In the sunset light: Houses built in volcanic tuff stone in Uçhisar, Cappadocia (Kapadokya), Middle Anatolia, Turkey.

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”…

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.

Sultanahmet Mosque, also known as “Blue Mosque” in Istanbul, Turkey, was built 1609-16 under the reign of Ottoman Sultan Ahmet I. by the architect Mehmed Aga.