Ancient Turkey
Born in 1842, Sultan Abdülhamid II was the son of Sultan Abdülmecid and Tîrimüjgan Kadınefendi. When he was 10 years old, his mother of Circassian descent died of tuberculosis. He received a good education and training from distinguished teachers in the palace. During the reign of his father and uncle, he lived a comfortable and […]
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Sultan Murad V was the eldest son of Sultan Abdülmecid. He was born to Şevkefza Kadınefendi in 1842. He received a good education from the famous teachers of the time. He traveled with his father to Thessaloniki and Aegean islands . His brother, Sultan Vahideddin once said, “We were eight brothers; the most valuable among
Praise and credit in science often go to those who popularized an invention, not to those who invented the idea first. In 1840, Warren de la Rue created one of the first electric light bulbs in human history as he placed within a vacuum tube a platinum coil and glided an electric current through it,
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During excavations being carried out in the ancient city of Syedra in the Alanya district of southern Antalya, an approximately 164-square-meter (1,765-square-foot) floor mosaic picturing the ancient Greek mythological hero Heracles, known as Hercules in Roman mythology, was found. The mosaic was discovered in the Roman bath of the ancient city and depicts the 12 labors of
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Alarge number of artifacts belonging to the second and third centuries A.D. were unearthed in an underground city featuring places of worship, silos, water wells and passages with corridors in southeastern Mardin province’s Midyat district. Midyat, which is almost an open-air museum with its history and culture, offers a magical atmosphere to its visitors with stone houses,
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Located on a sun-blasted hillside in southeast Turkey, the world’s oldest religious sanctuary, Göbeklitepe, offers new information almost every day, allowing scientists to delve deeper into human history. A recent discovery has revealed the traces of stone tool technology produced by the printing method transferred from Siberia to Göbeklitepe. In Göbeklitepe, “Potbelly Hill” in Turkish, which
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An academic team comprised of Turkish, United States and French scientists have discovered a Turkey-dominated continent that disappeared about 40 million years ago. The team has given the continent the name “Balkanatolia” (“Balkanadolu” in Turkish), as it covers the Balkans and Anatolia. The authors of the study published in the journal Earth Science Reviews explained
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Sultan Mustafa II was the 22nd Ottoman sultan and the 87th caliph of the Muslims. He was the son of Sultan Mehmed IV. Born in 1664 to Emetullah Rabia Gülnuş Haseki, he was more educated than his father and uncles and lived a life that could be evaluated as comfortable for a şehzade (prince). He improved
Roman remains dating back 1,800 years were found in a valley near the Balkayası village of Ağın district in the eastern province of Elazığ. The remains include significant findings like rock tombs and catacombs, human-made subterranean passageways for religious practices. Some locals discovered the historical remains while they were strolling in the valley. Thinking that
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An olive workshop dating back to the sixth century was unearthed during excavations in the ancient city of Dara, located in the southeastern province of Mardin. This new finding revealed that the historical site was an important olive production and trade center. Dara Excavations continue in the 5,000-year-old ancient city, situated 30 kilometers (19 miles)
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