Turkiye is one of the leader countries of tourism world in the sector. With the natural landscape and tourism facilities, this country attracts millions of tourists. Including the hotel accommodation and camping facilities potential, we have been serving individual and group tourism for years. Tourism is the major industry for Turkiye because Turkiye is a paradise for a tourist. We […]
Antalya: the most famous destination of Türkiye
Antalya is a holiday destination that is famous not only in Türkiye and also in the world. This city is also named as Turkish Riviera. Domestic and foreign visitors prefer spending their summer holidays in Antalya. Due to the historical and natural background, it is one of the most preffered holiday destinations in the world. With its beaches and sight-seeing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gaziantep Fortress fell to pieces
The earthquake that caused a big damage in South Eastern Turkiye also damaged the historical fortress of Gaziantep province. This fortress is also a symbol of the city. Its history is unknown but it is guessed that it goes back to Hittites in order to dominate the region. After this earthquake, the fortress had a big damage as you can […]
Earthquake history in Anatolia
As you can see above, Anatolian Peninsula is the conjunction of three plates. Briefly we are on the crash site of three wild plataes. It means that Turkiye is standing on one of the most active earthquake sites in the world. It can happen at anytime or in anywhere. Geological structure of Turkiye requires ongoing observation. The earthquakes may happen […]
A Hittite myth; A missing god
Hittites are known as the first central state of the Anatolian peninsula. Also it is known that Hittites weren’t the local tribe of Anatolia. They immagrated from the unknown place. After coming to Anatolia, they merged with the local tribes of Anatolia. Then they established the first central state of Anatolia. They also left a remarkable legacy with some tales. […]
Jewels and Accessories of Anatolia in the history
Handycraft has been very important industrial sector in Anatolia for centuries. Even today a visitor can come across a handycraft market or production center in Anatolian provinces. The reason is that the handycraft markets have been one of the symbols in provinces. They can be established on every sort of material such as metal items and cotton products. The handycraft […]
Protocol seats of Greek theaters
Greek theaters were very functional and first places to create civilizations. Also Anatolian ancient sites have great anfi-theaters. In southern Anatolia, some important discoveries were made. Some protocol seats were unearthed. It is the hint of the function and status order. It seems that Greek theaters were the first samples of today’s stadiums. Discover Turkiye and travel in time….