Eying for a place in UNESCO’s permanent list of world heritage, a large group of centuries-old towering tombstones in southeastern Turkey sheds light on the history. Located in the Bitlis province, ...
"Under Seljuk rule (c. 1081-1308) the formerly Christian Byzantine territories of Anatolia were transformed by the development of Muslim culture, society and politics, and it was then - well before ...
“Spanning an area of 2,000 square meters, the project is near completion,” Mohammad-Ali Izadkhasti, the CEO of Isfahan's Urban Revitalization Organization, said on Monday. The Raran Minaret, located ...
Turkey’s Central Anatolian city of Konya offers unique insights into the Seljuk civilization’s ancient mosque, madrasas and other architectural wonders. Konya, which has been listed as “Capital of ...
A note on history -- Seljuk architecture: stone and fantasy -- Decorative arts: between Byzantium and Central Asia -- Transition and innovation: 14th to 15th century -- 1453: from Constantinople to ...
Riders in eastern Turkey play cirit, an equestrian sport that dates back to the martial horsemen who spearheaded the historical conquests of central Asia’s Turkic tribes. A recent match on a ...
Excavations at the Ani archaeological site in the eastern province of Kars have uncovered the remains of a Seljuk-era tomb structure known as a kümbet. Ani, a former Armenian capital and a UNESCO ...
ERZURUM, Turkey (AP) — Riders in eastern Turkey play cirit, an equestrian sport that dates back to the martial horsemen who spearheaded the historical conquests of central Asia’s Turkic tribes. A ...
According to Mehr news agency, he expressed regret over the trend of the second phase of recent excavations in Kamar-Zarrin passage. Jafari-Zand, who discovered the Kamar Zarrin passage for the first ...