Istanbul is a historical city that hides more than it appears. A triumph coloumn that stucked inside the city is around 1600 years old. It was built in 5th century BC and it was constructed by Emperor Arcadius in order to honour the rebellion in the city. Unfortunately it got shorter in time and it…
The biggest underground city of Turkey was unearthed; Kayseri /Bürüngüz underground city
As it was mentioned before, Central Anatolia of Turkey still hides something for archeologists. The last discovery in Kayseri province confirms this theory. An underground city was discovered under Bürüngüz district of Kayseri. It is so big that it has more than five gates and it has a great defense system. As the examination of…
A monumental fountain in Tripolis
Tripolis was one of the developed ancient sites. The economical situation level was so high that the governor and wealthy people of the site built a fountain that reflected the glory of the site. It is guessed that it was built in 2nd century AD. Its purposes were to get cool in summer days and…
Mental hospital of early ages;Cappadocia’s underground city
We know that Cappadocia has many mysteries under the ground. Underground cities of Cappadocia are so huge that even today a few parts of those ones are open to visit or unearthed. They are also so deep that we could unearth nearly half of them. Derinkuyu underground city which is one of them has so…
Eastern Express; a new trend of travel
Eastern of Turkey offers us great sceneries in winter. Thanks to the snow and very cold winter, the nature paints great panoramas for the visitors. The best travel mode to reach this beauty is by train. This express is named as touristic eastern express. The route starts from Ankara and finishes in Kars. This is…
National Geographic selected sightseeing places that should be seen in Turkey
Worldwide famous geography and discovery channel National Geographic prepared a list of sightseeing places in the world. Some of them are in Turkey. Actually they are well known places but it may surprise you. This is the list; St.Sophia- Istanbul Sumela Monastery- Trabzon The cradle of civilizations- Mardin Göbeklitepe ancient site – Şanlıurfa Spice Market…
Magicians were here..
We know that magic was one of the most common social way to curse someone or something in ancient period. A stone that was carved a magic was unearthed. It seems that it is a vicious magic. It is so important that it was hidden for a long time. Southeastern Anatolia hides different sorts of…
Turkish tourism had good statics in 2019
Turkey is overcoming the crisis that rocked the world. The most important signal of this theory is to have good statics in 2019. The sight-seeing places of Turkey were visited by millions of tourists. There are some sight-seeing places that were visited mostly below; 1.Hierapolis 2. Ephesus 3. Cappadocia 4.Kaymaklı Underground city 5. Troian Ancient…
St.Sophia: the most visited sight seeing place of 2019
Ministry of Tourism declared that St.Sophia is the most visited sight seeing place of Turkey in 2019. It is so impresive that it is still influcing the human being. St.Sophia is the most important praying facility and museum of the world. Nobody can deny it, so Byzantines were aware that they built a church that…
Statics of 2019 in Turkey
Ministry of Tourism declared the tourism statics of 2019. Those are the details; Foreign countries that were imported tourists; Bulgaria Germany Georgia Provinces in Turkey that were visited; Istanbul Antalya Edirne The official foreign tourists are 2.147.878.