Doves are the symbol of peace and devotion to family in Islam, a symbol of the “Holy Spirit” in Christianity. In Cappadocia, dove-cotes, are hollowed out into the upper parts of almost all the valleys and Angels’Chimneys where martens and foxes could hardly climb and feast on […]
Read more →Ortaköy a neighbourhood, formerly a small village, within the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, located in the middle of the European bank of the Bosphorus. Ortaköy was a cosmopolitan area during the Ottoman era and the first decades of the Turkish Republic, with communities of Turks, Greeks, […]
Read more →Kadifekale is the name of the hill located within the urban zone of Izmir ,(Smyrna) Turkey, as well as being the name of the ancient castle on top of the same hill. The summit where the castle is found is located at a distance of about 2 […]
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