Kaymakli Underground City – Soganli Valley and Nevsehir (Cappadocia)
Kaymakli Underground City – Soganli Valley and Nevsehir (Cappadocia), Kaymakli and Kaymakli Underground City It is 19 km. from Nevsehir on the road to Nigde. Kaymakli is famous for its underground city. During the days when Christianity was in crisis, and torture and oppression was dominant, the believers searched for places where they could live […]
Turkey Izmir City Museums – Chapter 2
Izmir City Museums, Works from Izmir: Marble gravestone, statue of a seated old man, small statue of Heracles, head of man and piece of a frieze, marble head of a woman, head of Aphrodite, statue of a woman, stone column capital, clay amphoras, a sarcophagus and an earthenware bath from the Hellenistic period. Works from […]
Derinkuyu and The Underground City of Cappadocia Turkey
Derinkuyu and The Underground City of Cappadocia Turkey, Derinkuyu is a town of 5000 inhabitants attached to Nevsehir and is situated on the Nevphir-Nigde highway in Central Anatolia (elevation 1355 m.) Its distance to Nigde is 50 km. and to Nevphir 29 km. Apart from the numerous churches on the ground and the first known […]
Izmir City Museums Turkey – Chapter 1
Izmir City Museums, The first Museum of Izmir, the historical, archaeological and cultural center of western Anatolia, was established in 1927 in the Ayavukla Church in the district of Basmahane. When the Archaeological Museum was opened in the Culture Park in 1951 the museum in Basmahane was used as a depot for some of the […]
Istanbul Chora Church (Kariye) Museum and Yedikule Museum
Chora Church (Kariye) Museum and Yedikule Museum in Istanbul, Kariye Mosaics: The Kariye Mosaics Museum is in Kariye Mosque, a former church, which is situated by Edirnekapi in Istanbul. The church was built originally between 1118 and 1143 in the Byzantine period by Maria Dukaina and was repaired and enlarged after the Latin invasion. Most of […]
Aksehir Ataturk and Ethnographic Museum Konya
Aksehir Museums in Konya, Aksehir Ataturk and Ethnographic Museum The Aksehir Ataturk and Ethnographic Museum is housed in the historical Western Front Headquarters Building, which until recently was used as the Aksehir Municipal Offices. it was opened to the public in 1966. For nine months from November 18, 1921, Aksehir Municipal building was used as […]
Konya Ataturk House & Culture Museum
Ataturk House & Culture Museum in Konya, Konya Ataturk House and Museum was opened in 1964 in the old Governors Residence on Station Boulevard. Ataturk House was built in 1912 and consists of three stories including a basement. It was made the Governors Residence in 1916. In 1923 it was registered as Treasury property and while […]
Konya Karatay Medrese & Ceramic Museum
Karatay Medrese & Ceramic Museum, In 1955 the Karatay Medrese in Konya, which was built during the Seljuk period, was repaired and turned into the Ceramic Museum. The Karatay Medrese was built in 1251 by the Seljuk Emir Celaleddin Karatay. It has a beautiful portal made of sky and white marble. The portal leads into […]
THE MUSEUMS OF KOCAELI (IZMIT) TURKEY
The Museums of Izmit-Kocaeli, First steps to establish a museum in the main city of the province of Kocaeli, Izmit, were taken in 1938. Archaeological findings from excavations at the site of the Izmit Paper Factory and other works from the region were first stored in Merkez and then in Sumer primary school. In 1947 […]
Around Urgup Town in Cappadocia Turkey
Around Urgup Town in Cappadocia Turkey, Saruhan (Caravanserai) It was built as caravan serai on the highway of Konya, Aksaray and Kayseri by Se!auks (1238) (It is 10 km. far from Urgup on the Avanos road). Library Of Tahsin Aga It is a 19th-century building located on the Temenni Hill. It is the first library […]
