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Dırectorate General Of Turkısh State Raılways
Transportatıon Systems For The Youth Travel (International Implementations)
1- Inter Rail Card: In Inter Rail System, the international cards Inter Rail 26 and Inter Rail 26+ Card are on sale for the passengers. Inter Rail Card gives unlimited travel opportunity to the young under 26 in the second [...]
A Perspective of the Future
Under these conditions, what can we think about the future of the city?
Is the city drifting towards a catastrophe?
The first thing we can probably do is form a plan (of course more than one) for Istanbul. We can make some intellectual exercises about the nature of the basic elements of such [...]
The Importance of Re-Evaluating the Cultural Richness of Istanbul
We are witnessing in Turkey, a desertion of environmental and cultural values with an ever increasing intensity since the middle decades of the 20th century.
No doubt, such a development must have reasons of many dimensions. A part of these stems from the usability of fully following the [...]
Caverns of Antalya
Geyikbayırı Cavern
Location: Antalya
The cavern is at the Geyikbayırı village which is 26 km to Antalya. In order to reach Geyikbayırı village, Çakırlar Köyü which is to the west from Antalya could be used. To reach the cavern, a 5 minute trekking from the center of the village is enough.
Properties: The deepest point of [...]
The topography of İstanbul
It is extremely difficult to find unused soil in Istanbul today. One can excavate as deep as 8-10m without encountering unused soil for a number of different reasons. The soil covering Istanbul today is full of rubble from various different periods. During the construction of the Botanical Institute, excavations were made to [...]
The first foundation of the City
The oldest signs of habitation in Istanbul have been found on the banks of the Kurbağalıdere Creek in Kadıköy, in the Fikirtepe locality. It is considered that these findings date from the end of the 4th century or the beginning of the 3rd century BC. Recent research carried out in [...]
Legends about the foundation of Istanbul
Although the foundation of the city is a legend which has come down to us over the years in various forms, it does not cast any real light on the facts surrounding the initial foundation of the city. According to a local legend which is comparatively much older than the [...]
Types of Mountains and Important Mountains in Turkey
Mountains Types in Turkey
Turkey, which becomes more arid the further south one goes, is presently hemmed in on every side by mountain ranges: The Northern Anatolian Mountain Range, the Interior Anatolian Massif Range, the Southern Anatolian Mountain Range and the Southeastern Anatolian Mountain Range. Important mountains in the [...]
The Importance of Re-Evaluating the Cultural Richness of Istanbul
We are witnessing in Turkey, a desertion of environmental and cultural values with an ever increasing intensity since the middle decades of the 20th century.
No doubt, such a development must have reasons of many dimensions. A part of these stems from the usability of fully following the [...]
Names of İstanbul
Istanbul was formerly known as Byzantion (Byzantium in Latin), and this is the origin of the term we use today. It is not known with any certainty where the name ‘Byzantion’ came from, and it is quite clear that the legends that arose at later periods did not reflect the truth.
Chronology of Nevşehir
CULTUREL DETAILS OF NEVŞEHİR
Chronology Of Nevşehir
B.C. 1650-1460
The era of the Hititian Kingdom