Ankara is the capital city of Turkish Republic. It is located in the middle of Anatolia. It was named as Cyprus village Canyon. It can be considered as an urban canyon. It is one of the natural beauties that are in mid-anatolia. Discover Turkey and explore the nature….
Peak of Turkey; Mt. Ağrı
Mt.Ağrı is the peak of Turkey with the height of 5137 mt. Eastern Turkey has a rocky and higher territory. Nearby Iran border, there are mountain chains. The area around the mountain is a national park today. There are two mountains; Small Ağrı and Great Ağrı nountains. Both of them are volcanic mountains. They have…
Paradise of Bursa province; Gölyazı
There is a paradise in Bursa province and it is famous for authentic features; Gölyazı district. It seems that its location is very impressive at first. It is located in Nilüfer county of Bursa. Also it is one of the archeaological area of Bursa. A necropole area was unearthed. Unique samples of Roman tombs were…
A Byzantian Fortress; Yoğurtçu Fortress
A typical Byzantian fortress was built in Western Anatolia (today’s Manisa province) in order to stop Turkish attacks to Byzantine Empire. It was built around 11th and 12th century. It is a model of Byzantine fortress architecture. It provides valuable information on East Roman military engineering. Also it was used by Turks. It is just…
Cisterns of Constantinople and Istanbul
Water is the most necessary element for life of the earth. This fact has been one of the important problems to develop human being life. Civilizations and empires of the world history focused on solving that problem in order to make their domination strong. One of the great samples for this solution was from Roman…
Not only a mountain and also the cradle of history; Mt.Latmos of Aydın province
Mt.Latmos can be considered as the cradle of history. Western Anatolia is always the home of history. Mt.Latmos has interesting historical traces such as the paintings on rock which are around 12.000 years old. It is absolute that it has been cradle of human being since the history begins. This field has a real archeaological…
A mysterious ancient site; Thera ancient site of Muğla
Turkish landscape is full of ancient sites and some of them are less known than others. Thera ancient site of Muğla province is one of them. It is thought that it belongs to Carian civilization which is known as native of this landscape. It is dated back to 4th century BC. Although there hasn’t been…
Traces of Urartu civilization in Lake Van
As we know that the rain is getting less so the levels of lakes are going low. This causes to see the hidden buildings under the lakes. The region of Van used to be under the domination of Urartu Empire. Most of the buildings of Urartu Empire have been disappeared or they are under the…
Forests are burning……
As whole world knows that forests are burning in Turkish holiday resorts such as Bodrum and Antalya. The fires have been lasting for days and Turkey lost many hectares. Unfortunately Turkish state is silent about this disaster. We are losing our lungs and we are full of anger because of their mood. It seems that…
İncesu Canyon; A natural treasure of Black Sea region
Black Sea region of Turkey is famous for natural beauties. We can see many great valleys that were formed by the rivers in the mountains. İncesu Canyon is one of those valleys. It is located in the Mid Black Sea region. As it was classified as national park, it has an entrance fee. It is…