Archive for February, 2009

Türkiye’ye Hoşgeldiniz! (Welcome to Turkey)

Monday, February 23rd, 2009
@ Travel Turkey

@ Travel Turkey

Turkey is a melting pot of many cultures and religions and bridge between continents. With more Greek ruins than Greece, more ancient Roman sites than Italy, irrefutably Turkey is the cradle of civilization.

However, Turkey is much more than its history with over 7000km of coastline it’s an excellent destination for a sunny holiday and water sports. Who could resist a change to spend a few days cruising along the Turkey’s crystal clear turquoise coasts. The pleasure of yachting in Turkey will temp you to come back again and again, to explore yet another stretch of coast and to relive the luxurious ease of life on the sea.

In brief, Turkey is a perfect travel destination, has everything a traveler could possibly need; history, nature, sun, sea, fun, cuisine, culture … everything.

Most importantly Anatolian people are very hospitable. Their motto comes from a great Turkish sufistic and philosopher, Mevlana.

Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshipper, lover of living, it doesn’t matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come even if you have broken your vow a thousand times,
Come, yet again, come, come.
Mevlana

The Gaziantep Museum has the largest bulla collection in the world.

Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Zeugma by Kıvanç

Zeugma by Kıvanç on Flickr

With its nearly 100.000 bulla (seal imprints in clay) excavated from Zeugma, The Gaziantep Museum is possessor of the largest bulla collection in the world.

Zeugma is an ancient city of Commagene; currently located in the Gaziantep Province of Turkey. It is a historical settlement which is considered among the four most important settlement areas under the reign of the kingdom of Commagene. It was named for the bridge of boats, or zeugma, which crossed the Euphrates there.

For more information about Zeugma please visit Zeugma @ Travel Turkey