Harran is located near the border between Turkey and Syria and was an important commercial, cultural and religious center under the Babylonians in ancient Mesopotamia. Harran is probably the city of Haran, where Abraham lived.

Who is walking in the old quarter of Şanlıurfa, may find some restaurants in historical houses, who offers a so called Urfa Night with traditional meal and livemusic program.

“When you see my funeral don´t say: What for a separation.
It is time for me to meet the lover…“. Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi, the great islamic mystical philosopher, who lived and taught in 13th century in the city of Konya in Middle Anatolia, Turkey, died on December 17 in the year 1273. This day is named as “Şeb-i-Arus”, what means literally translated “wedding night”…

The natural chalk terraces Pamukkale (means in Turkish “Cotton Castle”) are located near the city of Denizli in the Aegean Region of Turkey. Earthquakes in the region gave rise to the emergence of a number of thermal springs with strong calcareous water, this created Pamukkale. The natural landscape is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Hasankeyf is located at the Tigris River in Southeastern Anatolia in the Turkish province of Batman. 
A fortress was built here by Byzantines in the 4th century. In the 7th cenury Arabs conquered the place. In the 12th century the city became a center under the reign of Turkish Artuklu (Artuqids). 1232 Arabic Ayubids controlled the city, in 1260 it was captured by the Mongols. Until the city became part of Ottoman Empire during the 16th century, it was under the reign of different Akkoyunlu and Ayubid leaders …

Ruins of Crusader Castle “Mamure Kalesi” at the Mediterranean Sea in Anamur.