tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9224724025858364292024-03-13T05:33:23.954+03:00Voyage AnatoliaA Travel Guide to Turkey Thru PhotographyfotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-55962517470690768792016-04-25T21:29:00.000+03:002016-04-25T21:58:35.611+03:00Roman Glass Work<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuMrgvEXrgvrvIxX8L_xWjV-DP-jLr7MyWGgcwvkxMCPGdh8cnNsHH6nbnAKSiAJ0zSuBHgwbETuLde09iDxysAf0gq6Eani7YgMVFUo6MSEJoT51baapzEt0KsBPdnxpBDg6sfrRJ3s/s1600/1-P4240860.JPG" width="100%" /><br />
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Ancient Roman glass work at Tokat Museum, Turkey. <a name='more'></a><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><br />
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The Tower of Babel forms the focus of a story told in the Book of Genesis of the Bible. According to the story, a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, came to the land of Shinar. <br />
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The Tower of Babel is the subject of three oil paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The first, a miniature painted on ivory, was painted while Bruegel was in Rome and is now lost. The two surviving paintings depict the construction of the Tower of Babel, which according to the Book of Genesis in the Bible, was a tower built by a unified, monolingual humanity as a mark of their achievement and to prevent them from scattering: "Then they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.'" (Genesis 11:4). The person in the foreground is likely Nimrod, who was said to have ordered the construction of the Tower.<br />
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Bruegel's depiction of the architecture of the tower, with its numerous arches and other examples of Roman engineering, is deliberately reminiscent of the Roman Colosseum, which Christians of the time saw as both a symbol of hubris and persecution. Bruegel had visited Rome in 1552–1553. Back in Antwerp, he must have refreshed his memory of Rome with a series of engravings of the principal landmarks of the city made by the publisher of his own prints, Hieronymous Cock, for he incorporated details of Cock's Roman engravings in both surviving versions of the Tower of Babel with few significant alterations.<br />
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The Tower of Babel is on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Another painting of the same subject The "Little" Tower of Babel, c. 1563, is in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.<br />
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Global Warming and Climate Change. Erosion and desertificaion area near Davutoglan, Nallihan, Ankara, Turkey.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comDavutoğlan Kuş Cenneti, 06920 Ankara, Türkiye40.105656 31.59829509999997340.099584500000006 31.588210099999973 40.1117275 31.608380099999973tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-60951844905740994972014-02-14T17:55:00.000+02:002014-02-14T17:56:23.617+02:00Home Sweet Home<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2iOLn67JY1h4RxKBNj5vixWLgL1XRsvd-S6AizjnHx2q1fS-iqRbb9iNnpmCQf3gMOB_CBH4wze2SPnYs5xV__ZqsuBfdiaQ3NGvmg25tFx6Uqv9KHdKs_4ioJvfVEHlCUB4ANGCHgA/s1600/storks-home-sweet-home-voyageanatolia.jpg" width="100%" /><br />
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Two storks waking up early in the morning at their "honeymoon suit" on a high power transmission tower. Electricity? Mortgage, refinancing? Who cares! Your dark eyes only!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com06710 Ayaş/Ankara, Türkiye40.0222467 32.32634069999994639.9979272 32.286000199999947 40.046566199999994 32.366681199999945tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-66617581445587615402014-02-11T14:50:00.000+02:002014-02-11T14:50:04.575+02:00Happy Valentine's Day ...<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOfTSUObvXJ_xHXWlEqjNnUjqndAplEHj3IM97-o2JUPTyYgiSl4SSD1l82qOZYQ3s0ecipTUC6Wm78JaX8zVYZ1hmDDfhx23G8FHLqn2EPyyesASDlDUPgTjvMF_NjGZmnFbrOIrDig/s1600/podiceps-love-dance.jpg" width="100%" /><br />
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<strong>Tango at sunset</strong>: Kiss and love dance of Podiceps cristatus Great Crested Grebes at Lake Mogan, Ankara.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comMogan Gölü, 06830 Ankara, Türkiye39.7679538 32.79434360000004739.7191348 32.713662600000049 39.8167728 32.875024600000046tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-41602869321037093852013-12-13T11:25:00.000+02:002017-03-29T11:14:04.060+03:00In the World of Reflections and Silhouettes<img alt="Lake Sunnet, Bolu, Turkey" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIAu0gmDsXR3iXg2odpxKtPAmxpNInEMndAVNfGpaaRYcCl8sc_1GHbENuCP-UORNfkVqCqZt53HEH48l_jtaSUigVfD_vXHzmX1PIeWuEwjpPLkiugvxXATD118TTBEINZkSk1oUNXQ/s1600/lake-sunnet-fotogezi.jpg" width="100%" /><br />
