Claus lives in North Pole but he was from Antalya actually. St.Nicholas was the saint who inspired Santa Claus character in Christianity. It is told that he helped the local people…
City walls of Constantinapole
Constantinapole was the city that had been capital of East Roman Empire for more than 1000 years. The secret key to defend this city was the city walls. They were so tough that the city couldn’t be conquered till 1453 by Sultan Mehmed II. The city walls of Istanbul had served to protect the city…
Tekfur Palace: the palace of Byzantine Governor
Tekfur Palace is a very important remain from East Romans because it is the only imperial building that is in good conditions. We can see the details of East Roman architecture features. It is dated back to 13th century. Allowance of Hagia Sophia Directorate is required to visit this palace. Maybe you can see the…
Şahmeran; the sultan of snakes
Şahmeran is a wellknown figure in Anatolia. Her name can be heard in any region of Turkey. She was a creature with a woman head and a snake body. She was so beautiful that her beauty was unique. She was living under the ground with her snakes. She had never wanted to give harm to…
Constantinapole under Istanbul
We all know icebergs; we see a small part of an iceberg on the surface of water. We can realise that it is a giant when we see the bottom part of the iceberg. Istanbul is the same. Constantinapole is under the modern part of the city. The archeaologist still are discovering new tunnels and…
St. Sophia: The great cultural heritage of world
If you hadn’t seen St.Sophia in Istanbul, you wouldn’t have discovered real history indeed. History of Christianty is related to development of Constantinapole and Nicea because Christianty and Holy Bible became universal with councils of Constantinapole and Nicea. St.Sophia is avery important figure in Christianty because it is still the biggest church of Orthodox world…
Underground Cistern: A time machine in Istanbul
Cisterns were the most important buildings of a Byzantine city because they were built in order to keep the water. They were constructed in huge scales. Underground cistern is one of them but except the big ones, there were other cisterns under the other buildings. They were built in small scale. They were vital for…
Sardes: the city where financial systems were born
Monetary Fund and Finance are two economical models that shape our present. We never seperate any event from monetary system so our life is strictly related to money and finance. Do you know how everything started? I am gonna bring you to Sardes where money was born. Sardes was the capital of Lydian Empire. It…
Alexander the Great: Conquerer of the world
Alexander the Great was one of the first world emperors of ancient era. He dreamt his future and decided to build his own empire. He started his military campaign from Small Asia (today’s Çanakkale) and conquered almost whole Asia and North Africa. If we could travel in time and wanted to go that period, probably…