Handycraft has been very important industrial sector in Anatolia for centuries. Even today a visitor can come across a handycraft market or production center in Anatolian provinces. The reason is that the handycraft markets have been one of the symbols in provinces. They can be established on every sort of material such as metal items and cotton products. The handycraft markets are still being exhitibed the talent of Anatolian villagers.

During the history, Anatolia has a undeniable place on handycraft. It is known that most of the handcrafts were discovered or improved in Anatolia such as metal accessories and jewellery. Every civilization that settled on Anatolia contributed the handcraft industry of this land. For example Troian treasure is one of the popular treasures of Anatolia. They are being exhibited at Troy Museum in Çanakkale. The level of this handycraft is so quality that even today they are considered as one of the most valuable treasures of the history. In addition to Troian tresaures, other civilizations such as Hittites and Greeks left us remarkable legacy about this art. A visitor can see the samples of this art in various museums of Turkiye. Anatolian peninsula is considered as the center of the civilization in the world as many inventions and handycrafts expanded whole world from here such as metal item production and decorative items.

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There are many important ancient sites in Anatolian peninsula. One of them is the site that was built in the name of Roman Emperor Hydranius. It is located in western Black Sea region of Turkiye. Even tough the excavations have been lasting for decades, the archeaologists are still discovering new buildings or items. The last discovery is a Roman fortress that was built 1700 years ago. It is guessed that its task was to protect the commerce in the region. As the excavation has been going on, it seems that there are more things to unearth.

We know that Anatolia was a important region for Roman Empire. That’s why Turkiye can be a country where history was written.

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As we know that Istanbul has been a cosmopolitan city for hundred years. That multi- cultural feature shows itself with great pieces. Iron church is one of them. It is located on the bank of Golden Horn. It belonged to Bulgarian society of the city. As they declared themselves as an independent country, they also decided to seperate from the Greek Orthodox unity. They didn’t seperate from Orthodox doctrine. They desired to build their own church.

This event became true in 19th century. The church was built from the wood. So it was burned. Then the society had the chuch built by the steel skeleton. It was a great technic for that age. The church was built in Vienna and the pieces were brought to Istanbul by ships. It was completed in 1898. It is still active and standing.

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Istanbul is province that we can come across every sort of religious facilities. Taksim square -(Pera was the old name) is a region where all religions live in harmony. St.Antoine Church is one of the great churches of Taksim square.

It was built in 1906. It is the fourth church. Three of them were built in different places of Istanbul. Firstly it was built in 1230. Then it was burned. All of them were burned in case of fire. It was designed by Italian architect who was born in Istanbul. The society of this church was almost Italian and French people who worked here.

It is still an active church. You can visit St.Antoine if you visit Taksim square in Istanbul.

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Legendary Trojan war was announced by Homer to the old world. It is known that Homer had written the Iliad after 800 years. It is absolute that Troy has many traces in the history. This site and event even have a deep impact in our minds.

According to the legend, Roman empire founders were from Trojan dynasty. While Greeks attacked the city, the city was burning. A prince from Trojan royal family, Aneas, was alive.He was the son of Aphrodite. He was also with his father. He thought to rebuild Troy but nothing remained in the city,even the public. Greeks captured all the public as slaves. He managed to run away from Troy by ship. He sailed through the peninsula which is named Italia at present. He lived there and established a family. Romulus and Remus (the founders of Rome) were from prince Aneas family.

The other impressive hint is that Roman Empire has collapsed Corinth peninsula but has never touched a site which was founded by Trojans. It is thought that they respected their ancestors and assisted them for living.

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Iron is a specific metal that gives its name to an era. This metal created a revolution in the history. It replaced soft metals. Harder devices and weapons were made. It had a same value with gold in BC 1000.

Despite of the value of iron, it needs a long process to use it as a device or a weapon. It should be forged in fire. The iron was used in Anatolia firstly. The holes where iron was forged was discovered. This method is still being used at present. Hittites used iron to establish the first empire. It is certain that it was used before Hittites dominated Anatolia. Also iron was a valuable metal for Assyrian trade colonies.

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