Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Turkey is a tourism center appealing tourist both in winter and summer. With natural beauties, historical and archeological sites, there is always somewhere to visit and see. Turkey has winter holiday places suitable for winter sports and these places are available more than 3 months during the year. Skiing, skating, ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Travel to Turkey
The Mevlana Museum is located in Konya, Turkey. The museum was a dervish lodge once upon a time. Mevlana Museum was home of a Sufi named Mevlana. Since 1926, it has been used as a museum.
The construction was given to the father of Mevlana by Sultan Ala’ al ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Travel to Istanbul
Toy Museum is one of the interesting faces of great Istanbul city. Istanbul is a charming city. It attracts tourists’ attention all the year with different attraction places. For further information on Istanbul, read also Center of Turkey: Istanbul. There are mosques, churches, bridges, natural beauties and museums ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Travel to Turkey
Hagia Sophia is located in the centre of Istanbul, in Turkey. It was built by Byzantium Emperor Justinian in 6 AD. It was built as a cathedral, later used as a mosque and now it serves as a mosque. In Turkish, it is called “Ayasofya”.
Built as a cathedral, ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Travel to Turkey
Temple of Artemis is located at Ephesus, in Izmir, Turkey. It was built for goddess Artemis. Artemis is the goddess of hills and forests. The site is also known as Temple of Diana. Diana is a Roman goddess. It is thought that in mythology, Diana and Artemis are ...
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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, ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Travel to Turkey
Famous monastery Sumela is in Trabzon, Turkey. It is located at the top of a cliff. The altitude of Sumela Monastery is 1.150 meters. The building includes a Greek Monastery and a church.
There are legends about the name of the monastery. It is claimed that Christian Greeks were ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
A Different Option for Vacation: Cappadocia
Cappadocia is located in Nevsehir, Turkey. It is the land of natural miracles. Natural chimneys create a wonderful sight. What made such a different area? The land looks mysterious. The area was volcanic. Hundreds of year, lava and ashes came together here. These soft layers ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Travel to Turkey: Antalya
Antalya is a Mediterranean city. It is located in the south of Turkey. The city is the gate to Mediterranean Sea. Antalya is a tourism center with historical, natural beauties. Every year it attracts millions of visitors from all over the world.
Antalya is an old province. Since ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Vacation in a big city: ISTANBUL
Being culture, economy, art, history center of Turkey, Istanbul is a world city. The city is not the capital city of the country; however it was capital city of many empires, Roman, Latin and Ottoman Empires.
Turkey is described as the bridge between Asia and Europe; Istanbul ...
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