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Ducks floating at the blue forest and lake in the fantasy world of reflections and silhouettes. Dusk at Lake Sünnet at Bolu Mountains near Göynük in a snowy winter day. No effect in this picture... Just upside down. Is what we called reality a reflection too?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comSunnet Golu, Bolu, Türkiye40.4202778 30.95583329999999514.8982433 -10.352760700000005 65.9423123 72.2644273tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-89911209759515152792013-10-17T06:32:00.000+03:002013-10-17T06:32:34.923+03:00Life inside Turkish nomad tent home: Yurt<img alt="Turkish Yurt at the Castle of Nigde" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJH1TcUmFhk6FefUCUWdFgoDOCXjCZtpIsE6yTJSpkw6-kUGQmt-9UuadGzdJZ3iZmgUgn8X9waE0uiyBguvza5cvCEdpgXyl190Pu2wltIL0PlBF0hVM-o_huI_ujJm_b8YqNexDUp0pv/s1600/nigde+196.jpg" width="100%" /><br />
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<img alt="Cicim: Traditional Turkish Carpet Kilim" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoJJn3WLnhDejkldVad25vb3PXnFXt0V4zDLE5fNkm7sBt5KuAgObOLRr8B3YWY5CKsawixtPWoz0_moAKDN-inoKM7WqOl4LsPUZPbuPfvzl4VPSTLpMJyvSe4Ve_Bhbtcjh9BOKIF3-/s1600/nigde+242-1.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 15px;" />A yurt is a portable, bent wood-framed dwelling structure traditionally used by Turkic nomads in the steppes of Central Asia. The structure comprises a crown or compression wheel (tüýnük) usually steam bent, supported by roof ribs which are bent down at the end where they meet the lattice wall (again steam bent). The top of the wall is prevented from spreading by means of a tension band which opposes the force of the roof ribs. The structure is usually covered by layers of fabric and sheeps-wool felt for insulation and weatherproofing.<br />
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The word "yurt" comes originally from a Turkic word referring to the imprint left in the ground by a moved yurt, and by extension, sometimes a person's homeland, kinsmen, or feudal appanage. The term came to be used in reference to the physical tent-like dwellings only in other languages. In modern Turkish the word "yurt" is used as the synonym of homeland.<br />
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Turkish Yurt at the Castle of Nigde.<br />
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Cicim: Traditional Turkish Carpet Kilim. <br />
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Daily life inside nomad Turkish Yörük tent home Yurt made of wool carpets and kilim rugs at Ancient City Diocaesarea of Olba on the southern slopes of Taurus mountains to the north of Silifke, (Seleucia ad Calycadnum), Mersin. The grandmother is stitching embroidery, the mother is sitting on floor cushions, and camera-shy little boy is hiding behind his mother. <br />
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<img alt="Inside nomad Turkish Yörük tent home Yurt made of wool carpets and kilim rugs at Ancient City Diocaesarea of Olba" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikwdTAKYTkknsvOTw9g0EmDNpeURErhu-NR3MKNmhytye3Kjblmip0P9pYm2ZrrIAXpI90IWCIqRJcCHIWrbMbxCLXOvVrm5gl0JGKPjW23rBuARoUDKbkJwolDKc8nu0643tqWlY9aoof/s1600/Mersin+305-1.jpg" width="100%" />fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-70292008011258244902012-06-01T21:19:00.000+03:002013-10-03T21:09:42.316+03:00Traditional Turkish Rug Kilim<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2710/4310220830_01ae34a6b6.jpg" alt="Traditional Turkish Rug Kilim by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com" /><br />
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Kilims are flat tapestry-woven carpets or rugs produced from the Balkans to Pakistan.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;">PHOTO: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotogezi/4310220830/">Traditional Turkish Rug Kilim</a>, originally uploaded by <a target="_blank" href="http://voyageanatolia.blogspot.com/">voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com</a>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-25564447129902833522011-11-24T23:40:00.001+02:002015-06-17T21:17:21.921+03:00Photon diffraction in autumn forest<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78p_v8ZJ-1dsIRS2IOE4Ug1qoq0jN3UrdNNSYodK6pI2M4knb7Uj-9Dd0FHrAhik8Mg-NnbHMoAeP0vlGWqaCGg6_1DCmSYd57KOfSLgVlxO4W9-8bd0ObBHnUzEvLd1yPVq7FPVf5Pk/s1600/ankara+134-5.jpg" width="100%" /><br />
