Antalya is a holiday destination that is famous not only in Türkiye and also in the world. This city is also named as Turkish Riviera. Domestic and foreign visitors prefer spending their summer holidays in Antalya. Due to the historical and natural background, it is one of the most preffered holiday destinations in the world. With its beaches and sight-seeing […]
Habib-i Neccar Mosque was destructed
Habib-i Neccar Mosque that is located in Antakya is known as one the oldest mosques of Anatolia. But this building was built as a Christian temple firstly. It was built in 7th century AD. It was named of an apostle in Antakya. This apostle was a carpenter. The apostles came to Antakya to promulgate Christianity. But the local residents rejected […]
The Antioch earthquake in 115 AD
Earthquakes are the reality of this geography. Since the beginning of the time, earthquakes have been shaping this peninsula. It is absolute that many civilizations of Anatolian land had faced earthquakes in every age of history. That’s why, the archeaologists unearth certain evidences of earthquakes that have shaped this land for centuries. Ancient Antioch site has faced a big earthquake […]
Historical Bridge didn’t get any damage
Two big earthquakes which happened on 6th of February left us big damages in the southeastern region of Turkiye. The modern and concrete building were down because of the architectural and engineering problems. We can debate on this issue till we get bored. But Roman architecture gave us a recent answer. Historical Cendere Bridge which was built 1800 years ago […]
Türkiye and Earthquake
Earthquake is one of the facts of this geography. Unfortunately, every 100 years or every 50 years Turkish landscape has been facing small or big (depends on the period) earthquakes. Türkiye is like Japan actually. The geographical features always affect from the earthquakes. It is reported that some of them have small magnitudes like 2.0 and 3.0 that’s why we […]
Gaziantep Fortress fell to pieces
The earthquake that caused a big damage in South Eastern Turkiye also damaged the historical fortress of Gaziantep province. This fortress is also a symbol of the city. Its history is unknown but it is guessed that it goes back to Hittites in order to dominate the region. After this earthquake, the fortress had a big damage as you can […]
Earthquake is back…. Second biggest earthquake of 100 years
On 6th of February, the southeast of Turkish Republic was hit by two earthquakes in 7.7 and 7.6 richter scale. 10 provinces of Turkiye were destroyed. Mostly those cities were demolished by a great power. The destruction is so big that the casualties and the ruins are getting more in every minute. According to the last aftermath, the casualties are […]
The nature philosophers of Miletus;Thales, Anaximender and Anaximenes
Miletus Philosophy School was one of the important philosophy schools of the ancient era Thales,Anaximender and Anaximanos West Aegean region was a developed region in ancient era. Miletus was one of the ancient sites of the ancient era. This site had a fame because it was a developed place for scientific works. Three philosophers had made a revolution in philosophy. […]
The world capital of pine honey; Marmaris
Marmaris that is located on south western of Turkiye is one of the famous holiday resorts of the world. Also Marmaris is famous for delicious pine honey. Pine forests are the natural system that covers up whole area. The bees fly on those forests and collect pine gems. Then they produce world famous pine honey. Unfortunately the forest area decreased […]
A Geopark of Turkiye;Gökbel Valley
Whole world knows Grand Canyon of USA as one of the oldest rock forms in the world. Grand Canyon actually has an impressive scene in every picture. But Grand Canyon isn’t only one in this category. There is a great geopark in the Aegean region of Turkiye. It is named as Gökbel Valley. While travelling through Southern Anatolia, it will […]