The Temple of Augustus at Pisidian Antioch

PISIDIA ANTIOCHEIA: YALVAC

Among 17 antique cities named “Antioch” in Turkey, only two of them are remembered well by the scholars, one is called “Antakya” (the ancient Antioch in Syria) and the other one is Antioch of Pisidia. Both of them play an important role at the beginning and early stages of Christian history and well-known for their […]

Mardin Turkey

MARDIN: THE CITY WOVEN WITH POETRY AND MYSTERY

Mardin, the legendary city of Upper Mesopotamia, has a history going back to 8000 BC, and over the millennia numerous civilizations have come and gone. This is a city of evocative beauty and unique atmosphere, where people of different cultures and religions have always lived in harmony. The Romans knew it as Maride, the Persians […]

Vast Underground City Found Nevsehir

VAST UNDERGROUND CITY FOUND IN NEVSEHIR, CAPPADOCIA TURKEY

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 […]

The Seven Churches of Revelation

THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION

The Seven Churches of Revelation (Asia Minor) St. John recorded letters to the Seven Churches in Asia, as part of Revelation, the last book of the Bible. Exiled on the island of Patmos as he saw visions and recorded them, he must have longed to be able to visit the churches in person to deliver […]