Category: History and sightseeing places

Çatalhöyük ancient site was very important for the historical period because we came across unique items and valuable hints on human being development. Its size was so big that the population was around 8500. It was a site that unique items such as small sculptures and under house graves were unearthed. There were skulls under…

Ainos ancient site was constructed by Aoilles in BC 7th century. Its symbol was the mountain goat “Ainion”. We came across in Iliada of Homer in first time. According to the Iliada, Thracians came from Ainos city and they fought heroically. As we found out that this society was pagan and the coins were found.…

This water strait takes its name from a myth that is about Zeus and his complicated love life. Zeus had a jealous wife named Hera. Bosphorus means cow strait. Io was a beautiful nun in temple of Hera. Zeus fell in love with Io. Hera was in jealous with Io so Zeus transformed her as…

Those are the walls that are second longest walls after Great China wall. It is around 5700 mt. long and the average height is around 10 or 12 meters. The construction year is unknown although it was reconstructed by Byzantine Emperor Constantinus.

Santa Claus is a holy character of Christianity because he is symbol of helpful and good character of the religion. Everybody thinks that Santa Claus lives in North Pole but he was from Antalya actually. St.Nicholas was the saint who inspired Santa Claus character in Christianity. It is told that he helped the local people…

Constantinapole was the city that had been capital of East Roman Empire for more than 1000 years. The secret key to defend this city was the city walls. They were so tough that the city couldn’t be conquered till 1453 by Sultan Mehmed II. The city walls of Istanbul had served to protect the city…

Tekfur Palace is a very important remain from East Romans because it is the only imperial building that is in good conditions. We can see the details of East Roman architecture features. It is dated back to 13th century. Allowance of Hagia Sophia Directorate is required to visit this palace. Maybe you can see the…

Şahmeran is a wellknown figure in Anatolia. Her name can be heard in any region of Turkey. She was a creature with a woman head and a snake body. She was so beautiful that her beauty was unique. She was living under the ground with her snakes. She had never wanted to give harm to…

We all know icebergs; we see a small part of an iceberg on the surface of water. We can realise that it is a giant when we see the bottom part of the iceberg. Istanbul is the same. Constantinapole is under the modern part of the city. The archeaologist still are discovering new tunnels and…

If you hadn’t seen St.Sophia in Istanbul, you wouldn’t have discovered real history indeed. History of Christianty is related to development of Constantinapole and Nicea because Christianty and Holy Bible became universal with councils of Constantinapole and Nicea. St.Sophia is avery important figure in Christianty because it is still the biggest church of Orthodox world…