South Eastern Turkey is full of historical events’ witnesses. As it has been the gate to the Asia and eastern world, many civilizations visited here. They left some great heritages such as historical Urfa fortress. Actually its history isn’t clear, it is thought that it was built in 81 4 AD by Sassanians. Additiion to…
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…
Dara ancient site; A Roman frontier on east border to Mesopotamia
South eastern Anatolia is the gate to Mesopotamia as it was in the past. The ancient period was very violent and Mesopotamia was always under war threat. It was the east border of East Roman Empire. Dara ancient site was born in this period. It was built as eastern border station of East Roman Empire.…
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…
A Canyon nearby Ankara; Cyprus Village Canyon
Ankara is the capital city of Turkish Republic. It is located in the middle of Anatolia. It was named as Cyprus village Canyon. It can be considered as an urban canyon. It is one of the natural beauties that are in mid-anatolia. Discover Turkey and explore the nature….
Peak of Turkey; Mt. Ağrı
Mt.Ağrı is the peak of Turkey with the height of 5137 mt. Eastern Turkey has a rocky and higher territory. Nearby Iran border, there are mountain chains. The area around the mountain is a national park today. There are two mountains; Small Ağrı and Great Ağrı nountains. Both of them are volcanic mountains. They have…
Phrygian caves in Small Asia
Phrygian civilization is one of the oldest settlements of Small Asia. As it was, they didn’t leave too much clues to know them very well. But the caves which were used as home by Phrygians were discovered. Phrygian reigned the Western central Anatolia in their period. It is absolute that Phrygian State was one of…