A castle which is located in Manisa province of Turkey at present had an important role on the territory. East Roman Empire had the castle built against Turkic attacks in 1200’s. Today it is named as “Yoğurtçu Castle”. Unfortunately it needs care and fixing. Although it is careless today, we can see how glorious it…
Kütahya and Iznik; the homelands of beautiful tiles
Tiles are one of important handicrafts of Anatolia. Also tiles are still necessary decorative elements of the buildings. Anatolia was one of the homelands of tiles in the past. Multi-cultural structure of Anatolia reflects tiles which were used in religious buildings such as the mosques. Anatolian peninsula has two regions; Kütahya and Iznik. Tiles were…
Great mosaics of Western Anatolia region
As we have mentioned for several times, Western Anatolia region was the homeland of developed Greek civilization. Ancient Roman culture marked the region and we can still unearth the evidences of this statement. A mosaic (above) is one of the samples. It was unearthed in İzmir province of Turkey. Also it was under the modern…
Çal Cave; the natural treasure of Eastern Blacksea region
Eastern Blacksea region is famous for natural beauties in the world. The natural landscape is so impressive that the region is one of the favorite places for international tourism. Trabzon is one of the important provinces in the region. Çal cave is one of the natural beauties in Trabzon. It is the second longest cave…
Historical Fortress of Kütahya
Kütahya is one of the historical provinces of Turkey. It is thought that it is dated back to Phrygian period. In addition to Phrygian period, the archeaologists unearthed East Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman period ruins. The history of Kütahya fortress isn’t clear but it could have been witnessed Phrygian era. History became alive on Anatolia…
Antique path of Phrygian region
Phrygian region is one of the important sight seeing places of Turkey. Due to the historical background, Phrygian region was the one of the cradles of world civilizations. The path of this region has some mysteries such as the prints on the wall. According to the historical records, it was an active trade route. Discover…
Balcam Cave; A natural treasure and a house of prayer
Turkish landscape has a lot of caves. Some of them are open for visit and some of them aren’t so famous. Balcam Cave is the cave that is in second class. But it doesn’t mean that it has nothing. In the opposite, it has a wide background that religion culture is involved. It is located…
St.Mercurius underground site
Central Anatolia is famous for the underground sites. Those sites still have mysteries for us. Firstly we think that the human being of ancient period didn’t have developed engineering level. But those sites make us shocked because the enginering level of those sites is so high that we come across developed systems such as the…
Archeaological Treasures in the heart of Diyarbakır
Amida ancient site is an archeaological site that is located in thr center of Diyarbakır city walls. It is dated back to Roman age. It is thought that it is around 1800 years old. The archeaological excavation proves that there are more to unearth. Discover Turkey and travel in time….
Diving tourism in Van Lake
Van Lake has an important place for Turkish tourism. Also it has a special meaning for local economy. Diving tourism is a new trend that is developing in the region. Van Lake is a special place and it is hiding something underneath. We have an only way to see this great world; diving. Divers are…