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Saint Polycarp Church

Saint Polycarp Church (Turkish: Aziz Polikarp Kilisesi) is a Catholic church in İzmir, Turkey. Its patron saint is Polycarp. Saint Polycarp Church was built in 1625 with the permission of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I and at the request of the French King Louis XIII. The church building was damaged in the 1688 Smyrna earthquake and the fire that broke out in the following months. It was repaired between 1690–1691. The monastery […]

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Karakus Tumulus

Karakus Tumulus is a funerary monument—a hierothesion—for Queen Isias and Princesses Antiochis and Aka I of Commagene, built by Mithridates II of Commagene in 30–20 BCE, near the modern village of Çukurtaş in Kâhta District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The column collapsed in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake. Karakuş means “black bird”. The monument received this name because there is a column topped by an eagle. Karakus Tumulus located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) […]

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Severan Bridge

Severan Bridge (also known as Chabinas Bridge or Cendere Bridge or Septimius Severus Bridge; Turkish: Cendere Köprüsü) is a late Roman bridge located near the ancient city of Arsameia (today Eskikale), 55 km (34 mi) north east of Adıyaman in southeastern Turkey. It spans the Cendere Çayı (Chabinas Creek), a tributary of Kâhta Creek, on provincial road 02-03 from Kâhta to Sincik in Adıyaman Province. This bridge was described and pictured in 1883 by archeologists Osman Hamdi Bey and Osgan Efendi. It is also […]

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Arsameia Ancient City

Arsameia Ancient City, It wasn’t until 1951 that the ancient city of Arsameia was discovered. It only became known after researchers analyzed what they found in the center of the city: a tablet with an inscription. The founder of Arsameia is named as Arsemes, who was a paternal ancestor of Antiochus I and lived around the […]

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Mount Nemrut

Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is a 2,134-metre-high (7,001 ft) mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the summit where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC. It is one of the highest peaks in the east of the Taurus Mountains. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site […]

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Gobeklitepe

Gobeklitepe, THE TEMPLE THAT CHANGED THE TIMELINE OF CIVILIZATION: SANiIURFA GOBEKLITEPE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, THE STARTING POINT IN HISTORY Gobeklitepe, which is not used as a settlement and serves only as a temple, entered the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018 with its amazing monumental architecture. Year 2019 was announced as “2109 Göbeklitepe Year” in Turkey. Even […]

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Sanliurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum

Sanliurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum or Sanliurfa Museum (Turkish: Şanlıurfa Müzesi) are located in the south-eastern city of Şanlıurfa (also known as Urfa), Turkey. The museums contain remains of Şanlıurfa (known as Edessa in antiquity), Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe, Harran (another ancient city which lies 44 kilometres (27 mi) southeast of Şanlıurfa), findings from the Southeastern Anatolia Project and ruins found in the hydroelectric dam reservoirs of Atatürk Dam, Birecik Dam and Karkamış Dam. Both museums […]

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Balikligol – Pools of Abraham

Balikligol – Pools of Abraham, Halil-Ür Rahman Lake, is a pool in the southwest of the city center of Sanliurfa, Turkey known in Jewish and Islamic legends as the place where Nimrod threw Abraham into a fire. Balikligol – Pools of Abraham and neighbouring Aynzeliha pools are among the most visited places in Sanliurfa. Balikligol – Pools of […]

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Rose Valley

Rose Valley (Gulludere) is located near Goreme. Rose Valley is the best place to see the fairy chimney formations in Cappadocia. And that makes The Valley a popular hiking route in Cappadocia for nature lovers. WHAT TO EXPECT? As in other valleys of Cappadocia, here you’ll find many churches, monasteries and shelter areas carved into the rocks. Travelers […]

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Meskendir Valley

Meskendir Valley is bewitching sight, hidden among the rugged hills and steep valleys that make up the Cappadocia region in the heart of Turkey’s Central Anatolia. Meskendir Valley is known for its unusual rock formations, multi-coloured stone and moon-like landscape. The hue of the rocks is particularly striking under the bight rays of the sun. […]

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