Dilek Peninsula National Park
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Dilek Peninsula National Park is a unique part of the world and where almost all the plants which can be seen along the coasts from the...
January 26, 2021
Monthly Archive: January 2021
Kusadasi Town
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Kusadasi town is a district of Aydin province. Kusadasi is located 71 kilometers from the Aydin city center, on the Aegean coastline. Kusadasi town is bordered...
January 24, 2021
Kusadasi Kaleici Mosque
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Kusadasi Kaleici Mosque was constructed by Okuz Mehmet Pasha in 1618 one year before he passed away. Therefore, it was also named as “Okuz Mehmet Pasha...
January 23, 2021
Caravansary of Kusadasi
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The commercial potential of the cities play an important role in the historical development. The commercial buildings are the most concrete indicators of this potential and...
January 22, 2021
Pigeon Island
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The watch towers and the walls of the Pigeon Island or also known as Guvercin Ada were constructed in the Byzantine period and kept their importance...
January 22, 2021
Apostle Gaius
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Apostle Gaius is one of the most important people of Ephesus since his name was mentioned in Holy Bible. Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole...
January 19, 2021
Apollos in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Apollos was a first century apostle who was born as Jewish and later converted into Christianity. His name was mentioned several time in the New Testament....
January 18, 2021
Otrera the Mother of Amazons
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Otrera was the daughter of the god of the eastern winds Eurus. She was the mistress of god of war Ares. As we know Otrera created...
January 17, 2021
Heracleides the Sculptor from Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Heracleides the Sculptor from Ephesus left the world known statue of Ares which is shown today in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The names of Heracleides...
January 16, 2021
5 Great UNESCO World Heritages Sites in Turkey
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes There are nearly 20 UNESCO World Heritages sites in Turkey and also there are more than 100 sites from Turkey in the Tentative list of World...
January 15, 2021
Phocaea Ancient City
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes When Phocaea district emerged as an Ionian city in Antiquity, it was named Phokaia due to the seals living in the surrounding seas and this name...
January 14, 2021
How people used to shave?
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes How people used to shave? The shaver, which is in everyone’s home today, is actually a very new invention. If we go back a little, we...
January 13, 2021
Mount Ararat
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Mount Ararat is a mountain with an altitude of 5,137 meters located in the Eastern Anatolia Region, also known for its volcanic features. Turkey’s Mount Ararat...
January 12, 2021
Carians: People living in the garden of the Sun
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Carians are among the Western Anatolia’s indigenous people, whom Sumerian once called ”Carians: People living in the garden of the Sun”. Carieans lived in an area...
January 8, 2021
Carian Labrys Symbols in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Double-headed axe ”labrys” was an important symbol in the ancient Mediterranean civilization. As far as we understand labrys axes were commonly used in rituals. Early forms...
January 8, 2021
Ephesia Grammata: Magic in Ancient Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Ancient and late antique Mediterranean worlds were strange places where magic was a common daily practice believed by millions of people. Believers used several types of...
January 2, 2021
Happy New Year
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute We wish you a great 2022! Mutlu bir 2022 dileriz! С новым 2022м годом Hasan & Valeriya & Safiye Gülday 2021 was a challenging year for...
January 1, 2021
