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…
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…
Romans were here…..
There are many important ancient sites in Anatolian peninsula. One of them is the site that was built in the name of Roman Emperor Hydranius. It is located in western Black Sea region of Turkiye. Even tough the excavations have been lasting for decades, the archeaologists are still discovering new buildings or items. The last…
Merry Christmas…
I wish all Christ world merry christmas and happy new year eve. The original santa claus was in Demre of Antalya. Discover Turkiye and travel in time…
Anatolia; the land of good souls
St. Nicholas is one of the symbols of Anatolia. He was the inspirer of Santa Claus. He helped his society, and he did it secretly. So he became a symbol character of all Christian world. Rumi is one of the well-known philosophers in the world. He makes a call to everyone in order to be…
Christmas is born in Demre
As we have mentioned for several times, Anatolia has been the homeland of the various civilizations through all times of history. Also the belief systems including religions are the important contents of the civilizations. Since the beginning of the Christianity, Anatolia has an important place. For example, Anatolia is on the way of pilgrimage. Christian…
Christmas soul of Anatolia
As we all know that Christmas belongs to Christianity, and it is celebrated in Western countries. Anatolia and Turkish Republic aren’t the places you expect to see enthusiastic Christian soul because of different culture. But I will tell you a different story. Around 2000 years ago, a place was here named Demre (Today it is…
Sven Stefan Bulgarian Church; The iron church
As we know that Istanbul has been a cosmopolitan city for hundred years. That multi- cultural feature shows itself with great pieces. Iron church is one of them. It is located on the bank of Golden Horn. It belonged to Bulgarian society of the city. As they declared themselves as an independent country, they also…
St.Antoine Church;the biggest Catholic church of Istanbul
Istanbul is province that we can come across every sort of religious facilities. Taksim square -(Pera was the old name) is a region where all religions live in harmony. St.Antoine Church is one of the great churches of Taksim square. It was built in 1906. It is the fourth church. Three of them were built…
New sites like Göbeklitepe
If we use this statement; the history of human being is rewritten in Southeastern Turkiye, it will be completely true. When Göbeklitepe ancient site was discovered, it was told that the history of human being had been rewritten. After this discovery, the works on the region proved that Göbeklitepe wasn’t only one. Şanlıurfa province of…