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ASPENDOS

This superb amphitheatre is still in such good repair that it is used for performances of opera, ballet, theatre and concerts, as it was in Antalya-Mediterranean. APHRODISIAS ,This city took its name after Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty. The ruins contain many works of exception beatuy. Denizli- aegean region.

BERGAMA (PERGAMUM)

The amphitheater set on a high hill is of beauty, and the aesculapian or hospital and baths are other interesting parts of this ancientcity.Aegean region.

BODRUM (HALICARNASSUS)

Heredotus, the father of history, was born here. King Mausoleus, ruler of Bodrum and the vicinity, was married to his sister Artemis, who continued to rule after death and had the Halicarnassus mausoleum built in his her husband’s memory of the world.

EFES (EPHESUS)

It was near Ephesus that the Virgin Mary spent the rest of her life, and here that the Temple of, Artemis one of the seven wonders of the world, was situated. An importantat centre of the early Christian world and port. St Paul and St John delivered sermons in this city, which at the same time was a busy port and the world’s first bank. The town is built totally of marble, and is amagnificent sight.

Aegean Virgin MARY’s HOUSE

The house where the Virgin Mary and St John spet the least years of their lives is at Ephesus. The house was discovered by a group of tourists who stopped to drink water from anearby spring in 1891.It is situated on the top of Mount Coressos, and is the from of asmall church.

Thausands of people make the pilgrimage here each year, including Pope Paul, who consecrated the area.

GÖREME (CAPPADOCIA)

The intriguing natural formations of this area became the secret hideous of early Chiristians fleeing persecution. The extraordinary conterted cones of soft rock were hellowed into dwellings and churches whose lovely, vivid frescoes may still be seen today. There are also underground cities in this region. There is a total of around 360 churches to be seen.
Central Anatolia.

MOUNT NEMRUT

This imposing craggy mountain is famed for its gigantic stone statues of gods set here by King Antiochus.

Adıyaman-Southeast Anatolia DEMRE (MYRA)

The home of Saint Nicholas, the origin of theSanta Claus legend . Here in Myra ,today known as Demre ,there is the Saint Nicholas church and tomb.

MOUNT ARARAT

The Mountain where Noah's Ark is said to have landed after the Flood, Which lasted forty days and forty nights, and drowned all but Noah's family and the animals on the ark.

PAMUKKALE ( HIERAPOLIS )

Hierapolis was named after Hiera the wife of the Mycian King Tlephos.

The health- giving hot spring waters which pour from the mountain have attracted people here since ancient times.

SIDE

Here Cleopatra would frequently meet with Mark Antony

and watch the sunrise from the shore.

TRUVA ( TROY )

Here the treasure of Helen was found and the famous wooden horse was used to trick the Trojans.

GORDION

The homes of King Midas, who turned everything he touched to gold, even his own daughter.