Antalya: the most famous destination of Türkiye

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.…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…