Wind mills are the traditional tools for ancient times. We know that Holland is famous for wind mills but the mills above are in Çeşme district of İzmir. Also we can see similiar wind mills in Greece. Aegean islands have similiar cultures as Turkey so we can come across the same windmills on the both…
A tea and a circular bread(Simit); two great companions
When you visit Turkey, you are going to meet two great companions; tea and a circular bread(simit). Imagine that you are sitting in cafe on the coast. One of your best option is this combination. It has a great pleasure while tasting them. Circular bread (simit) is famous fast food of daily life. It is…
Temples of ancient world
Some ancient sites of Anatolia have deep meanings for the belief and religious history. The ancient sites such as Göbeklitepe give us priceless hints on belief. The figures of columns describe us what they worshipped. The structural base makes us think that this is a structure that can gather many people. Also those temples are…
Turkey and its tourism potential
Turkey is a very attractive country for tourists. Both domestic and foreign tourists have everything they want in order to have a nice time at any time. Cultural tourism is one of the most preferrable tourism branches in the world. A few countries are suitable for cultural tourism. Turkey is one of those countries due…
Happy new year in 2020
We are leaving 2019 in 3 days and we will be in 2020. As we mentioned before, tourism is one of the key sectors of Turkish economy. Due to the new archeological discoveries, Turkey is getting more valuable for world tourism. More values we get, more worthvisiting Turkey becomes. The reason why a tourist comes…
UNESCO World Heritage Temprorary List; New places from Turkey
Turkey has many archeological treasures. This is the fact but a few of them are in world heritage lists. Some of them were added to this list in 2019. One of them is Bodrum Castle which is served as Underwater Archeological Museum in present. The castle has 500 year history and it was used as…
Merry Christmas
Christmas reminds Santa Claus, Santa Claus reminds christmas. Demre was the place where St.Claus’ story existed. Although it is known that St.Claus lived on the north pole, in fact Demre (Antaly) was the place where St.Claus lived. The priest of Demre was so good that he tried to meet the needs of the poor people…
Mud for health
Turkish landscape offers us many opportunities for health and beauty. Before this article, we mentioned on spring waters and doctor fishes. But there is something else that is as important as them; mud baths. Especially on spa regions, mud is applied on the visitors in order to discover the natural beauty. Mud baths were also…
Zeus at Olympos returned back
Zeus was head God of ancient Greek civilization as we know. He was honoured by the statues. Most of them were lost and gone. By the archeological works in recent years, Zeus statue of Constantinapolis was reconstructed. It was destroyed by a fire 1500 years ago. Zeus at Olympos was the symbol of high class…
Harem; the section of ladies at the palace
Harem is one of the sections that have a deep mystery for the history. Nobody could know this section expect servants, harem girls and royal family. All of the portraits were painted up to the stories the artists heard. Also they added imagination for harem girls’ portraits. Briefly harem was the section for royal family.…