Since the Bronze Age that the first deadly weapons hammered out until these days; heaps of legions passed over Anatolia and moved to the west or the east. Original inhabitants, who used to live in the Cappadocia region in the heart of Anatolia, carved the caves into the Cappadocia’s soft tufa rocks and dug underground […]
HALAS 71 THE ONLY SHIP THAT WITNESSED THE GALLIPOLI BATTLES
M/S Halas 71 is today the only ship in working order which witnessed the Gallipoli Battles… Carrying the traces of a hundred years of history, it is expected to serve tourism for long years to come. Let’s take a glance at the remarkable historical events that the ship witnessed during its journey from Scotland to Istanbul: […]
TURKISH COFFEE IS IN UNESCO
Turkish Coffee (Turkish: Turk Kahvesi) is now included in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Turks by UNESCO. The issue was decided at the UNESCO committee’s session in Baku on 5th December 2013. Around 800 delegates from 116 countries took part in the sitting, which included the discussions on 38 proposals and the proposal for including […]