Pergamon Ancient City
Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutesThe city of Pergamon, protected by Zeus, the father of the gods, and protected by the goddess Athena, who represents reason and intelligence; The Pergamon Acropolis…
Hasan Gulday
Menorahs in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesMenorah has many symbolic meanings. Its first meaning is to symbolize the “Perpetual Light”. After God created heaven and earth, he first said “Yehi ‘Or —…
Mount Ararat
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesMount 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…
Septimius Severus
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteEmperor Septimius Severus was born in Leptis Magna. Leptis Magna was once part of the Carthaginian Empire and then became a city of Roman Libya.…
Emperor Trajan
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteEmperor Trajan ruled the Roman Empire from the year 98 to 117. Trajan was born in Italica which is modern Spain’s Santiponce town. He became…
Roman Province of Armenia
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteRoman Province of Armenia occupied some parts of today’s Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and Turkey. Armenia province, located next to Parthian Empire and the Sasanian…
The Roman Province of Syria
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minutePompey occupied and annexed areas of today’s Turkey, Syria and Lebanon. This resulted in the creation of the Roman province of Syria in the year…
Asia Minor
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesMy lovely country, Turkey, had numerous names throughout history. Every civilization lived here such as Hittites, Greeks, Persians, Romans, Goths, Byzantines and Turks had their ways…