Turkish landscape has many fertile agricultural fields. Because of the climate and fertile soil, we can come across many agricultural activities here through the history. Wheat production has been one of the vital agricultural activity. Hittite Empire which was the first civilization that has ever known grew up with the agricultural productitivity. Even Hittite empire…
Turkey; water is getting less
Because of gloabal warming, fresh water is getting less in the world. Turkish landscape contains many small lakes and fresh water sources. Thus we can come across various natural sites which have various eco-systems. like the other parts of the world, Turkish landscape is in danger of drying. When we compare today with 50 years…
The historical main street of Istanbul;Divanyolu street
Istanbul or Constantinople; it doesn’t matter. This city has the same value. There is a historical main street in the historical peninsula. It used to be a path to the great palace of Byzantines from the Theodosius square. The historical peninsula had holy places in Byzantion and Constantinople period such as Theodosius square and Great…
Mt.Ağrı;the peak of Anatolia
Mt. Ağrı is the peak of the Anatolian peninsula. It lies nearby the eastern border of Turkey. It is thought as holy by Armenian community. It was thought that it wasn’t possible to reach the peak point of Mt. Ağrı. If there was any person who achieved this, this person would have been punished by…
Botan Valley and Rock with hole; two beautiful landscapes of Turkey
This picture isn’t from Grand Canyon of USA. It is from Anatolia where the civilizations grew. It is in the border of Siirt province of Turkey. Due to the terrorism, this landscape was far away from the public in the past. It is so impressive that the picture even can take your breath away. Siirt…
Mosaics of Holy Apostles Church
An ancient church was discovered in Hatay province of Turkey. According to the archeaological tests, it remained from 6th century AD. The objects especially mosiacs of the church tell us a magnificent story than we imagine. It is one of the best samples of early Christian period. The mosaics of the church are very special…
Traces of ancient tsunamis in Turkey
Geology wasn’t as developed as today in the past. Thus many earthquake events were missed or misunderstood in the ancient period. After the earthquakes in the sea basins, tsunami is the most important threat for the land. Anatolian coasts don’t have privilege,thus we can come across some tsunami cases on the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts.…
A natural settlement area;Hasuni ancient site
We are in southern eastern Anatolia. An ancient site which is located in Diyarbakır province at present attracts the local visitors right now but it is so valuable that this site can be famous worldwide. An ancient site which was carved in solid rock (Hasuni valley) has an archeaological importance. This site can be considered…
Marine Trade Routes of Ancient period
As we all know that Anatolian peninsula is covered by three seas (Aegean, Black Sea and Mediterranean). So marine trade routes have great importance as others as, such as Silk Road. Some civilizations developed their trade fleet and dominated coasts of Anatolia. Some places were bases of navies. We can find out that there was…
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to whole world….. I wish the spirit of goodness and helpful Santa Claus will be in our life forever…. Demre of Antalya is the homeland of Santa Claus. A helpful and great priest helped the poor people and the good spirit became alive…. Have a great Christmas…..