Global warming is the most serious threat we have ever faced. As a result of global warming, we are losing our water sources. It is a common threat for the world. When we examine the threat locally, Anatolia is one of the geographical location which is under threat. The water sources of Small Asia are…
Eskişehir Eti Archeaological Museum
Archeaological Museums are important sight seeing places. Eskişehir Eti Archeaological Museum is one of the well known museums of Turkey. Due to the historical background of the region, many archeaological objects are being unearthed. So we have a lot of objects to exhibit. It is one of the biggest museums of the region. Anatolian Civilizations…
Prusias ad Hypium Ancient Site VII
It is obvious that Turkish landscape has many important ancient sites. Most of them have interesting stories for us. The findings in those sites are part of a great story. It is called history. Prusias ad Hypium ancient site (Western Blacksea region) is one of them. Some important findings were unearthed in the site such…
Karahan Tepe; Brother of Göbeklitepe
South Eastern Anatolia is one of the oldest areas of the world. Before the Göbekli Tepe discovery, there were local rumors that had been a float for centuries. The local people had some stories like them. Many people were thinking that they were just rumors till Göbekli Tepe temple was unearthed. After the archeological studies,…
Efteni Lake; A Byzantian Princess Legend
Efteni Lake is one of the nicest lakes of Turkish landscape. It is located on Duzce plain. It is one of the important stops for immigrant birds. Also its legend is very popular. It has a muddy structure. The Byzantian army had a stop on the shore of the lake during a military campaign. Princess…
Castle of ancient times; Erzurum Castle
Many historical castles are still standing on Turkish soil. One of them is in Eastern region of Turkey. It is in the border of Erzurum province. It is dated back to Urartu times. It means that it is older than 2500 years. There are two sections in this castle. Inner castle and outer castle are…
Ancient water channel of Teion site
Teion ancient site was one of the important sites in the Black sea region. As it is known that Northern side of Anatolia is green and fruitful, so this region has been very suitable for residing in the history. Teion ancient site was one of them. A site needed a water source nearby. The source…
November in Antalya
The photo above was taken in November. The location is Antalya. Actually November is a winter month but Antalya is different. Due to the climate of Antalya, winter is cooler than rest of Turkey. Winter is cool but sunny. It often snows. Summer is very hot. Due to the feature of Antalya, the city is…
Parliament Building of United Lycian state; Patara
United Lycia is one of the well known federal states in the history. This was a unite that was formed by city states of Small Asia. Patara was the capital city state and they had a constitution. Patar city officials decided to build a monument parliament building. They built this parliament building in 2nd century…
Theateral Masks of Small Asia
Theater is one of the oldest visual arts in the world. It is known that it is dated back to ancient Greek and Small Asia. We can come across some proofs for this theory in ancient sites of Small Asis such as Myra and others. The archeaologists unearthed the best samples of the masks. The…