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Kumkapı – Samatya

BY Onur Arslan
Jan 11, 2021
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Discovery of old Istanbul districts with Kumkapı - Samatya tour. Visitng Şerefiye Cistern, Keçecizade Fuad Paşa Mosque and Tomb. Then the Özbekler Dervish Lodge, Sokullu Mehmet Paşa Mosque and Little Hagia Sophia Mosque. Also the Esma Sultan Namazgâh, Hagia Kyriake Greek Orthodox Church and Virgin Mary Greek Church. Then Armenian Patriarchate, Surp Asdvadzadzin Patriarchal Church

Yucacık Dam – Serindere Valley – Inönü Plateau Flora

BY Onur Arslan
Jan 11, 2021
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Visiting the canyons and deep valleys made of limestone blocks in the Serindere Valley which is in the Yuvacık Dam basin, South of Kocaeli. Then visiting the local Mediterranean maki vegetation of the western Black Sea. Consisting of needle and leafy forests. Recognising of fir, Scotch pine, yew, beech, maple tree, ash, rowan, elm, linden

Archaeological Museum

Visit the Museum of Ancient Oriental Works. There are artefacts from Anatolia, Mesopotamia and from pre-Islamic Egypt and Arabian Peninsula. The Istanbul Archaeological Museum with artefects from the prehistoric times to Ottoman period. There is also a wide selection of unique sarcophagus such as Sarcophagus of Alexander the Great. Also the Tiled Kiosk Museum with

In the Footsteps of Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’

BY Onur Arslan
Jan 11, 2021
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Explory of the historical spots from Dan Brown 's 'Inferno'. Hagia Sophia Mosque, former Orthodox patriarchal basilica. Then the Archaeological Museum with artefacts from the prehistoric times to Ottoman period with wide selection of unique sarcophagus such as Sacrophagus of Alexander the Great. Also the Basilica Cistern which is subterranean wonder and one of the