Category: History and sightseeing places

Caunos is one of the most important ancient sites of Turkey because it was a capital that was between Karia and Lykian region. Caunos is located on Dalyan channel of Muğla province. It is known that they were built in BC 4th century and they are the graveyards of a dynasty. Unfortunately they were damaged…

Smyrna was one of the well known sites of ancient era. It is told that Smyrna was one of the Amazon queens and this city was built in the name of her. Today’s Izmir had a meaning with this historical background. If you can travel in time, Amazons can be most interesting societies in ancient…

If you are looking for a place where time stopped, Ani ancient site is this place. It used to be a capital of Armenian Kingdom and it also used to be an important destination on Silk road. Briefly it was a busy and crowded city once upon a time. But today it is a lonely…

Isos ancient site was the place where Persians and Macedonian Empire made a war. Macedonians, Alexander the Great, won the war. They had the chance to move to Asia. Isos ancient site is located at Erzin county of Osmaniye province. Alexander the Great had faced to Persian Empire when he moved to Asia. Both sides…

Halikarnassos was one of the magnificent cities in ancient era. The thing that made here unique was a monument. This area had been dominated by Persians for years and Governor Mausolos reconstructed the city and it became a glorious city. After his death, a monument was built in the name of him in BC 353.…

Philosophy was one of the main branches that shaped ancient times. Miletos was the ancient site where Thales, Anaximandros and Anaximenes developed a new trend that is valid for today. They were named as ” nature philosophers” and today’s nature understanding is dated back to their period. There used to be a philosophy school that…

Istanbul is one of the cities that have buildings like perfect time capsules inside. One of them is Yedikule Dungeons because many well known sultans were imprisoned here. Actually it was built in Byzantine period but it was extended in Ottoman era. Sultans were taken here when any uprising existed. Towers were built for various…

If those who want to travel in time come to Turkey, one of the attractive destinations is Istanbul Archeological Museum. It was the first history museum of Turkey. It was opened in 1869 as the first modern history museum. Osman Hamdi Bey was the founder of the museum. The archeological excavations had started in Anatolia…

104 years ago, a war was existed between the greatest navy of Western world and Turks. It was the navy that all greatest warships of England and France were in. We were defending our landscape, we had limited sources. On the other hand, Alliance navy had the updated technology for that period. All Turkish nation…

Amisos was the ancient site of Amazons in Black sea region. It was the well known earlier settlement unite of female warriors. They were very good at fighting with weapons and nobody could understand that they were women. Amisos is Samsun province in present. Today we can see the tombs and village replicas in city…