Turkey

HISTORY OF THE WORLD BEGINS IN TURKEY !!!!.

HISTORY OF WORLD BEGINS IN TURKEY.

Turkey has Greece and Bulgaria and Aegean Sea on
the west, Black Sea in the north, Mediterranean  Sea in the south and
southeast you have Syria, Iraq, Iran and Russia all share borders
with them. Turkey engulfs Marmara Sea within itself.

This is a very historical country, it was always
been center of the world all thru Greek Period, Roman period, the
council of nicea was concluded here, council of bishops and Athnasian
creed  was concluded in Turkey. Thrace is part of turkey, Pergamon is
part of Turkey, Hattie  civilization is part of Turkey. Assyrians are
part of turkey.

Byzantine Emperor's capital was ISTANBUL , great
people said many things about ISTANBUL,  Lamartine the philosopher
said, If I am allowed to look upon earth once I will look at this
city  with all my feelings. This is a city worthy to be capital of
world and EUROPEAN UNION.

Let us see Bosporus or the land called GOLDEN HORN
. Let me describe you , there is a narrow strait called Bosporus
strait between European Land and Asian Land, this STRAIT is 700 to
3000 meters wide between MARMARA SEA and BLACK SEA, ISTANBUL old and
new envelops this Strait and the land surrounding it. Both lands are
connected with 3 under sea metro train tunnels and many  bridges
floating all over BOSPHORUS. Galata bride is there since 1400 C.E.

GOLDEN HORN is the costliest real estate in the
world, this land must be seen to believe it, narrow strip of land
with MARMARA SEA on south and BLACK SEA on north, it is 31 Kilometers
wide  and around 360 Kilometers long. Die to own such a beautiful
piece of land. There is a market in ISTANBUL called Egyptian market
it is present since 1660 C.E.I move on,  there are miles to cover all
over TURKEY. There is a burnt tower in Istanbul standing since 330
C.E. There are other cities and towns called KIRKLARELI, EDRINE on
European side.

Edrine city was founded in 10 B.C., We move on to
CANAKKALE (DARDANELLES) this area again  has beautiful narrow strait,
connecting Aegean Sea to Sea of Marmara. This area was witness to
many battles in history and world wars. In this vicinity we have
ASSOS, NEANDREIA, TROY. All very historical cities occupied by
Greeks, Romans, Persian Etc., We go towards BURSA, there are

natural hot water baths near this city and many
monuments of historical value. IZMIR, AYDIN, MUGLA, USAK, AFYON are
important towns and cities worth mentioning, NYPMHS mountain was made
in 2 C.E. (CHRISTIAN ERA).

IZMIR is a modern sea port with a very good FREE
ZONE in it, IZMIR is a centre of shipments and business. Historical
EPHESUS and PERGAMON are around here this area, it is known for its
mild sunny climate. There are historical sites around  here from as
early as 4B.C. to 1400 B.C. The cave of 7 sleepers and ST.JOHN'S
and ST.LUKE'S  graves are in this area. There is a natural SPA
reputed to cure RHEUMATISM AND KINDNEY AILMENTS.  This SPA is called
AGAMEMNON SPA.

We stop at AYDIN, it has its unique TEMPLES, FORTS
and other important sites. Few miles we move to the seaport of BODRUM
a beautiful place worth mention, endowed with natural beauty, this
place is a regular stop for WORLD CURISE SHIPS . The resort of
TELMESSOS is called FETHIYE in Turkey, it  has DEAD SEA and a picture
perfect SEA PORT. We have reached MEDITERRANEAN lands ANTALYA with a
beautiful harbor and caves are famous for dripping rocks.

Mersin with Roman baths and magic caves of
bubbling sweet and salty waters are a must dip for any person
visiting here. ANTAKYA city has ancient bridges and churches and many
wonderful sites. We will pause towards ANKARA the capital city of
Turkey. It has all the things any capital city will  have anywhere in
the world. There are many museums here in this city.

Central land locked region where ANKARA is, has
other towns called CANKIRI, KIRSEHIR,  NAVSEHIR, KONYA and others,
this area was famous during Roman times, it was called CAPPADOCIA. It
has fairy chimneys, chimneys like rock structures spread all over
this area. The hills have deep chambers and natural rock forts, there
are signs of tombs and many historical human  habitations, it is just
unbelievable natural rock chambers .

KONYA was settled in early 2600 B.C. Later Seljuk
Sultans made this city capital of their Kingdom , it has many Seljuk
monuments, the cult of whirling dervishes belong to this area. We
move on to  the BLACK SEA region, main cities in this area are BOLU,
SAMSUN, ORDU, TRABZON, CORUM, AMASYA.

CORUM was a Hattie settlement, it has Large lions
carved out of big rocks, called SPHINX, moreover there are in TRABZON
This city has a Christian monastery high up in rock face, it is 1300
meters high. This mountain building has carved out 6 levels and 75
rooms or cells, it is so unique to look at, it  will inspire awe in
onlooker, it is decorated with beautiful paintings inside.

Moving towards borders of Russia we have cities
called ERZURUM, VAN, MUS, ELAZIG etc., In the  area of lake VAN there
are beautiful fortress constructed around 855 B.C. and many other
historical sites, now we come to the final frontiers towards the
borders of ARAB countries that  is SYRIA, IRAQ, IRAN.

We have famous towns called GAZIANTEP, AIYAMAN,
DIYARBAKIR and others, the people here speak good fluent ARABIC it is
their second language. This area has the famous NEMRUD temple, this
can be seen on a site 2300 meter above the sea level, watch the world
from here. There are stone statues and a site called FALLEN HEADS,
these heads are carved from stone and  they are 10 meters tall and
many in number. There is a cave reputed to belong to PROPHET ABRAHAM
there is a well here attributed to have cured PROPHET JOB.

Turkey has many exquisite carpets, meerschaum
pipes and so wonderful landscapes nowhere to be  seen, the people
here are very friendly and helpful, they all have a respect for
strangers, they have the culture of inviting strangers to have food
with them. This country is bejeweled with so many wonderful places it
requires a life time to explore all of them. Turkey is blessed with
bounties of nature since ages long.

YO!! HISTORY OF THE WORLD BEGINS IN TURKEY !!!!.