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01/09/2024

📍 Kapadokya'da Eşsiz Bir Deneyim Sizi Bekliyor!

✔️ 2 Saatlik Gün Batımında ATV Turu:** Kapadokya'nın büyüleyici manzarasında adrenalin dolu anlar yaşayın.

✔️ Rehberli Bölge Turu:** Tarihi ve doğal güzellikleri uzman rehberlerimiz eşliğinde keşfedin.

✔️ Havuzlu Özel Kaya Odalarda Konaklama:** Bölgeye özgü, lüks ve konforlu odalarımızda eşsiz bir konaklama deneyimi yaşayın.

✔️ Gün Doğumunda Balonların Altında Profesyonel Fotoğrafçılık:** Balonlar eşliğinde unutulmaz anlarınızı ölümsüzleştirin.

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20/04/2023

TURKEY'S MUMMIES
Aksaray Museum is Turkey's first and only museum with a section on mummy. 17 mummies excavated from Ihlara Valley and Çanlı Church are exhibited in the museum. 12 of these mummies are in Aksaray Museum and 5 of them are in Niğde Museum. The mummies are generally dated to the 10th and 13th centuries.

The most interesting of the mummies is a cat mummy. This mummy shows that the tradition of mummification of cats dedicated to the cat-headed goddess Bast in Egypt dates back to Anatolia. In addition to the cat mummy, baby and adult human mummies also attract the attention of visitors in the museum.

The museum is located close to the Ihlara Valley, which is famous for the natural and historical beauties of Cappadocia. Ihlara Valley is a canyon 18 kilometers long, 150 meters deep and 200 meters wide, formed by the erosion of the Melendiz Stream over thousands of years. There is a lush vegetation, vineyards and gardens throughout the valley. There are also frescoed churches and living areas carved into the rocks in the valley. These churches have been an important religious center since the early years of Christianity. 14 of the 105 churches in the valley are open to visitors.

By visiting the Aksaray Museum, you can see the thousand-year-old mummies of Cappadocia closely, and you can take a tour in Ihlara Valley, intertwined with nature and history.

29/03/2023

Cappadocia is one of the most popular locations in the world for hot air ballooning. Over half of the world’s balloon trips took place in Cappadocia last year, with almost half a million people taking to the skies. Balloon flights are made in Cappadocia throughout the year as long as weather conditions allow. Balloon rides offer a unique perspective of the surrounding landscape and provide a photographer’s dream view of Cappadocia’s surreal valleys.

26/03/2023

Troy Ancient City: Where History And Mythology Meet

Located in the Çanakkale province of Turkey, Troy Ancient City is the place where the famous Trojan War took place, as narrated by Homer in his Iliad. With a history dating back to 3000 BC, it is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.

When you visit Troy Ancient City, you can follow the traces of history and mythology, see the ruins of ancient theater, temple, walls and statues, and take a photo next to the famous Trojan Horse. You can also examine the artifacts unearthed in the excavations in the nearby Troy Museum.

Troy Ancient City is one of the most important cultural heritage of Turkey. Don't miss this unique historical experience and see Troy Ancient City for yourself.

21/03/2023

XANTHOS HISTORY
The origins of Xanthos go back to very early dates. It was ruled by Lycian kings until the Persian invasion in the second half of the 6th century BC. It was destroyed twice by the Persians during this period. The Lycian market place or agora was located on the banks of the Xanthos River, not far from the theatre. According to Herodotus, the inhabitants of the city fought bravely against the Persians, led by the Persian general Harpagos. They occupied the Lycian region in 545. Herodotus wrote that the Xanthians took their women and children, their servants and all their movable personal belongings to the top of the acropolis and then set them all on fire. Except for the eighty families who were away at the time, the entire population of the city was killed in the war.
Towards the end of the 5th century BC Lycia became somewhat independent of Persian control. According to an inscription on the amphitheater wall, the Xanthosians had to go to war against Athens to defend this independence during the Peloponnesian War. When Alexander the Great moved to the Lycian region in 333, the city yielded to his demands and again a great deal of freedom was allowed. The Hellenism process was rapid, as the people in this region were very similar to the Greeks. Xanthos passed under the control of the Kingdom of Rhodes with the Treaty of Apamaea made in 188. In 167, the citizens of the city waged a struggle against Rhodes, where they received Roman help because they had once sided with Rome in the struggles against Mithridates. After the last Roman conquest of Anatolia, Xanthos was given a privileged status. This is very evident in the remains at the site. The Romans rebuilt the city and its walls and enjoyed a high level of prosperity. As the Roman Empire began to decline, the city of Xanthos also began to decline. The decline of the Lycian city continued until the Byzantine period.
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15/03/2023

