How do you describe Ataturk? There are many words to describe him but briefly we can say great commander, wise stateman and a man of great vision. He was a genius officer and he interested in history. So he got lessons from the past. This officer applied modern and old tactics together. He organized his tactics up to the current […]
Turkey; The land of Cultural Mozaics
Turkey is a country where you can come across various mosaics. Civilizations left us valuable heritage from past. Mosaics tell us different stories from the past. Most of them are from mythology. So the characters are well known in mythology.
Olive and Olive oil; Natural Treasure of Aegean Sea
Olive is the common good of all Mediterranean region. Also the inhabitants have been using olive and olive goods for centuries. Trade of olive was very important in ancient era. Thanks to trade of olive and olive oil, the settlement areas of Aegean region became rich and wealthy sites. It is known that the lifetime of ancient era was shorter […]
Hittite and Hattites Sun Disks
Sun was a power of life in earlier ages. So the civilizations considered as god. Hittites and Hattites prepared some figures that symbolized sun. One of the figures is exhibited in Ankara that is capital of Turkish Republic. They were important items of Hittite culture.
Violence that belongs to 5000 years ago; The victim was a little girl
A grave was unearthed in Küllüoba ancient site of Central Anatolia. It is 5000 years old and it has a dramatic story. Archeologists found out that there are two skeletons in a coffin. One of them is a little girl and the other one is an adult man. The dramatic side of this story is the way she died. She […]
Egyptian Queen was in Patara Ancient site
As I stated before, important civilizations such as Egyptians left us priceless heritage in this landscape. The last discovery is very exciting because a coin,that Egyptian queen Arsinoe II was printed on, was unearthed. It means that there used to be an Egyptian settlement area in Patara ( the capital Lydian Union). She was relative of Thracian and Macedonian kings. […]
Fortress of Bursa; A time capsule of history
Bursa is one of the ancient cities of Turkey. It had hosted many civilizations for centuries. Bythinia State was the first known important state which dominated the region. It had an important role in history. Bythinian architecture was close to Roman engineering. That’s why many ancient items and tunnels were discovered in recent years. The most important Bythinian building was […]
Çatalhöyük II: Earlier urban zone of History
We mentioned about the importance of Çatalhöyük ancient site before but the last results of this site excavation show us that there are more to talk on this site and humankind development. As we know that our human ancestors began their life as hunters and they were migrating. Briefly they didn’t have a settlement area and they chose their life […]
Ankara; the capital of modern Turkish Republic
Although Ankara is the capital of modern Turkish Republic, Ankara is always on the shadow of Istanbul. Whenever we talk about Turkey, everyone remembers Istanbul firstly. It has some historical reasons. Ankara and its region weren’t so important expect some periods. The ancient site Gordion was one of the historical sites because the famous king Midas (with donkey ears) lived […]
King Menua; An Urartu King that had its landscape constructed
King Menua was one of the well known Urartu kings because he had many monuments in Urartu land including Mesopotamia and Anatolia. He became king in 800 BC and he decorated his land with architectural monuments. Military castles were important buildings in order to control the landscape of Urartu state. Beside the castles, the civil buildings and projects were done. […]