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Posts Tagged ‘kurdistan’

September 26, 2011 0

The Kurds

By in Important Places to Visit, Main Page, Mardin Travel Guide, Mesopotamia, Mesopotamia Photos, Mesopotamian Culture

The 25 million Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without a clean state. Promised – but never granted-their own country after the First World War, the Kurds now live in parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan. They are almost universally despised in order to affirm their identity. The Turkish [...]

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May 14, 2011 0

Gaziantep, Turkey

By in About Anatolia, Important Places to Visit, Kurdish Culture, Main Page

Gaziantep is likely one of the modern provinces of South-Eastern Anatolian Region and also one of the oldest of Hittite origin. Being the center of pistachio nut cultivation in Turkey and with its extensive olive groves and vineyards, Gaziantep is one of the important and industrial centers of  Turkey. The old city known as Aintap [...]

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May 13, 2011 0

Sanliurfa(City of Prophets), Turkey

By in Main Page, Mardin Travel Guide, Mesopotamia

Sanli Urfa, referred to as City of Prophets, has a very rich and far reaching background, automobile location in the great fertile plain of upper Mesopotamia. The archaeological and ethnographical museums exhibit finds of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic eras from the lower Euphrates region. You will notice a cave here, with several mosques around it [...]

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November 29, 2010 0

Mardin Travel Guide

By in Main Page, Mardin, Mardin Travel Guide

Mardin is a historic city in southeast Anatolia, Turkey. The city is situated on a hill, is known for its fascinating architecture is richly decorated with stone waterfall from the top of the hill, although some ugly holes in the new building. Understand Mardin is located in the heart of the homeland of the Assyrians [...]

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