Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Imagine a leader that has a deep vision. That leader is so brave and deep that his vision can be deeper centuries away. He is so great that he sacrificed his life his nation’s freedom and improvement. He didn’t have a nice life, even it can be considered as tough life. It is so tough that even […]
Kaikilianos: The Champion Wrestler of Anerium
It was 1800 years ago. A citizen named Flavianus was organizing local sport tournaments in Anerium. It was a city of athletes. It was possible to see the best athletes in the tournaments. A champion was the important figure in the society. His name was Kaikilianos. He was very famous in the region. It is a great background of Anatolian […]
Meet Aphrodosios who was killed by the lover of his wife 1800 years ago
The story is from Akexandria Troas which is one of the important ancient sites of West Anatolian region. A tomb stone was taken from here and brought to Louvre Museum of France. According to the tomb stone, cheating or murders of lovers are older actions than we think. A man who is Aphrodosios from Alexandria Troas told us a very […]
Anatolia Forever-the land of history
Anatolia is the land of history and civilization. Anatolia is the name of the area between West and East. This land has a deep importance since the beginning of civilization. In the history, the geography was also very important. Some lands had strategic importance in order to extend or control a territory. Anatolia is such a place. Discover Turkiye and […]
Habib-i Neccar Mosque was destructed
Habib-i Neccar Mosque that is located in Antakya is known as one the oldest mosques of Anatolia. But this building was built as a Christian temple firstly. It was built in 7th century AD. It was named of an apostle in Antakya. This apostle was a carpenter. The apostles came to Antakya to promulgate Christianity. But the local residents rejected […]
The Antioch earthquake in 115 AD
Earthquakes are the reality of this geography. Since the beginning of the time, earthquakes have been shaping this peninsula. It is absolute that many civilizations of Anatolian land had faced earthquakes in every age of history. That’s why, the archeaologists unearth certain evidences of earthquakes that have shaped this land for centuries. Ancient Antioch site has faced a big earthquake […]
Çanakkale can’t be passed…..
108 yeasrs ago, an epic war became true in Dardanel strait. A fleet of English and French ships aimed to pass through the Dardanel strait to occupy Istanbul and to help Russian Empire. But Turkish forces that are under the command of German officers were in defence positions. Turkish artillery was in alert. Their arsenal was so limited that a […]
Historical Bridge didn’t get any damage
Two big earthquakes which happened on 6th of February left us big damages in the southeastern region of Turkiye. The modern and concrete building were down because of the architectural and engineering problems. We can debate on this issue till we get bored. But Roman architecture gave us a recent answer. Historical Cendere Bridge which was built 1800 years ago […]
Türkiye and Earthquake
Earthquake is one of the facts of this geography. Unfortunately, every 100 years or every 50 years Turkish landscape has been facing small or big (depends on the period) earthquakes. Türkiye is like Japan actually. The geographical features always affect from the earthquakes. It is reported that some of them have small magnitudes like 2.0 and 3.0 that’s why we […]
Great Istanbul earthquake 1509-Small Apocalypse
A great earthquake story from Istanbul history, earthquake has been one of the most important facts of the geography. We are going back in time. We are in 1509, probably the end of summer. Istanbul was hit by a great earthquake. According to the historical records, in addition to the quakes the sea was dropped back. Then it caused tsunami […]