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…
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…
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.…
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…
Cultural links of Southeastern Anatolia
Southeastern region of Turkish Republic has a different importance in the history. If we think that civilization raised from Mesopotamia region, we should consider this region as a neighbourhood of the region. So the inhabitants of this region affected from this development. The last discoveries proved us that the settlement has been lasting for a…
Marmaris; A holiday paradise in South Eastern Turkiye
I have been to Marmaris for four day vacation. It was the beginning of October. Istanbul was colder and cloudy but Marmaris was around 32 celsius. The weather was hot but windy. We have booked at the Hotel Aqua (5 star hotel). It is an all- inclusive hotel. It took around 8 hours and 30…
Agriculture; the development in Anatolia
Agriculture is one of the steps that have deep impact on human being development. It leaded to establish settlements and to get products from soil. Also agriculture made the human being control the life. It is known that some oldest samples were in Anatolian peninsula. There are some hints in some ancient sites. Due to…
Gre Filla ancient site will be removed over the dam lake
Gre Filla ancient site which is considered as Göbeklitepe of Diyarbakır is one of the important archeaological sites of South Eastern Anatolia. Unfortunately it is one of the unluckiest sites of Turkiye. The dam will take it under the water. So the site will be placed over the dam lake with a project. All South…
Augusta ancient site; One of the hidden treasures in Clicia
Turkish landscape has a lot of archeaological treasures in its territory. Unfortunately some of them aren’t lucky. Due to the dams, some of them remained under the water. Augusta ancient site which is located in Adana province of Turkiye was one of the best known ancient sites due to the historical records. This ancient site…
Heracles cult in ancient Anatolia
I have been stating for several times; Anatolia hosted ancient cults and languages. The ancient cults including Heracles cult were the important parts of the belief systems. Every god or goddess were the guards or symbols for various elements and features. Worshipping those gods and goddess’ was a part of an individual social life. Pantheon…