The picture below can’t be seen any more because as Ilısu dam is collecting water, this ancient site is under the dam lake. This ancient site is as old as Göbeklitepe and we can come across settlement fields from 10.000 years ago. Also Roman, East Roman, Seljuk Empire and Ottoman Empire eras left traces here.…
Hell Creek of South Eastern Turkey
What a canyon it is! It is like Grand Canyon of USA but it is in southern eastern corner of Turkey (Şırnak province). Its local name is Hell creek. It is flowing in a big canyon. As you can understand from the view, the landscape has many surprises for us such as natural caves. The…
Land of Red Fairies is waiting for you….
It isn’t a picture from Grand Canyon of USA. It is located in Eastern Anatolia and it is named as Narman chimneys. Also those chimneys are named as Red Fairies and the area of those chimneys is named as the land of Red Fairies. Those chimneys were formed around 300 million years ago. Still the…
A Great Natural Treasure; Mt.Nemrut Crater Lake
We know some samples of the crater lakes in the world. I am sure that we all agree volcanos are super powers of the earth. They can be silent but they are real giants of the earth. One of them is in Turkey. It is located in Tatvan county of Bitlis province. Its name is…
Natural Corn Storerooms of Central Anatolia
Cereal products have been the major agricultural production of Central Anatolia for thousands of years. They have been main element of nutrition for the local people. Also Central Anatolia has been one of the main production fields to grow up cereal products. It means that also exporting and storing have been important titles for the…
The oldest area of Turkey in Central Anatolia
As we know that geography of the world has been changing since the beginning of the world. The earth is 4.5 billion years old. Everything started with super continental structure and this super continental structure began to break down. Today’s earth and contintents had been formed in millions of years. Still the formation of the…
Life on Muş Vast Plain
Eastern Anatolia is like a hidden natural treasure, the region has a lot of natural beauties. Due to the rough past of the region, the region wasn’t able to develop in tourism. So the beauties of the region had been unknown for a long time. It seems that the region’s situation seems promising. That’s why…
Kapıkaya Canyon; The beauty of South Turkey
Canyons of Turkey are as impressive as the other ones in the world. Kapıkaya Canyon of Adana province is one of the impressive canyons of Turkey. It is one of the best places where you can do outdoor sports such as hiking. Discover Turkey and feel the nature….
Amasya; the city of Ottoman princes’
We have a city that is located on Central Black Sea region. It is a cute and historical city. Also it was established on the skirts of mountains. It is dated back to Hittite Empire. Also this region protected its importance in later periods. Its real fame came in Otttoman Empire period. Before its historical…
Rainbow hills of Central Anatolia
The nature has many forms, some of them are very colorful. We know the samples of this form in USA and China. But we have a similar form in Turkey. It is located in mid-Anatolia nearby Ankara (the capital of Turkish Republic). It has been forming for 10.000.000 years. The colorful layers of the soil…