Manisa City of Princes
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Manisa is the ‘City of Princes’, where the sultans, who were the sons of the Ottoman emperor, spent their princely period. Manisa is an important historical...
February 12, 2022
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Philadelphia Church of Seven Churches from Revelation
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Unfortunately, most of the Philadelphia ancient city remains under the modern settlement called Alaşehir today. In the Roman Period, Philadelphia was called “Little Athens” due to...
February 11, 2022
Galen the Greatest Doctor of Antiquity
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Cassius Claudii Galenos or more commonly known as Galen was born in the year 130 in the City of Pergamon (Modern Bergama of today’s Turkey). His...
February 10, 2022
Sardis Ancient City
Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes The ruins of the ancient city of Sardis, the capital of the Lydian Union, are in the Sart town of Salihli District in today’s Turkey. It...
February 9, 2022
Pergamon Ancient City
Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutes The 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...
February 5, 2022
Lagina Ancient City And The Temple of Hecate
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Anatolia hosted many cult areas in ancient times. One of them was Lagina Hecate Sanctuary. The mysterious Goddess Hecate believed to hold the key to Hades,...
January 30, 2022
Hecate the Virtuous and the Sinful
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes You may have started to hear the name of Hecate when things such as spells and witchcraft are mentioned from time to time in today’s popular...
January 28, 2022
Education and Literacy in Ancient Times
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Literacy goes back thousands of years, but the popularity of literacy in the world is a very new phase. Thanks to the Industrial Revolution, the cheapening...
January 22, 2022
Cats of Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Cats have been beloved companions of humans for thousands of years, and the ancient city of Ephesus in modern-day Turkey was no exception. The cats of...
January 20, 2022
Basilica Cistern
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes History of Basilica Cistern Since Istanbul has always been the crown jewel of powerful states in all ages of history. Byzantine and Ottoman emperors had cisterns...
January 19, 2022
Sultanahmet Square
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Sultanahmet Square, which is among the most important squares of Istanbul, sheds light on how deep and rich the history of Istanbul is. Having hosted many...
January 11, 2022
Spice Bazaar of Istanbul
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Spice Bazaar, one of the oldest covered bazaars in Istanbul, attracts the attention of many local and foreign tourists with its orientalist atmosphere. So much so...
January 10, 2022
Turkish Tourism Of The Year 2021 in Numbers
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Tourism was one of the sectors that suffered the most in 2020 due to the global pandemic. With the measures taken and the acceleration of the...
January 6, 2022
10 Ancient Philosophers of Anatolia
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Philosophy is the study of fundamental truths. For this purpose, philosophy opens up ways to deal with the views and concepts of daily life, science, art,...
December 29, 2021
Slavery in Anatolia During Antiquity
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes In the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., the Anatolian economy was in very good condition and was experiencing its golden age in almost every field. With...
December 27, 2021
Menorahs in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Menorah has many symbolic meanings. Its first meaning is to symbolize the “Perpetual Light”. After God created heaven and earth, he first said “Yehi ‘Or –...
December 22, 2021
Top Tourist Scams in Turkey
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Wherever we are in the world, low incomes and low living standards have taught people little survival tactics and tourists are always the easiest prey! Here...
December 21, 2021
Zerzevan Castle and Mithras Temple
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Zerzevan Castle, which was built by the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) as a military base on the ancient trade route between Diyarbakır and Mardin, and...
December 19, 2021
Archeological Discoveries Made in Turkey in 2021
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes 2021 was the year of easing restrictions of the Covid outbreak and archeological teams all around Turkey started to make it back to the excavations in...
December 19, 2021
Differences Between Greek and Roman Theaters
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Greek and Roman theaters are the most commonly seen ancient theaters in Anatolia. There are also some Greco-Roman theaters that are hybrids of these two styles....
November 9, 2021
Gaius Julius Caesar
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Julius Caesar was born in Rome in 102 BC. His mother was Aurelia Cotta and his father was Gaius Julius. It is claimed that Caesar took...
November 6, 2021
Afro-Turks
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Afro-Turks are usually the children and grandchildren of those who settled in Anatolia from Africa mostly came through the slave trade or other means during various...
November 6, 2021
Roman Empire
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Et tu, Brute? (You too, Brutus?) Roman Emperor Caesar Founded in the 1st century B.C. under the leadership of Augustus, the Roman Empire ruled in the...
November 4, 2021
Nightingale Mountain
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Nightingale Mountain is 12 km from Selcuk district. The importance of Nightingale Mountain in terms of archeology and religious history is that the ancient city of...
October 16, 2021
Cruises Are Back to Kusadasi
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes UPDATE October 14, 2021 Today Viking Cruise made its 3rd visit to Kusadasi Cruise Port. News sources confirmed that several other cruise liners such as Norwegian,...
October 6, 2021
Nasreddin Hodja
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes A brief look at the life of Nasreddin Hodja, who was a Turkish satirist and he is thought to have lived in the 13th century, during...
