Voyage Anatolia

Black Sea Coast at Amasra.

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...

Inside Orthodox Church of Antioch, Antakya, Turkey.

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.

Shoemakers and old style leather shoemaking in Safranbolu.

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.

Smiling Mother Mary and Jesus. Fresco in secret underground monasteries of Cappadocia region in Turkey. Coming more about hidden cave churches of Cappadocia soon... Gümüsler Monastery...