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Haghia Sophia, Istanbul
Built as Christian church by Emperor Justinian in 537, converted to mosque in 1453 by Mehmet the...
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Uploaded on Jul 12, 2010
Amasra
The island connects to the peninsula by a Byzantine bridge. Ruins dating to Roman times.
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Uploaded on Jul 12, 2010
Arabic clock, Safranbolu
The decimal Hindu-Arabic numeral system was invented in India around 500 AD. The system...
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Uploaded on Jul 12, 2010
Safranbolu
Sinop museum
Sinop, birthplace of Diogenes a Greek philosopher one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. Born in...
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Uploaded on Jul 8, 2010
Sinop
Sinop Castle was founded in 2000 B.C and later restored during the Ottoman, the Seljuk, Byzantium, Roman, Greek and Pontus periods.
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Uploaded on Jul 8, 2010
Amasya mosque
Amasya was the provincial capital of a once-great Pontic kingdom with the tombs of Pontus kings carved into the cliffs.
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Uploaded on Jul 8, 2010
Fishing, Tohma canyon, Darende
500m asl. Zengibar Castle ruins are above the canyon at 950m asl
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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2010
Stone heads Mt Nemrut
In 62 BC, King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene built a tomb surrounded by huge statues
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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2010
Roman Bridge Kahta
Severan Bridge was built in honor of the Roman Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus (193-211)
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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2010
Euphrates River below Attaturk Dam
Historically one of the most important rivers of Southwest Asia, with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia.
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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2010
Beehive houses, Harran
Often identified as Haran, the place in which Abraham lived before he reached Canaan, and with the...
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Uploaded on Jul 3, 2010
Turkey
