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Derinkuyu Underground
City
Is an ancient multi-level
underground city in the
Derinkuyu district in
Nevsehir
Province,Turkey.This
undergroung city has eleven
floors and it’s large enough
to shelter thousands of
poeple.
Tortum Waterfall is one of the most remarkable
natural treasures of Turkey next to Tortum Lake
located in Tortum district,100km north of Erzurum in
Eastern Anatolia Region.The lake,8km long and 1km
wide was formed as the result of a great
landslide,which blocked the valley though which the Tortum River Flowed.At the
same time,the water sought
a new outlet over a fault with
a drop of 48m.
Tyana (or
Tyanna,Ancient Greek:
Tuava Hittite
Tuwanuwa) was an
ancient city of
Anatolia,in modern
south-central Turkey.It
was the capital of a
Luwain speaking Neo-
Hittite kingdom in the
1st millennium Bc.
Kultepe is a modern village
near the ancient city of
Kanes (Kanesh; Hittite
Nesa),located in the Kayseri
Province of Turkey’s Central
Anatolia Region.The nearest
modern city is Kayseri,about
20km south-west.Kanes
inhabited continuously from
the Chalcolithic period down
to Roman times,flourished
most strongly as an important
marchant colony(karum) of
the Old Assyrain kingdom,
From ca. 20th to 16th
Cappadocia was a province of the Roman empire in Anatolia
(modern central/eastern Turkey),with it’s capital at
Caesarea.It was established in 17 AD by the emperor Tiberius
(ruled 14-37 AD) ,following the death of Cappadocia’s last
king,Archelaus.It was an imperial province,meaning that it’s
governor (Legatus Augusti) was directly appointed by the
emperor.