The ancient sites of Anatolia have long lasting life in history. The archeological excavations support this statement. The ancient sites such as Smyrna have a deep impact in history. During the excavations, some items that belong to late periods are unearthed. For example, Ottoman ceramics that were produced in Kütahya province were unearthed. It is…
Urartu treasures are unearthed
Urartu civilization is one of the Anatolian civilizations that established multi cultural structure in this peninsula. All Eastern Anatolia was their territory. Urartu State has a deep heritage in the region. Some of them are hidden and unfortunately they are unearthed by illegal excavators. A space after a tunnel was discovered by illegal excavators.It is…
Cultural links of Southeastern Anatolia
Southeastern region of Turkish Republic has a different importance in the history. If we think that civilization raised from Mesopotamia region, we should consider this region as a neighbourhood of the region. So the inhabitants of this region affected from this development. The last discoveries proved us that the settlement has been lasting for a…
An Istanbul mystery; Are Conquerer Sultan Mehmed and Constantine I buried in the same tomb?
The history of Istanbul is actually very impressive. The city is full of legends and mysteries. Some of them are well-known by the public. But some of them are forgotten or liberately hidden. This one is intentionally hidden by Ottoman dynasty. After a hard rain in Istanbul, Fatih region of Istanbul had a lot of…
Marmaris; A holiday paradise in South Eastern Turkiye
I have been to Marmaris for four day vacation. It was the beginning of October. Istanbul was colder and cloudy but Marmaris was around 32 celsius. The weather was hot but windy. We have booked at the Hotel Aqua (5 star hotel). It is an all- inclusive hotel. It took around 8 hours and 30…
The ancient order of Çatalhöyük
Çatalhöyük is one of the ancient settlements that have deep impacts in social culture. Order of Çatalhöyük is the oldest sample of settlements. It was designed as groups of buildings. There were no streets or no doors. All of the entrances were on the top of the houses. There were even no windows. This ancient…
Gre Filla ancient site will be removed over the dam lake
Gre Filla ancient site which is considered as Göbeklitepe of Diyarbakır is one of the important archeaological sites of South Eastern Anatolia. Unfortunately it is one of the unluckiest sites of Turkiye. The dam will take it under the water. So the site will be placed over the dam lake with a project. All South…
Augusta ancient site; One of the hidden treasures in Clicia
Turkish landscape has a lot of archeaological treasures in its territory. Unfortunately some of them aren’t lucky. Due to the dams, some of them remained under the water. Augusta ancient site which is located in Adana province of Turkiye was one of the best known ancient sites due to the historical records. This ancient site…
Heracles cult in ancient Anatolia
I have been stating for several times; Anatolia hosted ancient cults and languages. The ancient cults including Heracles cult were the important parts of the belief systems. Every god or goddess were the guards or symbols for various elements and features. Worshipping those gods and goddess’ was a part of an individual social life. Pantheon…
The tracks of cultural development; Genetic science
The cultural development has been lasting for centuries in the world. How can you track them? By archeaology and genetic science. The scientists and archeaologists are co-operating in order to solve the mysteries on cultural development. Anatolia’s cultural development is also other mystery for history. We know that many civilizations lived here and left significant…