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Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter French troops invaded Milan in 1499, Leonardo da Vinci fled Milan and eventually settled in Venice, where he came into contact with Ottoman Turkish merchants....
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesHierapolis is an ancient city in Turkey’s world-famous UNESCO world heritage site Pamukkale. Today I want to share some wisdom from the most famous philosopher born...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesUpdate – As of today (February 6th 2023) 37.185* people in Turkey was diagnosed with corona disease. Less than 100 people had corona related deaths thanks...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteI recently had the chance to be the tour guide of a famous Indian actress Karunya Ram and her beautiful sister. We had a great private...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesIn our country, especially long-distance trekking routes and trails have attracted a lot of attention lately. The long journey of Saint Paul, one of the most...
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutesTurkey is the second biggest TV show exporter in the world, producing a lot of productions every year. Some of these TV shows reach worldwide fame...
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutesGastronomic tourism, one of the popular trends of recent years, is perfect for those who love to travel and eat. I will try to point out...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes“Knife is good if medicine doesn’t work, fire is good if the knife doesn’t.” Roman saying Although the history of surgery is as old as humanity,...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesThe “smile” emoji on the 3,700 years old jug, which was unearthed by the Turkish – Italian team of archeologists in Karkamış, one of the most...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesI would like to tell you about the story and journey of the Siloam Inscription, which is a very important historical artifact for Hebrew and Biblical...
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutesConcept and modern museums, which specialize in expanding areas of interest, changing technologies, and certain subjects, are candidates to become popular museums with new exhibition techniques...
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutesIstanbul is an amazing cultural mosaic because it has been the center of many states for centuries. You can see the minarets and synagogues rising just...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteI recently guided a tourist group in Hierapolis Ancient City. A person in this group happened to have a sophisticated drone with him. We shot a...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I had an amazing experience in Ephesus ancient city during my tour. It was not a crowded day indeed me and my guests were the...
Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutesAnatolia, the first place where civilization was born, became a landscape where the events that shaped world history and magnificent cities with magnificent sacred monuments came...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesYou already know what an important part of Turkish culture honey is when you come across the legendary Turkish breakfast which is dominated by honey. Also...
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutesLocation and Importance of Thyatira Located on the Izmir – Istanbul road, Akhisar District was founded on the ancient city of Thyateira also known as Thyatira,...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesManisa 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesCassius 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutesThe 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...
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...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesAnatolia 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,...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesYou 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesLiteracy 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutesCats 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesSultanahmet 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesSpice 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutesSultanahmet Square remains to be one of the most visited spots in Turkey. Sultanahmet Square is situated in the center of the Historic Peninsula of Istanbul...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesTourism 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutesPhilosophy 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,...
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutesIn 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...
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 —...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesWherever 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutesZerzevan 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesGreek 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....
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesJulius 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesAfro-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...
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutesEt 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...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteNightingale 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...
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minutePanayır Mountain, which is also known as Pion Mountaion, is one of the two mountains surrounding Ephesus Ancient City. Panayır Mountain gets its name from the...
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutesCittaslow cities of Turkey list has been constantly updated in recent years and cities where calmness, slowness, and peace prevail are becoming a trend. The number...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesUPDATE 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,...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesA 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesEphesus 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesTurkey 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutesApostle 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutesI 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutesThanks 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesIce 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...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Battle of Ephesus in 498 BC was one of the turning points of the Ionian Revolt, which took place between 499-493 BC. Many Greek cities...
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