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…
Bridge of Tigris; historical bridge of Diyarbakır province
Diyarbakır province is one of the wealthy provinces in South Eastern region. As it was the destination between west and Mesopotamia. There is a bridge that is dated back to Roman age. The other name of the bridge is ten arched brige as it has ten archs on the bridge. According to the inscription (…
Boyabat Fortress
Turkish landscape has a lot of impressive fortresses. They are the witnesses of deep historical background. Every civilization left us valuable legacy. Those fortresses are greatest elements of their legacy. It is dated back to 6th century BC. The construction year is unknown as there is no inscription. This fortress has two sections; old and…
Tourism Policies after COVID outbreak
The most important fact that we are facing is COVID’s existence in our life. Corona virus outbreak have changed all our routine and our policies. Tourism policies have changed according to relating policies. Turkey is one of the countries that have important tourism incomes. So this income is very vital for Turkey. Travel industry can…