Antakya's mosaics join the virtual world With a new project supported by IBM, artifacts at the Hatay Archaeology Museum can be seen online. The purpose of the project is to draw more people to the museum.
Turkey hosts 28 million foreign tourists, makes $20 billion in 2010 Turkey earned $28 billion in 2010 from 28 foreign tourists visiting the country, on Monday said a deputy undersecretary with the Turkish Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
Number of tourists visiting Cappadocia region increases Number of Turkish and foreign tourists visiting Cappadocia region in central Turkey increased by 30 percent in 2010.
Many Christians Attend Mass In House Of Mother Mary In Selcuk Numerous Christians attended a religious ceremony in the House of Mother Mary in Selcuk town of western province of Izmir on Sunday.
US archeologists find ruins of four ancient castles in Turkey The group including 16 students from the universities of Boston, Pennsylvania and Brown led by Assistant Professor of Archaeology Christopher H. Roosevelt has been searching for ancient ruins in Golmarmara town of the western province of Manisa upon permission of the Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism.
Sumela Monastery To Open For One-Day Worship The historical Sumela Monastery, located in the north of Turkey, will be opened for one-day worship on August 15, a Turkish official said on Thursday.
Treasures Of Hagia Sophia To Be On Display For First Time Speaking to the AA, the curator of Hagia Sophia Museum, Haluk Dursun, said Thursday that the Hagia Sophia Tombs of Sultans were opened to visitors at the end of 2009 after going through enormous restoration.
Lover With Burning Breast The tulip is eastern. As eastern as Judaism, Christianity and Islam. As bashful as a blushing bride, as flustered as a beautiful girl showered with compliments. The six-petaled tulip is everywhere, high, low, north and west.
Turkish Hotels Among World's Best Hotels A travel magazine chose two Turkish hotels among the world's best hotels in 2009.
Turkey To Open Armenian Church In Eastern City To Worship, Governor A regional governor said on Thursday that Turkey would open an Armenian church in an eastern city to worship in 2010.
Nearly One Mln Tourists Visit Hasankeyf Nearly one million tourists have visited an ancient city Hasankeyf in the southeastern city of Batman in the first 11 months of 2009, an official said on Monday.
Last work of the great architect Sinan restored Atik Valide Sultan Complex in Uskudar district of Istanbul is being opened for use after restoration.
British Paper Defines Turkish Med Holiday Resort As New Dubai The travel supplement of the British "The Observer" paper, published on Sundays, wrote that the Turkish Mediterranean city of Antalya became the "new Dubai."
City of Kings: Amasya Amasya is a land of legends. Strabo, an Amasya native and the world's first geographer, tells us that the name of this city, which he calls `my country', comes from the Amazons and that it was a city of kings.
Ice blue lakes on Mount Olympus Uludag is the first love of skiers. With its skiing slopes, hotels with big fireplaces for winter and extensive pine forests stretching as far as the eye can see, Uludag is a symbol of winter.
The deep call of Kemer The deep call of Kemer The turquoise waters of the Mediterranean have an appeal for divers too. Are you prepared to discover three shipwrecks in a single day?
Home of tolerance: Balat The oldest settlement on the Golden Horn, Balat is like a miniature Istanbul with its uniform streets, its two and three-story houses with cantilevered balconies, its staircases jutting up the steep slopes, and its places of worship at every step.
Asia's Natural Garden Harput Harput, where churches dedicated to the Virgin Mary rise next to tombs of the ancestors of Mehmed the Conqueror on the same hill, is a popular summer resort today at the summit of Eastern Anatolia's most exciting panorama.
Lake Bafa Where the past is bathed in blue Lake Bafa The allure of Lake Bafa lies not only in its clear blue waters but in the ancient city of Herakleia on its shores and the misty Besparmak Mountains that rise alongside it.
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