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Photon diffraction is a situation where photons travel through a material without being absorbed, but rather undergoing repeated scattering events which change the direction of their path. <br />
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Photon diffraction in autumn forest, Lake Karagöl near Ankara Airport. Diffraction refers to various phenomena which occur when a wave encounters an obstacle. A shadow of a solid object, using light from a compact source, shows small fringes near its edges consequence of the fact that light propagates as a wave.fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.com06760 Çubuk/Ankara, Turkey40.2386111 33.033055640.1901266 32.9540916 40.2870956 33.112019599999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-58129745079171983882011-11-22T14:46:00.000+02:002013-10-03T21:09:42.303+03:00Little Red Riding Hood at Autumn Lake<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_xMT6O6q4TxtyWX42t9sO8SCAtEaKX9Mot71H81eyZCJp4RFqKNpdsKAoo9kXM-GOznj00LT1qwT3oRZDTyQ6JT8Oh4U1p7VZeeTJMQMbV6nGdAXbQ-PpTqU2ArtutQX5cXRmxQJkKU/s1600/ankara+090.jpg" /><br />
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Autumn reflections: Little Red Riding Hood focusing and shooting fall colors at forest lake Karagöl near Ankara Airport. Just reflection of fall colors spilled on water surface. Real watercolor painting by nature.<br />
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Aether theories in early modern physics proposed the existence of a medium, the aether, a space-filling substance or field, thought to be necessary as a transmission medium for the propagation of electromagnetic waves.fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-90109217623347778992011-11-21T22:56:00.000+02:002013-10-03T21:09:42.357+03:00Autumn at Lake Karagöl<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQ8i2DQycMKbgEhrPC8N7Glqdv11PrgyvjAFKY8VvuTMCK6_iWJP4B1zuNNims681f_nc3POpwnZmOED3tE9XXilNNbqlgbRYdnvxo3umA_2Zydl367QiQ1aBFXPLHutNt3Ggx4HTZzI/s1600/ankara+121-1.jpg" /><br />
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Watercolor painting by nature: Reflection of autumn colors on the lake surface. Lake Karagöl near Ankara Airport.fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-39981816574839950422011-11-13T21:17:00.001+02:002013-10-03T21:09:42.268+03:00An autumn leaf in the forest<img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6040/6340758799_00898f72c7_b.jpg" alt="Autumn leaf in the forest by voyageAnatolia.tumblr.com" /><p>Autumn color in the forest Lake Karagöl, Çubuk, Ankara, Turkey.</p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><b>PHOTO:</b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotogezi/6340758799/">Autumn leaf in the forest</a> by <a href="http://voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com">voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-53993447534168037672011-11-12T00:14:00.001+02:002013-10-03T21:09:42.294+03:00Critically Endangered Northern Bald Ibis at Birecik<img alt="Critically Endangered Northern Bald Ibis at Birecik" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6031/6335840062_1c156bbb4e.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 15px;" />The Northern Bald Ibis was once widespread across the Middle East, northern Africa, southern and central Europe, with a fossil record dating back at least 1.8 million years. It disappeared from Europe over 300 years ago, and is now considered critically endangered. There are believed to be about 500 wild birds remaining in southern Morocco, and fewer than 10 in Syria, where it was rediscovered in 2002. To combat this ebb in numbers, recent reintroduction programs have been instituted internationally, with a semi-wild breeding colony in Turkey, as well as sites in Austria, Spain, and northern Morocco.<br />
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Critically Endangered is the highest risk category assigned by the IUCN Red List for wild species before extinction. Critically Endangered means that a species' numbers have decreased, or will decrease, by 80% within three generations.<br />
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As the IUCN does not consider a species extinct until extensive, targeted surveys have been conducted, species which are possibly extinct are still listed as 'Critically Endangered.'<br />
