Turkey

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.

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