History

After the incident in Japan, the world remembered the earthquake again. Turkey is over a heavily tectonically active geographic area and this is the reason that there happens so much destructive earthquakes this last decades.

Also known as Zeuma it is an ancient city of Commagene. In modern times it is located in Gaziantep Province of Turkey. It was considered one of the most prominent and prosperous settlements under the Commangene Regieme. The history is very ancient and was originally settled as a greek province by Seleucus I Nicator who was a general of Alexander the great.

Troy, Homeros thought to have been written by one of the two verse epics of the Iliad, later mentioned that war is an ancient city of Troy. Takes place within the province of Canakkale.

Trojan horses, renowned for intelligence to overcome the walls of Troy and Odysseus do to sneak into the city is a model of the wooden horse.

The ancient city of Troy and the Trojan horse, every year is visited by many tourists. Also in this city about the film was shots.

The Byzantine and Ottoman empires may be long gone, but they left behind some truly striking monuments : churches, mosques, and palaces that stil hold the power to take your breath away.

Turkey, a sort of bridge between Europe and Asia, has been a cultural crossroads for thousands of years. Numeros civilizations –Greeks from the west and Mongols from easts—settled or moved through the (vast) area at one point or another, leaving lasting and impressive reminders of their sojourns. As a result, virtually every religion in Turkey has a bounty of stunning ancient ruins.

Mt. Nemrut : At the top of a desolate mountain, this 2000 year old temple a collection of larger than life statues facing the rising and setting sun is a testament to the vanity of an ancient king .