A typical Byzantian fortress was built in Western Anatolia (today’s Manisa province) in order to stop Turkish attacks to Byzantine Empire. It was built around 11th and 12th century. It is a model of Byzantine fortress architecture. It provides valuable information on East Roman military engineering. Also it was used by Turks. It is just…
The most beautiful palace of the world; Topkapı Palace
According to an international survey, Topkapı Palace of Istanbul was voted as the most beautiful palace. Topkapı Palace which had been the headquarter of Ottoman Empire for 600 years has also a special place among other palaces of the world. Topkapı Palace competed with the big and glorious palaces of Europe and the travelers selected…
Brain surgeries in Anatolia (pre-historic age)
If you imagine that pre-historic age people were very primitive, this article may change your vision. A skull which was discovered in Aşıklı ancient site of Aksaray province is around 9500 years old. It belongs to a woman. The most interesting point is that that woman had a brain surgery 9500 years ago. Also it…
Small St.Sophia of Central Anatolia
When we have a conversation on St.Sophia, mostly the church in Istanbul is remembered. There is a point that there are a lot of St.Sophia churches in Anatolia. Emperor Theodosius had this church built in 385 AD. It was constructed in the name of St. Gregorius Theologos.Its plan is similar to big St.Sophia. It is…
A new site for UNESCO; Arslantepe ancient site
As we have stated for several times, Turkish landscape is an archeaological treasure for the world. Its background is dated back to pre-historic ages. Also the civilizations grew up here. Arslantepe ancient site is known as “the oldest city state” in this landscape. It is located in Eastern Anatolia. UNESCO declared that Arslantepe ancient site…
Traces of Urartu civilization in Lake Van
As we know that the rain is getting less so the levels of lakes are going low. This causes to see the hidden buildings under the lakes. The region of Van used to be under the domination of Urartu Empire. Most of the buildings of Urartu Empire have been disappeared or they are under the…
Historical Kula village of Western Aegean region
There is a historical region in Western Aegean region of Turkey. Its name is Kula village of Manisa province. There are more than 1000 historical houses that have unique architecture. It is dated back to 18th century. This region has a historical stage for the visitors. It is under the protection of the Ministry of…
Free and Wild horses of Anatolia
Wild life of Anatolia was very wealthy once upon a time. It was possible to come across some animals and species here. Unfortunately most of them are being exctincted. Wild horses of Anatolia are one of the animal groups that are trying to survive. Fortunately there are some works to protect them and to reproduce.…
Mosaics of Anatolia II
As it is known that Anatolia is a special region for history and archeaology. Mosaics are important masterpieces of ancient site. They tell us very interesting stories from ancient times. We can see the society of Anatolian civilizations. We find skeletons but we don’t have absolute data what they look like. Mosaics help us to…
New results for Çatalhöyük ancient site works
Çatalhöyük ancient site is one of the sites that attaract the attention of archeaology branch. Its features are so special that Çatalhöyük can light up the history. We get new results from those works. According to the latest works, air pollution was one of the issues that Çatalhöyük public had. The public was breathing particules…