Zela Ancient site

Zela ancient site had an important place in ancient times. Zela was considered as a religious center more than a site. Because this site was famous for the temples. A priest and his society were living there. Especially Persians and Armenians respected this area. In a time period, this site was divided into three regions.…

Immortal Olive tree

We have mentioned that olive tree is an important inhabitant of Aegean and Mediterranean region. You can come across this tree everywhere around Mediterranean and Aegean region. Including Turkey and Greece, olive has a wide geography. Also olive tree is known as immortal tree. Even tough it is 2000 years old, it gives us olive.…

Orthosia ancient site

As we know that, there are many ancient sites that are ignored but very valuable according to the historical records. Due to the records, it was one of the important ancient sites of an era. According to the archeaological excavations , the archeaologists unearthed coins and mosaics. We can see traces of various periods such…

The light house of Patara is being re-erected …

Patara ancient site is one of the important archeological treasures of Turkey. There used to be a great light house that was being constructed by the emperor Neron. The archeaologists are trying to reconstruct the light house. By the assistance of stone recovery workshop, the light house will be re-erected. The purpose is to make…

Spartacus; the rebellious soldier and revolutionary leaders of slaves

Spartacus statue Spartacus is one of the impressive characters of the history. He was one of the some revolutionary leaders of ancient times. He had a great place in Greek and Roman history. It is known that he was a soldier at the beginning but due to the insubordination, he became a slave. He was…

Genoese autonomous zone of Constantinople

Constantinople was the biggest metropolitan cities of the ancient period. There were various nations in Constantinople such as Genoese traders. They had autonomous zone in the city. They were residing and trading in this zone. It was surrounded by a wall. After the conquest of the city by Ottoman Empire, Genoese zone lost its autonomy…

Why is Turkey so attractive for tourism?

Tourism is a mixture of some branches and culture. Also culture has a diversity inside the subject. Briefly if tourism of a country works well, it means that the management of culture and other branches work very well. Having a tool such as historical background is a gift but the most important thing is to…