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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Maiden's Tower

The Maiden's Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known as Leander's Tower (Tower of Leandros) since the medieval Byzantine period, is a tower lying on a small islet located at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait 200 m (220 yd) from the coast of Uskudar in Istanbul, Turkey.

There are many legends about the construction of the tower and its location. According to the most popular Turkish legend, a sultan had a much beloved daughter. One day, an oracle prophesied that she would be killed by a venomous snake on her 18th birthday. The sultan, in an effort to thwart his daughter's early demise by placing her away from land so as to keep her away from any snakes, had the tower built in the middle of the Bosphorus to protect his daughter until her 18th birthday. The princess was placed in the tower, where she was frequently visited only by her father. On the 18th birthday of the princess, the sultan brought her a basket of exotic sumptuous fruits as a birthday gift, delighted that he was able to prevent the prophecy. Upon reaching into the basket, however, an asp that had been hiding among the fruit bit the young princess and she died in her father's arms, just as the oracle had predicted. Hence the name Maiden's Tower.

The interior of the tower has been transformed into a popular café and restaurant, with an excellent view of the former Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman capital. Private boats make trips to the tower several times a day. In İstanbul, There are travel agencies having private tours to Maiden Tower.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Galata Tower

Galata Tower

The Galata Tower called Christen Turris by the Genoese - is a medieval stone tower in the Galata district of Istanbul, Turkey, just to the north of the Golden Horn. One of the city's most striking landmarks, it is a high, cone-capped cylinder that dominates the skyline and affords a panoramic vista of Old Istanbul and its environs. Galata tower has a beautiful location that very easy to reach by public transportation. There is tram from Old City, Sultanahment station to Karakoy. Galata Tower is walking distance when you reached to Karakoy tram station. Also, there is available Turkish night show at Galata tower that you can contact one of turkey travel agent to include your turkey trip.

Istanbul Military Museum

Istanbul Military Museum

Istanbul Military Museum is dedicated to one thousand years of Turkish military history. It is one of the leading museums of its kind in the world. The museum is open to the public everyday except Mondays and Tuesdays.

The museum initially opened in Saint Irene Church. Later in 1950, it was moved to the First Army Headquarters building in Cumhuriyet Caddesi, Harbiye, not far from Taksim Square in Istanbul. Harbiye district (an Ottoman derivation from the Arabic word harb for warfare) was the site of the Ottoman imperial military academy, the empire's "West Point" or "Sandhurst" and is still an important military installation. A fine collection of historical weapons, uniforms and tools of various periods of the army are on display. The highlights are the magnificent campaign tents and standards. Outside the museum, interesting Ottoman cannons and mortars, a rail gun, aircraft, helicopters are on display.

There is transportation from old city in Istanbul and you can visit Military Museum from 08:30 am till 17:00pm except saturday and sunday.

Istanbul Military Museum

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Ankara

Ankara City Tour

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country’s second largest city after Istanbul and it’s about 455 km by drive and 1 hour flight from Istanbul. There is also train between Istanbul - Ankara. Population of the Ankara 4.432,719 and once very highlighted place to visit during traveling to Turkey. Also, Ankara is on of the destination in the Turkey package tours.

The city has a mean elevation of 938 meters, and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million. As turkey advisor, with many ancient cities, Ankara has gone by several names over the ages. It has been identified with the Hittite cult center Ankuses, although this remains a matter of debate. In classical antiquity and during the medieval period, the city was known as Ankara in Greek and Ancyra in Latin; the Galatian Celtic name was probably a similar variant. Following its annexation by the Seljuk Turks in 1073, the city became known in many European languages as Angora, a usage which continued until its official renaming to Ankara under the Turkish Postal Service Law of 1930.

Another proposed theory show that the original name of the city might be taken over from the Angara River of Asia by the invading Seljuk Turks. Centrally located in Anatolia, Ankara is an important commercial and industrial city. It is the center of the Turkish Government, and houses all foreign embassies. It is an important crossroads of trade, strategically located at the center of Turkeys highway and railway networks, and serves as the marketing center for the surrounding agricultural area. The city was famous for its long haired Angora goat and its prized wool , a unique breed of cat (Angora cat), white rabbits and their prized wool (Angora wool), pears, honey, and the regions musket grapes. Ankara city tour and Istanbul to Ankara tours.

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Friday, December 14, 2012

Istanbul

Istanbul Tour

Istanbul is the biggest city in

Turkey

and it is the economic, cultural, and historical heart of the country. Istanbul is one of the largest urban agglomerations in Europe with a population of 13.5 million. Istanbul is a transcontinental city, straddling the Bosphorus one of the world's busiest waterways in northwestern

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, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its commercial and historical center live in Europe, while a third of its population lives in Asia. Istanbul is placed in northwestern Turkey within the Marmara Region on a total area of 5,343 square kilometers. The Bosphorus, which connects the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea, divides the city into a European side, comprising the historic and economic centers, and an Asian, Anatolian side. Golden Horn also divedes the city, it’s a natural harbor bounding the peninsula where the former Byzantium and Constantinople were founded. In the late 19th century, a wharf was constructed in Galata at the mouth of the Golden Horn, replacing a sandy beach that once formed part of the inlets coastline.

On 29 May 1453, after an eight-week siege Sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople and declared it the new capital of the Ottoman Empire. Hours later, the sultan rode to the Hagia Sophia and summoned an imam to proclaim the Islamic creed, converting the grand cathedral into an imperial mosque. After capturing Constantinople, Mehmed II immediately starts revitalizing the city. He urged the return of those who had fled the city during the siege, and forcibly resettled Muslims, Jews, and Christians from other parts of Anatolia. The sultan invited people from all over Europe to his capital. It was for creating a cosmopolitan society presenting much of the Ottoman period. He also repaired the city's damaged infrastructure and began to build the Grand Bazaar, and constructed Topkapı Palace, the sultan's official residence. Travel to Turkey and Greece: Istanbul city half-day and full-day tours with private or small-group. Turkey Tours from Istanbul. Istanbul to Cappadocia tours, or Istanbul to Ephesus tours, or Istanbul to Pamukkale trips. Istanbul to Izmir tours, Istanbul to Pergamon trips. Istanbul to Antalya tours, or Istanbul to Ankara tours, Istanbul to Bursa trips, Istanbul to Edirne tours. Istanbul to Gallipoli tours, Istanbul to Troy trips. Istanbul to Fethiye holiday, Istanbul to Alanya holiday, or Istanbul to Cesme trips, Istanbul to Bodrum tours. Istanbul to Athens tours, or Istanbul to Santorini tours and Istanbul to Greece tours.