September 13, 2021
Top 10 Reasons To Visit Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Ephesus is a UNESCO World Heritage Site Seeing a world heritage site is not an everyday adventure for many of us. Ephesus Ancient City and surrounding...
September 6, 2021
7 Best Places to Eat Ice Cream in Turkey
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Turkey is a destination which can be visited all year round but it might be more popular especially during summertime. Ice cream is a very popular...
August 30, 2021
5 Pieces of Advice From Ancient Romans For Staying Healthy
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes While I was researching for this article, I realized that what people believed and did for staying healthy thousands of years ago was not that different...
July 23, 2021
Grotto of Apostle Paul in Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Apostle Paul spent nearly 3 years in Ephesus. Several Biblical events took place during Apostle Paul’s time in Ephesus such as Burning of the Books on...
July 11, 2021
All About Turkish Cheese
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes I read a nice quote about cheese in a book that said, “When milk goes to sleep, it becomes cheese.” As a Turkish cheese lover, I...
May 17, 2021
8 Stunning Archeological Structures from Turkey
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes I have previously published two lists featuring some great archeological structures from Turkey and received a great reaction from my visitors. I now publish the third...
April 30, 2021
Another 8 Amazing Archeological Structures from Turkey
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Thanks for all the emails and comments you have sent me about the list of 8 unmissable archeological structures from Turkey. I decided to create another...
March 31, 2021
7 Breath Taking Byzantine Attractions in Turkey
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The wide geography of the Byzantine Empire (Today’s Anatolia and Asia Minor) which included different cultures and its cultural structure shaped by the acceptance of Christianity...
March 23, 2021
Turkish Ice Cream
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Ice cream, one of the favorite desserts of the summer months, and is equally loved in all countries of the world. However, authentic Turkish ice cream...
March 3, 2021
Happy 21st of February International Tourist Guide Day
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes February 21st, International Tour Guides Day, is the day of the tourist guides. It was celebrated for the first time in the world in 1990 and...
February 21, 2021
Most Visited Attractions of Turkey in 2019
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Turkish Republic’s Museum and Tourism Management branch declared the most visited attractions of 2019. The full list can be seen on their website. Let’s have a...
February 3, 2021
Rufus the Doctor from Ephesus
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Rufus the doctor was an Ephesian Greek who was born during the era of Emperor Trajan. Rufus was a follower of the famous physician Hippocrates and...
December 21, 2020
Emperor Hadrian
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Emperor Hadrian, full name ”Caesar Traianus Hadrianus”, was born in 76 AD. He came from a Roman family who moved to Spain. His parents were from...
December 9, 2020
Roman Road in Tarsus
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Tarsus was the capital city of the Roman province of Cilicia. Today some parts of this road on the north of Tarsus was unearthed and as...
November 27, 2020
Via Sebaste
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Via Sebaste was built about 2000 years ago. The main function of “Via Sebaste”, which was built by Cornutus Agulia in the time of Augustus was...
October 23, 2020
Roman road in Cilicia
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute The Roman road in Cilicia is located in Mersin city of modern Turkey. We believe Roman Province of Cappadocia was connected to the Roman Province of...
October 22, 2020
Roman Roads in Asia Minor
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes First Roman roads started to be built with the beginning of the Roman Republic. Roads were built and maintained during the Roman Empire era too. 372...
October 20, 2020
Roman Road in Ankara
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Roman Road in Ankara was discovered in 1995 during excavations in the Turkish capital city of Ankara. Greater excavations were made in 2007 and some surprising...
October 19, 2020
Saint John the Evangelist in Asia Minor
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Saint John the Evangelist spent a significant amount of time in the land of Asia Minor what is called Anatolia or Turkey today. He performed several...
October 16, 2020
Cities Visited by Apostle Paul in Asia Minor
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Even though Paul started his life as a Jewish-born man of Tarsus and turned into a Christian hunter in his adulthood, he was confronted by Jesus,...
October 2, 2020
Amazing Photo of Ephesus from 1895
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute A recent discovery of a photo taken by an Austrian traveler sparked joy in Ephesus community. An Austrian traveler visited Ephesus ruins in the year 1895....
September 26, 2020
Mysterious Monoliths of Istanbul
Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes About the Monoliths of Istanbul Monoliths are high, monumental high stones erected on behalf of any event and person in ancient times and the Middle Ages,...
September 23, 2020
Jewelry Made of Human Teeth in Catalhoyuk
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Jewelry Made of Human Teeth Found In Catalhoyuk, Dating 9,000 Years! Jewelry pieces made of human teeth were found for the first time in Çatalhöyük, known...
August 30, 2020
Turkish Dish Suggestions for Newcomers in Turkey
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes If You Have Difficulty Getting Used To Turkish Food, These Are For You! Turkish Dish Suggestions for Newcomers in Turkey Turkish cuisine is one of the...
August 28, 2020
