Seven churches in Revelation are literal churches from the first century AD. However, the seven churches in Revelation also have spiritual significance for churches and believers today. Indeed, the primary purpose for John writing his letters to the seven churches was to deliver Christ’s “report card” for […]
Read more →Christmas is the main festival of Christians. The ratio of Christians in Turkey is less than 1 %. But the rate of non-practising and semi-practising Muslims is nearly half of the total population. So Turkish people do not celebrate Christmas but some of them do celebrate New […]
Read more →As you might imagine from a glance at the surrounding countryside, the cultivation of olives is important to this region. Actually, the Aegean coast was heavily populated by Greeks during the Ottoman Empire’s time, and these communities controlled a big part of the olive commerce. After the […]
Read more →Alexander the Great swept through here over 2,000 years ago, and after his death the generals of his army struggled to gain control of his domains. The eastern coast fell to Seleucus I Nicator in the 290s B.C., and he founded an empire along this shore. The […]
Read more →The Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta Caretta) is the world’s largest hard-shelled turtle and the only surviving member of the genus Caretta.That is why their name is REPEATED. The genus name “Caretta” is a latinization of the French “caret”, meaning turtle or sea turtle. The turtle is characterized […]
Read more →Prince’s Islands in the Sea of Marmara right at the mouth of the Bosphorus have been used through the ages as a hunting ground for Byzantine royalty, a prison or place of exile for those who met with the emperor’s displeasure, a refuge for Orthodox and Armenian monks […]
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