Explore Izmir History and Touristic Places – Chapter 1
Explore Izmir History and Touristic Places – Chapter 1 Izmir, which is a lovely port city on the shore of Egean sea, was da¬maged in the war of Independence. After this war, as if Izmir had bean built a new and therefore it has a new and modern view now. The fact that many tribes […]
Pergamon Ancient City in Aegean Coastline – Chapter 4
Pergamon Ancient City in Aegean Coastline – Chapter 4 Pergamon Ancient City Trajan Temple is situated on a 68×58 m terrace. This flat area was the climax of Akropolis. The temple was built by Emperor Hadrian in the name of Tra¬jan, who governed before him.The temple is surrounded by three roofed sheds. The back roofed […]
Pergamon Ancient City in Aegean Coastline of Turkey – Chapter 3
Pergamon Ancient City in Aegean Coastline of Turkey – Chapter 3 Pergamum: This charming small town is situated at the north of Izmir, 110 km far from it. Transportation is done ly road and railway. There are a sufficient number of hotels, motels, and restaurants. The historical masterpieces surrounding it invites the tourists to visit […]
Pergamon Ancient City in Aegean Coastline of Turkey – Chapter 2
Pergamon Ancient City in Aegean Coastline of Turkey – Chapter 2 Engineer Hunan who was constructing a road in the vicinity of Pergamon in 1878 saw a relief of marble in the cart of a farmer, and bought it at one, and sent it to the library. Upon this Berlin, Museums sent the necessary, instruments and […]
Religious Developments In Cappadocia Region in Turkey
Religious Developments In Cappadocia Region in Turkey, In the year 381, Caesarea was disconnected from the Patriarchate of Antioch and entered the authority of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. In this way, the city was under the direct influence of the Greek capital. Officially it remained faithful to Orthodoxy and was not affected by the Nestorian, […]
About Cappadocia Turkey
About Cappadocia Turkey, In 1082 the Seljukians captured the citadel of Caesarea and from then on Cappadocian communities were under Seljukian authority. The Moslems with. Iranian background acted really permissively towards the people. The last years of this and the next century passed with the struggle against the Crusaders and with internal conflict among the […]
Cappadocia Information Turkey
Cappadocia Information Turkey, Before talking more about the rock churches a short glance at the Byzantine history is necessary. Before Cappadocia was occupied by Tiberius, Central Anatolia was known as a free continent. The Persians invaded Anatolia at the beginning of the VIlth century. They captured Caesarea in 605 and occupied it until 611. They […]
Information About Cappadocia Turkey
Information About Cappadocia Turkey, Cappadocia Turkey Early Christians, 1st to tithe Centuries: Following the Apostolic age, we have a fair amount of information about Christianity in coastal Anatolia. On the other hand, not much is known about first century Cappadocia. Nevertheless, it is obvious that an important number of Christian communities existed during the second […]
Conquest and Istanbul – Siege of Muslim Arabs
Istanbul has been a sacred destination since the beginning of the Muslims’ expeditionary history. First Muslim Arabs and then Muslim Turks organized expeditions to Istanbul for hundreds of years, some of which surrounded the city. Islam Prophet Hz. Muhammad (S.A.V) proclaimed, Constantine’s conquest and city-conquering commander and troops praised by the soldiers came at the […]
The Second Byzantine Period in Istanbul (1261 – 1453)
The second Byzantine period in Istanbul begins with the Palailogos dynasty taking back Istanbul from Latin in 1261. During this period, however, Istanbul will no longer gain its former importance and character. The city, where all its riches were plundered by the Latins, has lost its reputation as a trade center in the process. The […]
