Konya Neolithic City Catalhoyuk

The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük (Çumra-Konya-Anatolia Turkey) The ancient site of Çatalhöyük was first discovered in the late 1950s and excavated by James Mellaart between 1961 and 1965. The site rapidly became famous internationally due to the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as More Detail

Konya Whirling Dervishes

Konya, one of Turkey's oldest continuously inhabited cities was known as Iconium in Roman times. The capital of the Seljuk Turks from the 12th to the 13th century, it ranks as one of the great cultural centres of Turkey. During this period of artistic, political and religious growth, thekonyam More Detail

Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum

The first museum in Ankara was founded at the tower of castle, named Akkale in 1921 by the Director of Culture Mr Mübarek Galip. Besides this museum, the works were also collected in Augustus Temple and Roman Bath. When the Hittite Works in surrounding cities began to be sent to Anka More Detail

Hittite - Hattusas city and Royal Temple in Central Turkey

The historical site of Bogazkoy (Hattusas) is located at 82 km. to the southwest of Çorum and it is 208 km. from Ankara. Bogazkoy (Hattusas) site which was located at the core region of the Hittite state is at the southern end of the Budaközü River valley, at an elevation of 300 meters from th More Detail

Ankara Ataturk's Mousoleum

Anıtkabir came about as an idea of and from the desires of the Turkish people to erect a mausoleum for Gazi Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), the founder of the Turkish Republic, a revolutionary, a brave soldier, a great leader and an international figure. In o More Detail

Sivas- Divrigi Great Mosque and Hospital (UNESCO Site) Turkey

Sivas is a city in central Turkey and the seat of  Sivas province  According to a 2011 estimate, its urban population is 425,297.The city, which lies at an elevation of 4,193 feet (1,278 m) in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak  river, is a moderately-sized trade center a More Detail

Niğde-Tyana and Gumusler Monastery in Cappadocia-Turkey

Nigde Tyana is the city referred to in Hittite archives as Tuwanuwa. During the Hittite Empire period in mid 2nd millennium, Tuwanuwa was among the principal settlements of the region along with Hupisna, Landa, Sahasara, Huwassana and Kuniyawannni. This south-central Anatolian region was ref More Detail