We have a city that is located on Central Black Sea region. It is a cute and historical city. Also it was established on the skirts of mountains. It is dated back to Hittite Empire. Also this region protected its importance in later periods. Its real fame came in Otttoman Empire period. Before its historical…
Rainbow hills of Central Anatolia
The nature has many forms, some of them are very colorful. We know the samples of this form in USA and China. But we have a similar form in Turkey. It is located in mid-Anatolia nearby Ankara (the capital of Turkish Republic). It has been forming for 10.000.000 years. The colorful layers of the soil…
Peak of Turkey; Mt. Ağrı
Mt.Ağrı is the peak of Turkey with the height of 5137 mt. Eastern Turkey has a rocky and higher territory. Nearby Iran border, there are mountain chains. The area around the mountain is a national park today. There are two mountains; Small Ağrı and Great Ağrı nountains. Both of them are volcanic mountains. They have…
Phrygian caves in Small Asia
Phrygian civilization is one of the oldest settlements of Small Asia. As it was, they didn’t leave too much clues to know them very well. But the caves which were used as home by Phrygians were discovered. Phrygian reigned the Western central Anatolia in their period. It is absolute that Phrygian State was one of…
Archeaological findings on Mt.Cilo
Mt.Cilo is one of the secret natural beauties in Turkey. It is located in the south eastern of Turkey (Hakkari province). The highest peak is 4135 mt. It is a natural beauty and the territory is full of colorful flowers. The wall pictures of Mt.Cilo are dated back to pre-historic age. They are so antique…
Historical Hercules carving in Bursa
There used to be ancient stone mine in the border of Iznik county and Hercules was the god which protected the workers. A Hercules carving was made in order to worship. It was carved in 3rd century AD. It means that it is around 1800 years old. That stone mine became a swamp later. Then…
Paradise of Bursa province; Gölyazı
There is a paradise in Bursa province and it is famous for authentic features; Gölyazı district. It seems that its location is very impressive at first. It is located in Nilüfer county of Bursa. Also it is one of the archeaological area of Bursa. A necropole area was unearthed. Unique samples of Roman tombs were…
A Byzantian Fortress; Yoğurtçu Fortress
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…
Cisterns of Constantinople and Istanbul
Water is the most necessary element for life of the earth. This fact has been one of the important problems to develop human being life. Civilizations and empires of the world history focused on solving that problem in order to make their domination strong. One of the great samples for this solution was from Roman…
Not only a mountain and also the cradle of history; Mt.Latmos of Aydın province
Mt.Latmos can be considered as the cradle of history. Western Anatolia is always the home of history. Mt.Latmos has interesting historical traces such as the paintings on rock which are around 12.000 years old. It is absolute that it has been cradle of human being since the history begins. This field has a real archeaological…