The historical Haydarpaşa train station is one of the monuıments in Istanbul. It is located at the Asian minor in Kadıköy county. It was built by Germans as a train station. It was put into service in 1908. It was the beginning of line to Ankara and eastern region. After the republic was established, Railway…
Why is Troy special for history?
Troy and Trojan war became famous thanks to Homer’s Iliada and Greeks’ historical records. It was thought that Trojan war and Troy were fantasy. Although the records describe us a great wealthy site and a legendary war, we couldn’t have concrete proves on them for centuries. A treasure hunter who grew up with the story…
Turkey’s First National Flag Museum
Every national fiag is a respectful symbol for nations in the world. No doubt Turkish flag is one of the beautiful flags of the world. That’s why the national flag museum was opened in order to honour Turkish flag by University of September Nineth. September Nineth is the date when Izmir was rescued from Greek…
Amazons;to honour the female warriors of history
When we think of female existence in history, Amzons will be starring in history. I have published many articles on Amazons. This time my purpose is to honour those female Iskit warriors. Briefly they are originally Turks. There wasn’t any special day for females. Even they were considered as second class human mostly. But Amazon…
What happened to Troy ancient site?
Troy ancient site has always been famous for centuries thanks to Homer’s Iliada. It was thought that Troy and legendary were fantasy. A German treasure hunter who grew up with this story came to Anatolia. It was his dream. It seems that the treasure of Troy was his dream. He couldn’t realise the archeaological value…
Achilles;a half god warrior
Achilles was one of the important warriors in Trojan war. He was a half god. He couldn’t be killed unless he was shot from his heel. When he was blessed with the holy water by Gods, only his heel didn’t touch the holy water. So his heel was his weak point. By the way, he…
New Troy Museum in Turkey
Troy is one of the important ancient sites of the world. It is the one of the priceless treasures for archeaology. It is also one of the famous sites of Turkish Republic in tourism world. The samples of these sites have great museum exhibition halls. According to this perpection, A new exhibition hall was constructed…
Who is Helen of Troy?
Helen of Troy is starring in the story of legendary war. She was the reason of the legendary war. Because of love between Prince Paris and Helen, Greeks and Troians made war. As a result, Greeks won this war and captured Troy. Who is Helen? She was famous for her beauty. She was so beautiful…
The Legendary War of Troy
If the subject is Troy, we always remember the legendary war that caused Troy to be collapsed by a trick. Most of the people thought that this war was only a fantasy and it had never existed due to the lack of physical evidences. We had just historical records that were written by ancient Greek…
Achilles and Amazon queen Penthesilea; A tragedy during legendary war
The legendary war between Greeks and Troians became true according to the weapon findings on the ancient site. Achilles was one of the top characters for legendary war. Amazons were impartial during the war. Amazon queen Penthesilea had a deep sorrow because she killed her sister by mistake during the hunt. Her depression was so…