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9-Million-Year-Old Rhinoceros Fossil Found in Nevşehir

The fossil skull of a rhinoceros that lived in Turkey around 9 million years ago was found during a surface study conducted by a team of paleontologists in the Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir's Ürgüp district, the Cihan news agency reported on Thursday.<br/><br/> The team, assembled by the Gazi University's...

Ancient Elephant Rises Anew

At the museum in Kahramanmaras, a special construction technique has been used to raise the skeleton of a Great Asian Elephant whose bones were found in the Gavur Lake Swamp and date to 1400 B.C. The missing bones were added in and no damage done to the existing onesduring the construction. The most striking elements found in the displayroom...

Turkey Aims to be Health Tourism Hub

Turkey aims to become a second Dubai in terms of special health services designed to target health tourism, including hospitals, rehabilitation centers, thermal spa facilities, care facilities for the elderly and holiday villages. The creation of special health zones and healing centers in Turkey is underway and drawing the attention of foreign...

Mevlana Rumi Commemorations Konya

The Whirling Dervishes Festival is one of the world's most intriguing sights, a mesmerizing spectacle of twirling delight. Become entranced at the origins of the Whirling Dervishes in Konya, Turkey, home to Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi, a revered 13th-century scholar. Rumi preached of love, tolerance, and forgiveness, and as a way of connecting with...

Statue of the half human and half horse

STATUE OF THE HALF HUMAN AND HALF HORSE CENTAUR FOUND AT THE ANCIENT CITY OF PARION NEAR TO CANAKKALE The centaur was unearthed during the excavations by the roman theatre led by Professor Cevat Başaran from the Department of Archaeology at Erzurum Atatürk University. Basaran said that initial examinations revealed that the statue dated back...

The World’s Top Golfers In Antalya

President, Turkish Golf Federation "Golf has made great strides in Turkey of late in the sense both of tourism and of sport. With 15 golf courses and 52 five-star hotels on its 15-kilometer coastal strip, Belek currently has the distinction of being the single most compact golf venue in the world. Having hosted a number of international...

3000 Year Old Statue

The excavation team, constituted of 47 persons from 8 countries and led by Professor Timothy Harrison from the University of Toronto, discovered by the Tell Tayinat Tumulus in Hatay’s Reyhanlı district the statue of the ruler of the Hittite period. The statue which belongs to Hittite King Suppiluliuma II, holds a spear in one hand and an ear of...