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Showing posts with label TURKEY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TURKEY. Show all posts
January 23, 2020

3383 TURKEY (Central Anatolia Region) - Mevlana Museum in Konya

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Located in Konya , the Mevlâna Museum is the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi , a Persian Sufi mystic also known as Mevlâna o...
October 17, 2017

3171 TURKEY (Marmara Region) - Gökçeada map

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Located north of the entrance of Dardanelles Strait , in the Aegean Sea (11 nautical miles from the Gallipoli Peninsula ), Gökçeada (...
May 31, 2017

3073 TURKEY (Central Anatolia Region) - Mevlevi Sema ceremony (UNESCO ICH)

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The Mevlevi is an ascetic Sufi order founded in 1273 by the followers of the Persian poet and Islamic theologian Jalal ad-Din Muham...
May 5, 2017

0813, 3036 TURKEY - The map and the flag of the country

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0813 Turkey map Posted on 23.09.2013, 05.05.2017 Located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, mostly on Anatolia (in Western Asia)...
October 12, 2016

2812 TURKEY (Mediterranean Region) - Sabancı Central Mosque in Adana

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With a capacity of 28,500 people, Sabancı Central Mosque in Adana is the largest mosque in Turkey . Its exterior and its interior dec...
July 1, 2015

1708 TURKEY (Marmara Region) - Karagöz and Hacivat (UNESCO ICH)

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  Bursa was the first capital of the Ottoman Empire , between 1335 and 1363, and for that reason represents one of the richest legacie...
June 27, 2015

1697 TURKEY - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938)

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the first  President of Turkey , credited with being the founde...
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May 19, 2015

1594 TURKEY (Central Anatolia) - Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (UNESCO WHS)

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Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia Fairy chimneys in Devrent valley Located on the central Anatolia plateau, in  ...
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November 15, 2014

1336 TURKEY - A belly dancer

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Belly dance is a translation of the French term "danse du ventre", applied to the dance in the Victorian era , and originall...
July 1, 2014

1124 TURKEY (Aegean Region) - Miletus

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Situated on the western coast of Asia Minor , near the mouth of the Maeander River (from which come the word "meander") in a...
April 5, 2014

1046 TURKEY (Aegean Region) - Didyma

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1046 The ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Didyma Didim , a small town and a popular seaside holiday resort on the Aegean coast , on t...
November 22, 2013

0873 TURKEY (Aegean Region) - Hierapolis-Pamukkale (UNESCO WHS)

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0873 Travertine terrace formations at Pamukkale Pamukkale (cotton castle) is a natural site, located in the River Menderes valley, ...
November 20, 2013

0869 TURKEY (Aegean Region) - Archaeological Site of Troy (UNESCO WHS)

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0869 Archaeological Site of Troy - Odeon Troy IX I don't think there is anyone in the modern world who have completed at least pr...
November 11, 2013

0859 TURKEY (Aegean Region) - A zeibek from the Aegean Region

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I found this little marvel in one of the souvenir shops located near the temple of Apollo in Didim , one of those stalls studded with t...
October 7, 2013

0827-0829 TURKEY (Aegean Region) - Ephesus (UNESCO WHS)

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0827 Ephesus - The Library of Celsus Founded as an Attic - Ionian colony in the 10th century BC, on the site of the Bronze Age city...
March 13, 2013

0550 TURKEY (Marmara Region) - Historic Areas of Istanbul - The Blue Mosque (UNESCO WHS)

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Until the conquest of Constantinople (1453), which meant not only the end of the Byzantine Empire , but also a turning point for both ...
January 30, 2013

0489 TURKEY (Marmara Region) - Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge

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If I'm not mistaken, in present there are only three bridges linking two continents: Suez Canal Bridge (which cross the Suez Canal...
September 28, 2012

0345 TURKEY (Southeastern Anatolia Region) - Nemrut Dağ (UNESCO WHS)

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Just as after the death of Alexander the Great the empire created by him was divided, but without being lost Hellenistic influence (qu...