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PHOTO: Critically Endangered Northern Bald Ibis at artificial nest at Birecik Urfa Turkey.fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.com63400 Birecik/Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey37.025 37.976944437.012323 37.9572034 37.037676999999995 37.996685400000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-53794670231973846102011-07-12T13:44:00.000+03:002013-10-03T21:09:42.291+03:00Dusk at Amasra Harbor<img alt="Night at Amasra Harbor" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5923001652_84985fcc2e_z.jpg" /><br />
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Photo: Sea, sky and clouds in the night at West Harbor, Amasra, Black Sea, Turkey.fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-17697461381267804922011-06-15T15:16:00.006+03:002013-10-03T21:09:42.224+03:00Black Sea Coast at Amasra<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/5829759409_a944b9f111_b.jpg" alt="Black Sea Coast at Amasra"><br />
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Black Sea Coast at Amasra.fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-77085049824301637602011-05-31T14:52:00.001+03:002013-10-03T21:09:42.327+03:00Veil of Mesopotamia<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/5780482049_a855cfaeba_b.jpg" alt="Veil of Mesopotamia"><br />
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Mevlid-i Halil Camii, Birth of Abraham Mosque at Urfa, where it is believed that Abraham was born. Follow the story and the mistery of 1001 nights at the gates Mesopotamia while I am posting the photos and the travelogues of my trip...fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-21203312912340696622011-05-13T20:12:00.000+03:002013-10-03T21:09:42.231+03:00Church of Antioch<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2571/5708608784_282d133420_b.jpg" alt="Orthodox Church of Antioch"><br />
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Inside Orthodox Church of Antioch, Antakya, Turkey.fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-12608327631653463652011-05-03T15:01:00.001+03:002013-10-03T21:09:42.209+03:00Frescos in Church Mosque<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5305/5636936107_e90f707604_z.jpg" alt="Fertek Church and Mosque"><br />
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Have you ever imagined to see Orthodox frescos of Mother Mary and Jesus in a mosque? Fertek (Fertakaina) Mosque was a Karamanlis Church of Archangelos Michael & Gabriel built by Kara Maho oğlu Hajji Nikola in 1835 in Fertek, Cappadocia, Turkey. The church has been a mosque since the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. However its architecture and frescos were left intact simply covering with curtains. <br />
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In Byzantine and Orthodox images, inside each of the bars of the cross in Christ's halo is one of the Greek letters ώ Ό Ν making up I AM—literally, "the Existing One" — indicating the divinity of Jesus. <br />
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Shoemakers and old style leather shoemaking in Safranbolu. <br />
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The monastery is located in Gümüşler town, an important historical source with relation to the middle ages. Despite not knowing the precise foundation of the Gümüşler Monastery, it is supposed to have been built between 8th and 12th centuries. The monastery is carved out of a large rock church and is one of the best preserved and largest of its kind in the Cappadocia region. <br />
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There are quite a few monasteries hewn out of the rock in Cappadocia. Some scholars split these into two types: Those with dining halls and those with open courtyards. The Gümüşler Monastery is part of the second group, with an open courtyard. <br />
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The most important part of the monastery complex is the church to its north. The church comprises of four free standing closed aisles based on a Greek cross plan. In the northen aisle of the cross there is a niche with two tombs. To the west there are two entrances covered with a cradle vault. The function of many of the other spaces in the monastery is not known. Graves and storerooms are situated in the central courtyard. On the left side of the courtyard at the entrance is an underground city which has communication and ventilation systems extending to the soil surface.<br />
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It is assumed at least three different masters worked on the paintings found on the walls of the church. In the main apse there are three bands of paintings. The highest shows Christ Enthroned, with two angels to his right, the symbols of the Gospel writers and the moment of Desis with Mary and the disciples. <br />
