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Ancient Cities
Çagirkan Castle Tumulus: It is on Kirşehir – Kaman road, in Çağırkan borough, 9 km. away from Kaman province. It is settled from 3000 B. C. till Islamic Period.
Center Kalehöyük: Kalehöyük, which is at the city center, had been settled since B. C. periods till today.
Hashöyük: During the excavations, performed at Hashöyük, which [...]
Istanbul – Göknarlik Nature Reserve
Location: The park is 2km outside Tokat, a small village in the Beykoz district of Istanbul, northeast of the city.
Transportation: There is public transport available from Istanbul.
Highlights: The area has a unique ecosystem which is in danger of vanishing, and has the only fir tree grove growing naturally in Istanbul. [...]
Regional Socio-Economic Life In The Pre-Seljuk And Ottoman Era
CULTUREL DETAILS OF NEVŞEHİR
Regional Socio-Economic Life In The Pre-Seljuk And Ottoman Era
The Persians preserved the local autonomy, collected taxes in a fairly just fashion and defended it with the military units they conscripted.It soon became [...]
Aksaray province is belong to Interior Anatolian Region’s climate; terrestrial climate is dominant, where summers are hot and dry while the winters are cold and snowy.
The Old Baths
The Old (Eski) Baths are right across from the Gazi High School. Although the dressing rooms of the baths are in ruins, the sauna and cold rooms including the boiler room are still intact. From the architecture and building techniques used, the structure can be dated back to the 15th century.
Karacabey Baths
Built in [...]
Castles
Even before Istanbul was conquered, a castle had been built by Sultan Yıldırım Bayezıd in 1391. This castle is referred to with various names such as: Anadoluhisar, Akçehisar or Güzelcehisar, it is located at the Black Sea end of the Bosphorus, on the Asian side. Extensions were made by Mehmed the Conqueror in 1452. The [...]
Sporting Activities
Mountain – Nature Tracking: Hasandağı Mountain is capable for mountaineering and winter sports. Presently Mount Hasandağ be in demanded by home and foreign mountain climber. At the mountain with the establishment of Klimatizm, that forest interior resting place, nomadism, mountain bike sports, mounted tour excursion and nature tracking are possible.
Fishery with Fishing Line: Mirrored [...]
Governorship : (+90-266) 239 67 04
Municipality : (+90-266) 243 04 00
Hospital : (+90-266) 245 96 26 – 8 Lines
Police : (+90-266) 243 32 64
Gendarme : (+90-266) 221 24 00 – 221 24 01 – 221 24 02
Provincial Directorate : (+90-266) 244 72 71 – 241 18 20
Ayvalık Tourism Information Office : (+90-266) 312 21 22
Edremit [...]
Contact Information
District Head Office Tel: (+90 232) 892 63 66
Selçuk Tourism Information Office Tel: (+90 232) 892 63 28
Selçuk Municipality Office Tel: (+90 232) 892 69 25 / 892 69 11
Police Headquarter Tel: (+90 232) 892 60 04
Hospital Tel: (+90 – 232) 892 70 36
The big mosque complexes and Royal mosques
When Istanbul was captured by the Turks the biggest church in the city, which was Ayasofia, was turned into a mosque in accordance with custom and a number of other churches were turned into mosques to meet the demands of Turkish worshippers. The transformation of Byzantine churches into mosques [...]
History
Aksaray province is placed in the Capadocia region, inhabiting of human starts from the 8th thousand BC. Aşıklı Tumulus is one of the first village settlement place in Anatolia remains from Aceramic Neolithic Age. According to historical process Aksaray province was breed place for various civilisations. Acemhöyük placed near the city centre was one of [...]