Like the slogan above a visitor can expect more in Turkey. Turkish landscape offers us various opportunities to enjoy. Turkey is world wide famous because the foreign visitors have various pleasures in Turkey. For example, they can go the beach in the morning and they can skate in the afternoon (Antalya region). They can do…
Why is Turkey an important country for tourism in the world?
Turkey is one of the countries that have been accepted as the tourism countries. There are many reasons for this classification. For example, Turkey has various sources for everyone’s choices. A tourist can visit ancient sites or do outdoor sports in Turkey. Thanks to its various sources, Turkey is ready to host every sort of…
Olive and Olive oil; Natural Treasure of Aegean Sea
Olive is the common good of all Mediterranean region. Also the inhabitants have been using olive and olive goods for centuries. Trade of olive was very important in ancient era. Thanks to trade of olive and olive oil, the settlement areas of Aegean region became rich and wealthy sites. It is known that the lifetime…
Hittite and Hattites Sun Disks
Sun was a power of life in earlier ages. So the civilizations considered as god. Hittites and Hattites prepared some figures that symbolized sun. One of the figures is exhibited in Ankara that is capital of Turkish Republic. They were important items of Hittite culture.
Turkish Baths; A very important social facility
Turkish baths are the most confidential social facility of Turkish culture that has been wondering for centuries. That’s why many foreign painters and authors have described the bath society in various platforms up to the words they heard. Turkish baths were more important than considering them as a cleaning rooms. Before the houses have their…
Kaklık cave; A hidden beauty in Denizli
This landscape has a lot of hidden treasures such as caves. One of them is Kaklık Cave that is famous for caving sport. Kaklık Cave is one of the caves that are open for tourism. Travertines and dickites are part of its own ecosystem. Also existence of mineral water creates a great atmosphere in the…
Mt. Kaz is dying; the mines damage this nature treasure deeply
I have to state that it is an article of a murder of a natural treasure. Mt. Kaz – it was called as Mt.Ida in mythology- is being destroyed by mining activity. Mt. Kaz is one of the important oxygen sources of Turkey. Due to unique natural structure, it provides oxygen and fresh air to…
Violence that belongs to 5000 years ago; The victim was a little girl
A grave was unearthed in Küllüoba ancient site of Central Anatolia. It is 5000 years old and it has a dramatic story. Archeologists found out that there are two skeletons in a coffin. One of them is a little girl and the other one is an adult man. The dramatic side of this story is…
Egyptian Queen was in Patara Ancient site
As I stated before, important civilizations such as Egyptians left us priceless heritage in this landscape. The last discovery is very exciting because a coin,that Egyptian queen Arsinoe II was printed on, was unearthed. It means that there used to be an Egyptian settlement area in Patara ( the capital Lydian Union). She was relative…
Cliffs of Antalya; Great walls of Turkish Riviera
No more words are required to state Antalya’s natural and historical background. One of the most outstanding features of Antalya is the cliffs of the city. When a visitor approaches the city from the sea, the cliffs welcome the visitors of Antalya. They are so impressive that they can take the breath away. Also you…