The Mosque of Sultan Ahmet(Blue Mosque)
One of the most beatiful and elegant Mosques, built in the 17th century by sultan Ahmet I and carried out by the architect Sedefkâr (worker of mother-of-pearl) Mehmet Ağa in 7 years. The dome and slender minarets are a masterpiece. The dome is a little broader and higher than that of Aya Sofya, and is supported together with the finely harmonising subsidiary and semi-domes, on 4 massive pillars.
The interior is imposing for both its proportions and decora- tion: the light from the numerous windows is reflected from the blue tiles of the walls and produces both a feeling of great space and that special quality of light which gives it is name of the BlueMosque. In 1826 Sultan Mahmut's decree abolshing the Janissaries was read there.
The building forms the fourth wall of a wide court, poved with marble. The inner court has a portico with colums of porphyry, granite and marble, and a graceful şadırvan in the middle.
There are six minarets with 2 or 3 galleries. It is related that the Sultan, when reproached for building 6 minarets, a number permitted only at the Kaaba at Mecca, ordered 2 more to be built at Mecca. He also attached to the Mosque a medrese (religious school), a free kitchen and various other institutions.

07/03/2023

HISTORY OF APHRODISIAS
Although the colonization of Aphrodisias is uncertain, Assyrians from Nineva are thought to be some of the earliest settlers. They came to establish an Ishtar cult. Early Bronze Age pottery was also unearthed during the excavations in the area. However, the name of the city Aphrodisias BC. It seems that it did not take until the 3rd century. One of the first mentions of the city was in the form of a Delphic oracle inscription. Roman Sulla sent gifts to the city named after Aphrodite in Caria. This was in 82 BC. It is assumed that the city of Aphrodisias grew in large proportions in the 2nd century. In 35 BC, Aphrodisias was declared a free city with the same rights as Ephesus. The city became famous as a school of sculptors and also a major center of medicine and philosophy. During the excavations, many coins depicting Aphrodite and Dyionisus, as well as many letters from the Roman emperors and many statues and reliefs were found. The spread of Christianity, which reached Aphrodisias late, had the same effect on the pagans who worshiped Aphrodite, as it did in all other ancient cities. The name of the city was changed to Stavropolis, meaning the City of the Cross, and the temple was turned into a church. Emperor Leo I gave the city the title of Metropolis of Caria towards the end of the fifth century. Shortly thereafter, the area became the seat of a diocese. The city, which was captured by the Seljuk Turks in the 12th century, was taken back by the Byzantines at the end of the 13th century. By this time, the once great and prosperous city of Aphrodisias was in rapid decline.

27/02/2023

The fantasy land of fairy chimneys and churches cut out of soft rock formations rising up in cone-like protuberances amidst a barren, otherworidly background of remote and awful natural beauty-this is the Valley of Cappadocia. This region was a Roman province and was the refuge of persecuted Christians during the early days of the Roman Empire. Today it includes the Anatolian towns of Urgup, Nevsehir, Avanos and the Göreme valley. In Turkish folklore we find on explanation of the weird troglodyte formations that extend as high as a hundred feet into the clear Anatolian sky. It is told that an army from a neighboring state had come to attack the unarmed inhabitants of Cappadocia. These humble people in their moment of judgement offered up prayers to Allah, and the invaders were turned to stone. Scientifically the formations are the results of erosion. The softer outer stone had been cut away by the processes of wind, rivulets and rain over a period ot centuries, leaving the harder core of the rocks standing in an amazing variety of mysterious shapes. The effect is something like a village out of Grimm's Fairy Tales. Apart from the natural beauty of the region, Cappadocia is well-known for its rock churches that date to the period of Christian persecution and for its under-ground cities, amazingly intricate systems of tunnels cut into the mountains of rock.

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