Archive for the 'Gallipoli' Category
Thursday, October 8th, 2015
Home to the world’s earliest settlements and numerous civilizations ranging from the tiniest of communities to the greatest of empires, Anatolia invites you to discover its ancient cities. Aphrodisias With a history dating back to 5000 BC, the ancient city of Aphrodisias was established during the Greek and Roman times and is one of the […]
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Monday, March 10th, 2014
The Fact and Fiction Surrounding the 4000 Year Old Ancient City Troy existed more than 4000 years as the center of ancient civilization. For many years, it was commonly believed that Troy was a myth, the product of fertile imaginations such as Homer’s, who made Hector, Helen, Achilles, Paris, Agamemnon and Priam so famous. […]
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Monday, March 10th, 2014
THE MARMARA REGION A fast highway connects Istanbul with Izmit, the capital of Kocaeli province. An important city in Roman times known as Nicomedeia, it is now a prosperous industrial center. The restored Saatci Efendi Konak, a typical 18th-century Ottoman mansion, now serves as theEthnography Museum. Pismaniye, the local sweet, consists of thousands of thin layers of drawn sugar. Hereke, […]
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Friday, March 7th, 2014
The city of Canakkale lies at the narrow, 1,200 meter entrance to the Canakkale Strait (theDardanelles) that connects the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. Passenger and car ferries run daily between Canakkale on the Asian side and Eceabat and Kilitbahir on the European side. Yachts navigating the straits stop at the well-equipped Canakkale Marina. Hotels, restaurants and cafes along the […]
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