When we have a conversation on St.Sophia, mostly the church in Istanbul is remembered. There is a point that there are a lot of St.Sophia churches in Anatolia. Emperor Theodosius had this church built in 385 AD. It was constructed in the name of St. Gregorius Theologos.Its plan is similar to big St.Sophia. It is…
Swimming Islands are waiting for their guests……
Turkish landscape offers us great opportunities to explore nature and history. Natural landscape of Turkey presents us magnificent views such as swimming islands on the dam lake. South eastern Anatolia has many natural treasures like this. It is located in the province of Adıyaman where Çat Dam is in. Those islands are on the Çat…
A new site for UNESCO; Arslantepe ancient site
As we have stated for several times, Turkish landscape is an archeaological treasure for the world. Its background is dated back to pre-historic ages. Also the civilizations grew up here. Arslantepe ancient site is known as “the oldest city state” in this landscape. It is located in Eastern Anatolia. UNESCO declared that Arslantepe ancient site…
Traces of Urartu civilization in Lake Van
As we know that the rain is getting less so the levels of lakes are going low. This causes to see the hidden buildings under the lakes. The region of Van used to be under the domination of Urartu Empire. Most of the buildings of Urartu Empire have been disappeared or they are under the…
Living history in Black Sea region; Sinop Prison Museum
Although it is known as the home pain and captivity, actually it is a living history. The construction year isn’t known. It has been restored so much that the traces of constrution has been lost in the time. It is absolute that it was built as a fortress actually. Then the fortress has inverted into…
Save the forests
The forests are the most valuable treasures of a country. Also the forests are lungs of a country. All we know if we don’t have a lung, we can’t breathe. Also forests are the most valuable element of fixing the climate. Rain forests supply %60 of the oxygen in the world. Also the forests have…
Forests are burning……
As whole world knows that forests are burning in Turkish holiday resorts such as Bodrum and Antalya. The fires have been lasting for days and Turkey lost many hectares. Unfortunately Turkish state is silent about this disaster. We are losing our lungs and we are full of anger because of their mood. It seems that…