Christmas reminds Santa Claus, Santa Claus reminds christmas. Demre was the place where St.Claus’ story existed. Although it is known that St.Claus lived on the north pole, in fact Demre (Antaly) was the place where St.Claus lived. The priest of Demre was so good that he tried to meet the needs of the poor people at any time. But nobody […]
Harem; the section of ladies at the palace
Harem is one of the sections that have a deep mystery for the history. Nobody could know this section expect servants, harem girls and royal family. All of the portraits were painted up to the stories the artists heard. Also they added imagination for harem girls’ portraits. Briefly harem was the section for royal family. It was arranged to meet […]
Turkish Carpet Handycraft
Turkish carpet handycraft is one of the most famous handycrafts in the world. They are the well known decoration items in the houses of world. Anatolia is the homeland of this handycraft. This handycraft is under protection of state. Carpet has been the most important item at home or at tents for centuries for Turks. Since Central Asia, we have […]
Hazerfan; the man who became a dream true
Flying like birds has been one of the dreams that human being want to become true. A Turkish scientist Hazerfan started to work on this subject in 1620’s. His goal was to become flying true and he achieved it. After a long studying period, he climbed through Galata Tower. He built a wing skeleton to fly for a long distance. […]
Harran Plain; the jewellery of South Eastern Turkey
Southeastern Turkey is one of the historical regions of Turkey due to the historical role of Mesopotamia. Harran plain is in the center of the region. Even today, you can see traces of past in the region. As you see above, local houses of Harran plain reflect the past. We mention about the past that is dated ten thousand years […]
Hasankeyf is dying; Dam is collecting water
Hasankeyf, the historical treasure, will stay under the dam in future. It is collecting water and the treasures such as Hasankeyf will be under the dam lake. With 10,000 year history, Hasankeyf represents us a time capsule. Due to the rescuing excavations, new items from Seljuks and Byzantine ages were discovered. Residental areas of Hasankeyf give us priceless hints on […]
Dreams of Oracles; the way to see the future in ancient period
Human being always wonder of the future. It was also the same in the past. Especially kings and royal families consulted oracles to see the future. Those oracles were generally women. They used some methods such as water fortune and animal organs fortune. They never want to make Gods angry because they needed the mercy of Gods for a good […]
This is Paris (the prince of Troy)
We know Paris as a historical character. This is a character that has a deep impact on the history. Firstly he was a jury of first beauty contest and he chose Aphrodite as a winner. She gave a word to him for the love of the most beautiful woman. She was Helen. As a result of this promise, Paris kidnapped […]
Troy division in British Museum; Anatolian heritage is in London
Treasure of Troy is one of the richest collections of the world it has ever been known. Until it had been discovered, it is always very important due to its value. It is so valuable that it is difficult to express. British Museum opened a new section on the treasure of Troy. They were brought from Troy hundred years ago. […]
Troy; the excavations light up the history
Troy is an ancient site that was very important for the history. This site had been built for ten times due to some reasons such as earthquake and restorations. Troy was the site where historical legendary war had existed. The culture level of this legendary war was unearthed. The archeaologists found a level that was dated to the historical war. […]