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…
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.…
The Antioch earthquake in 115 AD
Earthquakes are the reality of this geography. Since the beginning of the time, earthquakes have been shaping this peninsula. It is absolute that many civilizations of Anatolian land had faced earthquakes in every age of history. That’s why, the archeaologists unearth certain evidences of earthquakes that have shaped this land for centuries. Ancient Antioch site…
Çanakkale can’t be passed…..
108 yeasrs ago, an epic war became true in Dardanel strait. A fleet of English and French ships aimed to pass through the Dardanel strait to occupy Istanbul and to help Russian Empire. But Turkish forces that are under the command of German officers were in defence positions. Turkish artillery was in alert. Their arsenal…
Historical Bridge didn’t get any damage
Two big earthquakes which happened on 6th of February left us big damages in the southeastern region of Turkiye. The modern and concrete building were down because of the architectural and engineering problems. We can debate on this issue till we get bored. But Roman architecture gave us a recent answer. Historical Cendere Bridge which…
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…
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…
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…
Architect Sinan… a master that has defeated earthquakes several times
Earthquake has been very important fact for this region and the world since the beginning.Human being has faced this fact many times in the history. But some genius architects managed to defeat earthquake and time with their legacies. He is one of them, maybe the biggest master of architects…. Architect Sinan He was born between…
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…