August 2014 ~ Call of Turkey

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Yoncali

Yoncali was an old village located in Hakkari Province. The village was abandoned in 1994. The village was known as Anitus.

Coordinates: 37° 29' 57.75" N 43° 22' 9.18" E

Photo by Tahir Yilmaz

Girls Monasteryor High Church (Turkish: Kızlar Manastırı or Yüksek Kilise) is located in the Güzelyurt district of Aksaray Province. The church was built in 19th century.

Coordinates: 38° 16' 28.87" N 34° 20' 59.56" E

Photo by maschuehle

Photo by aloglu

Photo by PRK_007

Photo by maschuehle

Yüksek Kilise, Guezelyurt, Cappadocia, Turkey

Goksu Bridge

Göksu Bridge (Turkish: Göksu Köprüsü) is a stone arch bridge located in Adıyaman Province. The bridge was built by Romans.

Coordinates: 37° 26' 45.84" N 38° 9' 47.33" E

Photo by thegonzilla

Photo by kızılinbesnili

Photo by Adem Balkesen

Photo by hazin02

Besni Stone Bridge

Besni Stone Bridge (Turkish: Besni Taş Köprü) is a stone arch bridge located in the Besni district of Adıyaman Province.

Corodinates: 37° 40' 18.60" N 37° 51' 55.80" E

Photo by emrah_me

Basilica Cistern

Basilica Cistern (Turkish: Yerebatan Sarnıcı, lit. Sunken Cistern or Yerebatan Sarayı, lit.Sunken Palace) is located in İstanbul Province. It is the largest cistern of Istanbul. The cistern was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byznatine Emperor Justinian I.

Coordinates: 41° 0' 29.82" N 28° 58' 39.22" E

Photo by mimmo valenti

Medusa, Photo by Andrjuschenka

Photo by brunosma

Photo by Artur Espinach

Photo by aloglu

Photo by Reza Shahran

Aphrodisias

Aphrodisias (Turkish: Afrodisias) was a small ancient Grreek city in Caria. The site is located in the Karacasu district of Aydın Province. Aphrodisias was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddes of love. The city was founded iin the 5th century.

Coordinates: 37° 42' 35.33" N 28° 43' 29.61" E

Tetrapylon, Photo by Hasan Kobakçı

Photo by Sandro & Cristina

Theatre, Photo by Sandro & Cristina

Photo by leo1383

Portico of Tiberius, Photo by Hasan Kobakçı

Agora, Photo by Ben de Graaf Bierbrauwer

Photo by www.tatjana.ingold.ch

Photo by Yılmaz Güner

Stadium, Photo by Sandro & Cristina

Photo by maschuehle

Photo by Andreas Czieborowski

Bouleuterion, Photo by gmbgreg

Photo by Baladeur2011

Edirne Bedesten

Edirne Bedesten, lit. Edirne Closed Bazaar (Turkish: Edirne Bedesteni) is located in Edirne Province. The bedesten was built by Mehmet I. in 1418.

Coordinates: 41° 40' 34.72" N 26° 33' 18.10" E

Photo by Michael Paraskevas

Photo by anitsal

Photo by K@Dir

Photo by Ahmet SERTTÜRK - EKSEN BALDO PİRİNÇ

Pphoto by DM brothers

Uc Bacilar Tomb

Üç Bacılar Tomb, lit. Three Sisters Tomb (Turkish: Üç Bacılar Türbesi) is located in Bitlis Province. The tomb was built in XIVth century. The tomb belongs to the daughters of Şeref Han II.

Coordinates: 38° 24' 32.68" N 42° 6' 23.62" E

Photo by Seref Halicioglu

Oymapinar Aqueduct

Oymapınar Aqueduct (Turkish: Oymapınar Su Kemeri) is located in the Manavgat district of Antalya Province. The aqueduct was built by Romans in 2nd or 3rd century.

Coordinates: 36° 53' 21.11" N 31° 31' 4.55" E