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The lowest series shows fathers of the church, Basil the Great of Kayseri, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus known as the Cappadocian Fathers.<br />
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In the north aisle of the cross are represations of the Annunciation, the Nativity and the Presentation at the temple with the figures of John the Baptist and St. Stephen which must have been painted by the hand of a second artist. On the inside of the narthex to the south of the entrance door are representations of Mary and baby Jesus and on each side of them the archangels Gabriel and Michael which belong to the hand of a third artist. <br />
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On the walls of a room above the narthex is an example of something not seen anywhere else in Cappadocia: hunting scenes. There is an interesting composition of variety of animals. The special style and iconography of the paintings on the walls of the Gümüşler Monastery is the same as that can be seen in many churches in Cappadocia. It is possible to date the paintings in the church to the 12th and 13th century A.D. by comparing and evaluating them by these traits.<br />
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Smiling Mother Mary and Jesus. Fresco in secret underground monasteries of Cappadocia region in Turkey. Coming more about hidden cave churches of Cappadocia soon... <a href="http://voyageanatolia.blogspot.com/2011/04/gumusler-monastery-at-cappadocia.html">Gümüsler Monastery...</a>fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-32830250400965851472011-04-19T14:09:00.001+03:002013-10-03T21:09:42.245+03:00Flight of Heron over Nallihan Dam Lake<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5631824200_3c1c0ef567_b.jpg" alt="Flight of Egret over Nallihan Dam Lake"><br />
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Flight of grey heron, ardea cinerea over Nallihan Dam Lake, Ankara.fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-12088997931314137442011-04-01T01:05:00.008+03:002013-10-03T21:09:42.205+03:00Ganbare Nippon! Ganbare Tohoku!<img alt="Praising Life in Spring" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O6DhgvSa905p0zuBdLCv4wI0xehgOMkwJ_zYgGtY5EnhiqaNr1witatoGKHCW01DEy0n2htUKGyA4wEoh0DyJ9PqcSzyx79Vca9Z7YBGV-qh1pZl2pQ3gaSlnq_6kj9rGmoq4AaUKjo/s1600/sorgun+221-2.jpg" /><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">がんばれ 東北。 がんばれ 日本。</span></b><br />
春の花。fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-87041175912235690442011-03-22T19:11:00.006+02:002013-10-03T21:09:42.348+03:00Traditional Hand Weaving in Buldan, Turkey<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5550666318_7eefaf7195_z.jpg" alt="Hand Weaving in Buldan, Turkey" /><br />
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Photo: Man weaving at traditional handloom in his workshop in Buldan, Denizli, near travertine terraces of Pamukkale, and ancient sites Hierapolis, Aphrodisias in Turkey. Hand weaving has been a traditional craft since Seljuq times in 13th century in Buldan, an old Aegean town in Turkey.fotoGezi.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957777693778675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922472402585836429.post-34102660786180652522011-03-10T17:30:00.001+02:002013-10-03T21:09:42.255+03:00Travertine Terraces of Pamukkale<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5298/5514446339_39edcd621d_b.jpg" alt="Travertine Terraces of Pamukkale" /><br />
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Pamukkale's terraces are made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by water from the hot springs. The city contains hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water. It is located in Turkey's Inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes valley, which has a temperate climate for most of the year. <br />
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Travertine is a terrestrial sedimentary rock, formed by the precipitation of carbonate minerals from solution in ground and surface waters, or geothermally heated hot-springs. Similar but softer and extremely porous deposits formed from ambient-temperature water are known as tufa.<br />
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Ancient city Hierapolis is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hot springs there have been used as a spa since the 2nd century BCE. The former Roman Bath of the ancient city of Hierapolis has been used as the site of the Hierapolis Archaeology Museum since 1984.<br />
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