Derinkuyu and Ihlara Valley (Peristrema Valley) in Cappadocia
Derinkuyu and Ihlara Valley (Peristrema Valley) in Cappadocia, Derinkuyu: Derinkuyu is on the highway from Nevsehir to Nigde, 25 km. from Nevsehir. It was established by the Greeks with the name of Melengubb. There are two large churches, one of them being used as a mosque. It is rather interesting with its destroyed frescoes on […]
Ataturk Mausoleum and Museum in Ankara Turkey – Chapter 5
Ataturk Mausoleum and Museum in Ankara Turkey – Chapter 5 One door in the salon opens onto a balcony, and another to the Library. This Library, where Ataturk would frequently shut himself up for days ‘while he worked and read, contains hundreds of volumes in both Turkish and foreign languages. On the other side of […]
Ataturk Mausoleum and Museum in Ankara – Chapter 4
Ataturk Mausoleum and Museum in Ankara – Chapter 4 In 1950 it was opened to the public as Ataturk Museum, together with the original furnishings. The glass creeper door of the Old House leads into a small hall whose walls are decorated with mirrors, and then into the Great Hall. This hall was once used […]
The Dark Church in Goreme Open Air Museum Cappadocia
The Dark Church in Goreme Open Air Museum Cappadocia, Karanlik Church in Goreme Open Air Museum This church is the best example of the 11th-century Byzantine art. The entrance is a narrow, turning stairway. After a small narthex comes the four columned hall of the church. It is built on a basilica plan with a […]
Ankara Ataturk Mausoleum and Museum – Chapter 3
Ankara Ataturk Mausoleum and Museum – Chapter 3 Ataturk Library: A small door leads from the Ataturk Museum to the Reform Tower, which was made the location of Ataturk Library in 1967. 3113 volumes of books which Ataturk had read and studied, were brought from Cankaya Residence and can be seen in Ataturk Library today. […]
Ankara Ataturk Mausoleum and Museum – Chapter 2
Ataturk Mausoleum and Museum Ankara – Chapter 2 lion Road marble steps leading up to the entrance of the Hall of Honour is a bas-relief depicting all the wars and victories from Vienna to Sakarya, and on the left a bas-relief depicting the Baskumandan Meydan War. On the marble platform in the center of the […]
Ankara Ataturk Mausoleum and Museum
Ataturk Mausoleum and Museum Ankara When Ataturk died on November 10, 1938, in Dolmabahge Palace in Istanbul, his body was brought to Ankara amidst the tears of the Turkish nation, and temporarily placed in the Ethnographic Museum. Later the idea arose of having a mausoleum built to house his body, and the Turkish Grand National Assembly […]
Goreme Town of Cappadocia Turkey
Goreme Town of Cappadocia Turkey, If churches in the rocky villages are examined it is seen that each one of them has a different way of development. Some of them were built earlier than others. Ruins are extending from the early ages up to the Byzantine Period. Some were built after the Arab invasion and […]
Ankara Grand National Assembly Museum
The Grand National Assembly Museum Ankara a) Chancery of State: The room of the Board of Executive Ministers (The Ministerial Council) contains large photographs of Ataturk as he appeared at that time, and of the members and president of the Board of Executive Ministers, a table and other original furnishings. b) Canonical Committee Room: This […]
The Ankara Turkish Natural History Museum
Ankara Turkish Natural History Museum The Turkish Natural History Museum was founded in 1968 by the Institute of Mineral Research in Ankara. The ground floor of the museum contains items of paleontology, while the upper floor concerns miner-ology and petrography. In the paleontology section, there are plant and animal fossils, skeletons, pre-historical finds, and in […]
