Carpet diem! Traditional crafts adapted for a changing market in Turkey
“The chemical dyes of the carpets that were woven 40 to 50 years ago were so bright that they exhaust your eyes” “Intangible cultural...
The "Gypsy Girl" awaits the return of looted mosaics to Turkey
The Zeugma Mosaic Museum in in Gaziantep, Turkey opened in 2011 as the largest mosaic museum in the world. Containing some 1700m2 of...
Edinburgh assists Turkey with the restoration of historic cities
The Scottish capital of Edinburgh is known for its two distinctive historic neighborhoods—the medieval portion containing the Edinburgh...
The flooding of Hasankeyf
A massive dam project begun in the 1950s is now reaching completion, and the subsequent filling of the reservoir created by the dam...
Ancient treasures of Zeugma unearthed
Although flood waters from construction of a dam have submerged much of the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey, archaeologists excavating...
“Silent Guardians”
Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey contains a religious sanctuary and tomb built by King Antiochus, dating to 62BC. This World Heritage...
The world’s largest cathedral for 1,000 years
From its initial construction in 537 AD, this religious structure in Istanbul, Turkey, one of the most famous in the world, was initially...
“Vulture excarnation” in ancient Turkey
A group of headless skeletons led archaeologists to develop an interesting theory about this unique burial process at Çatalhöyük in...
You can’t go back to Constantinople….
Straddling the European-Asian border at the Strait of Bosphorus, Istanbul is a city that has been influenced by numerous cultures. Read...
“Be cheerful, live your life”
This message is incorporated into a 3rd-century BC “skeleton mosaic” unearthed in Turkey. Read ‘Be cheerful, live your life:’ Ancient...