City of Water: Venice

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Travel to Italy Venice is an island city of Italy. It is located in the northern of the country. The city is connected to the land with 4 kilometers long highway and railway. In Venice, there are more than 170 channels separating the islets from each other and more than 400 ...

TOURISM: Zeugma Antique City

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Travel to Turkey Zeugma is an antique city founded by one of the generals of Alexander the Great. The name of the general is Seleucus Nicador. The city dates back to 3 BC. The name of the city, Zeugma means “the bridge of boats”. Now Zeugma antique city is found in Gaziantep, ...

Literature: Greek Mythology

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Greek mythology is about the ancient Greek gods, goddesses, heroes and heroines, it was created in oral literature and spread. Now we have the written form of mythology but it was originally oral and it came to our age from person to person. Mythology of Greek was influenced by other myths, ...

Turkish Marbling: Writing on the Surface of Water

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Turkish marbling is a traditional art of paper design. There is ambiguity about where and when it emerged. However, the first samples of Turkish marbling date back to the centuries ago. Colors are transferred to the paper from water surface so it is known as the art of writing on ...