Beauty of Turkey

Where to go an what to do in Istanbul

Istanbul

One of the greatest city’s on earth.Great scenery, food, nightlife, lots of shopping.Heart of the Ottoman Empire,art of Byzantine.Greek called Bosphorus,Roman empire said Constantine then Turks called Istanbul.But The common point is the city was very important for all of them.Turkey’s most populous and economically most important city.The only city in the world that is situated on two continents.Istanbul is a megacity, as well as the cultural, economic, and financial centre of Turkey.The historic areas of the city were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.More about Istanbul

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Beauty of Ephesus

Ephesus

Ephesus was an ancient Greek city.In the Roman period,city was one of the largest settlement on the  Roman Empire.

Ephesus contains the largest collection of Roman ruins in the eastern Mediterranean.Temple of Artemis is one of the most famouse ancient ruins in the city.Temple of Artemis is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Place to go in ephesus

The House of the Vırgın Mary,Artemis Temple,Ayasuluk Castle,Isabey Mosque,Basilica of Saint John,Belevi Mausoleum,Cave of the Seven Sleepers.More about ephesus

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The valley and town of Olympos

The former city of Olympos was founded in the Hellenistic period, presumably taking its name from nearby Mount Olympos. In the 1st century BC, Olympos was invaded and settled by Cilician pirates.This ended in 78 BC, when the Roman commander Publius Servilius Isauricus, accompanied by the young Julius Caesar, took the city after a victory at sea, and added Olympos to the Roman Empire.

The Olympos village is located in the heart of the Olympos coastal national park. The surrounding area offers best conditions for Trekking, Mountain biking, Canyoning, Rock climbing, Sea kayaking. It is possible to rent equipment in the village or to join organized tours.More about Olympos
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Approximately 9 to 3 million years ago a series of eruptions from the cones of Mt. Erciyes and Mt Hasan covered the area in a thick layer of volcanic ash which solidified to form the soft tufa that characterises the surface strata here. Both these volcanic mountains are still extant and dominate the landscape
The processes of erosion started the work of carving out valleys and gorges and continue to act to this day. The signature of the region, the ‘fairy chimney’ is formed when a cap of resilient stone protects the column of softer material beneath it while the surrounding tufa is removed. The area is now a warren of caves, underground cities, rock churches and chambers and it’s almost certain that there are more such sites waiting to be rediscovered.

Cappadocia Region history goes back to Assyrian trade colonies and the Hittites, who lived in BC 3000. Cappadocian region is possible to examine the three main periods. First period paleolithic, neolithic and ancient period. Roman and Byzantine periods of the second period and the period of recent Turkish

Cappadocia contains several underground cities, largely used by early Christians as hiding places before they became an accepted religion.

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