Historical

It has been revealed that a 2,744-year-old historical shrine, called the shrine of Hazrat Khidr, was also destroyed in Eastern Ghouta, where almost every structure became unusable after the bombings of the Assad regime in Syria. "This is…

The Harpoot Town in Elazığ, Türkiye, which hosts historical buildings from civilizations such as Urartians, Hurrians, Assyrians, Seljuks, Byzantine and Ottoman, started to host many visitors with the arrival of spring. ''This is a…

The detached houses reflecting the architecture of the Ottoman period in the Taraklı district of Sakarya province of Türkiye take history-loving visitors on a historical journey. “Taraklı is a very old settlement. It is one of the first…

Minister of Culture and Tourism Nuri Ersoy has published a list of Turkish wooden-pillared mosques deserving inclusion in UNESCO's permanent list of world cultural heritage. One of the mosques added to UNESCO's list is the 7th-century-old…

Sultan Hammam, an 8-century-old Sultan Hammam built in the 13th century during the Seljuk period in Tokat, Türkiye was reopened. After 9 years of being out of use, the hammam has been put into restoration that lasted 3 years and is now…

With the receding waters on the Tatvan shores of Lake Van, the Venuma Mountaineering and Underwater Sports Society has identified a historical mass grave site that is predicted to be hundreds of years old. It was observed that most of the…

Besides the apartments and other buildings that were demolished and damaged by the devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye on February 6, the historical structures that are located in every corner of the affected cities were also…

Istanbul Department of Anti-Smuggling teams took large scaled action against people who buying and selling underground and aboveground historical treasures. As part of the investigation carried out, an operation was conducted against a…