Ancient age had its super powers. One of them was Urartu Kingdom. They were neighbor of the Assyrian Kingdom and Urartu Kingdom was fighting for domination of the region. Let’s meet Urartu civilization; We are going back to BC 13th century. We come across a site federation state on the eastern of the peninsula. It…
Modern Assyrians: A community that is part of Turkey
This landscape hosts a wide range of historical background as we mention in every platform. Modern Assyrians are important colors of this landscape. Even though we know that their center is Mardin, we can see many Assyrian churches in Turkey and world. We will travel in time with them; We are going back to 5000…
Titus Tunnel: A Roman engineering wonder
We are in Hatay county of Turkey. Hatay is known as the city of tolerance due to praying facilities of three religions. But I will give you an information on a great building of Roman engineering. It is known as Titus tunnel. This is the story; We are in Roman period of the region. The…
Dionysos: A dominated cult in Small Asia
If we prepare a blog on time travel on that landscape, common cults can’t be ignored. That’s why I would like to introduce you a Greek god; Dionysos was a common cult in ancient Greek world. He was the God of wine and fertility. Believers of Dionysos were based on nature and Dionysos’ attractive power.…
History of Ankara: A capital of King Midas
We are in Ankara today. Ankara is the capital of Turkish Republic but it has been very important for centuries due to its location. This is the story; We are going back to Phrygian period. We see King Midas and he was accepted as founder of ancient city of Ankara. Gordion was the similar city…
Philadelphia ancient site: A city of fests
Turkey is a country that has a lot of great ancient sites with tales. This is one of them; Philadelphia was one of the most well known ancient sites in Small Asia. It was founded in Pergamon Kingdom period but it had its real fame in Roman period. Due to the festivals at the site,…
Missing treasures of Constantinople
Constantinople had treasures and all of them were so valuable that they couldn’t be compared with anything. Even the rumors are so impressive that we can imagine treasures that we dream. This is the story; We are going back to 1453 and Constantinople was about to collapse. East Romans were in horror so they were…
Historical background of Mt.Uludağ of Bursa
Mt.Uludağ is one of the well known resort places and winter sport facilities of Turkey. What do you know about its historical background of Mt.Uludağ? This mountain was named as Olympos Mysia in early ages. Then its name had changed as Mt.Monk in Roman period because there were religious centers on the mountain. It was…
The missing island of Istanbul:Vordonisi
Istanbul city has a lot of mysterious points. One of them is the missing island of Marmara Sea named Vordonisi. This is the story; We are going back to year 1010 and Byzantion faced a big earthquake. It was so big that the silhouette of the city had changed. In the same time, an island…
Assyrian Trade Colonies era: Trade centers of ancient era
Assyrians were one of the states that developed trade in Small Asia. We are going back to 1950 BC and 1750 BC. This is the period of Assyrian Trade Colonies era. Assyrians created a developed trade system between this landscape and Mesopotamia. This trade route consisted of many ancient sites and trade of natural goods…