Turkish landscape has many opportunities to visit. Natural beauties provide us great chances to have a break in the life. Adventurers and travelers can find many places to discover the…
Daryunk Castle; An Urartu Castle in Doğubeyazıt
There are many castles from Urartu period. Urartu state built strategical castles in the region. Daryunk Castle is one of them. Daryunk Castle was one of the strategical castles of…
Livana Castle; The symbol of Northern Eastern Anatolia region
Turkey has many monumental castles. Northern Eastern region has many castles that were built on rocky territory. Artvin (Livana) castle is one of them. Livana castle was built by Georgian…
Bolaman Castle and Mansion; An interesting combination of historical periods
This article is about an interesting combination of historical periods. The castle and a mansion on it create an interesting building. This is the story; The construction of the castle…
Kermelik Valley; home of forgotten cultural heritage
Central Anatolia has been another home of civilizations since the history started. So they left us valueless historical heritage on that landscape. Kermelik Valley in Kayseri province is one of…
Eynesil castle; A lucky monument of this landscape
There are some lucky monuments on this landscape. Eynesil castle is one of them. It is located in Giresun province of Black Sea region. As you see below, it was…
Yoros Castle; A Byzantine Castle on Bosphorus
There are some monumental castles in Turkey. Some of them are misunderstood such as Yoros Castle. It was thought that it was a Genoese Castle. But the recent archeological proofs…
Harala Castle: A missing castle of Byzantines
Cultural heritage means a lot for a country’s historical background. As we mention before every missing heritage creates big space in the history. We are in Thrace and a castle…
Varzahan Monastery; A destroyed monastery
We all know that Turkish landscape has many monasteries and churches. Much of them have remains and they can be restored. But some of them aren’t as lucky as them…
Avnik Castle; An Urartu castle in a land of passages..
Eastern region of Turkey has a rocky territory. Despite of the high territory, there has been settlement here for centuries. Starting from Urartu State, the region has been very important…