We all mention that this landscape is admired by everyone. The best proof for this statement is the devil’s table in Ayvalık district of Balıkesir county in Western Anatolia. There is an incredible place on the shore of Western Anatolia. I guess that devil was looking for a nice place to have a rest and…
Virgin Mary House: A holy spirit in Western Anatolia
We are tuning the time machine to 33 AD and our location is Ephesus. This is the immigration of Virgin Mary to Ephesus. Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem and Jerusalem wasn’t safe for Christians. So St.Jean decided to run away from Jerusalem in order to survive Virgin Mary. They had been on a long way…
Mt.Nemrut:the meeting point of myths and history
We are traveling to a place that is one of the mysterious places of the world. This mountain has a secret and even today it couldn’t be released. We are on Mt.Nemrut that is located in Adıyaman county of Turkey. This is such a sight seeing place that you can find yourself in a different…
Holy relics of Christianity and St.Helena
We are going back to 325 AD and we will witness an important event for Christianity; to bring holy relics to Constantinople. Queen Helena went to Jerusalem to find the cross that Jesus was crucified and holy grail by the wish of her son Constantin I. She went to Jerusalem and followed the hints on…
St.Paul: An apostle of this landscape
St.Paul was one of the dearest apostles of Christianity. Even though he wasn’t one of 12 apostles, he was one of the greatest servants of Christianity. He had a great effort to form a Christian community in this landscape. He addressed to public of important sites in Mediterranean region. So he could promulgate Christianity in…
Tokat Castle: A special prison for history
Tokat Castle is a very special place because it was used as prison for some famous characters of history. We are tuning the time machine to the Roman Age. It was built between BC 30 and AD 395 for Roman border control then Byzantines had dominated this castle for 500 years. Then Turks came here.…
A basilica under Lake İznik
A basilica remain was discovered under Lake İznik in 2014. It has an interesting historical background. It was a basilica that was built 1600 years ago. It was collapsed through the lake due to the earthquake. This zone has been on a dangerous earthquake line and it is still available for today. It was realized…
2019 Aspendos year in Antalya
Aspendos is one of the important ancient sites of Mediterranean region. 2019 is declared as Aspendos year in Antalya. It is well known ancient site with a theater from Roman period and water channels. The water channels were developed for the ancient era and also the theater had some futurist features for the era. It…
I.Crusader Campaign: A crusader county in Edessa
We are going back to 1098 February and our location is Edessa (today’s Urfa ). Crusaders planned a campaign to rule Jerusalem. They achieved their purpose, they established a kingdom in Jerusalem. In addition to this kingdom, they established a county in southeastern region of this landscape. Edessa was the site that was located strategically…
IV. Crusader campaign: A Latin Kingdom in Constantinople (1204)
We are going back to 1204 and IV. Crusaders campaign. This time period was very important because a Latin kingdom was founded in Constantinople (1204- 1264). Crusaders planned to conquer Jerusalem so they had a break in Constantinople. Crusaders impressed from the wealthy of Constantinople. East Roman Empire was in conflict in that period. So…