Maşukiye @ Turkey -An International Trip
A trip with my fellow Sakarya University freinds, Masukiye is place high above the sea level. A cold and beautiful to visit and praised the beauty of Allah's creation.
Erzincan (TURKEY)
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History
The Erzincan valley crossed by the upper Euphrates was the location of the most important pre-Christian shrine in Armenia, dedicated to the Armenian goddess Anahit. The temple, whose site has not yet been identified, was in a settlement called Erez. The text of Agathangelos records that during the first year of his reign, King Trdat went to Erez and visited Anahit's temple to offer sacrifice. The king ordered Gregory the Illuminator, who was secretly a Christian, to make an offering at its altar. When Gregory refused he was taken captive and tortured, starting the events that would end with Trdat's conversion to Christianity some 14 years later.[5] After that conversion, during the Christianisation of Armenia, the temple at Erez was destroyed and its property and lands given to Gregory. It later became known for its extensive monasteries.
In 1071 Erzincan was absorbed into the Mengüçoğlu under the Seljuk Sulëiman Kutalmish. In 1243 it was destroyed in fighting between the Seljuks under Kaykhusraw II and the Mongols. However, by 1254 its population had recovered enough that William of Rubruck was able to say an earthquake had killed more than 10,000 people. During this period, the city reached a level of semi-independence under the rule of Armenian princes.[6]
The city was completely destroyed by a major earthquake on December 27, 1939. The earthquake of seven violent shocks, the biggest one measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale, was the most powerful one to strike Turkey in recent history. The first stage of the earthquake killed about 8,000 people. The next day, it was reported that the death toll had risen to 20,000. An emergency relief operation began. By the end of the year, 32,962 had died due to more earthquakes and several floods. So extensive was the damage to Erzincan city that its old site was entirely abandoned and a new town was founded a little further to the north.
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Shapsug's expedition (Part 2)
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Film about the results of the ethnographic blogger’s “Shapsug's Expedition”, held in October-November 2018 in 13 villages (auls) of the Black Sea Circassians-Shapsugs of the Krasnodar Territory in the Tuapse and Lazarevsky Districts. The second part is an overview of the auls of Bolshoe and Maloye Pseushkho, village of Tsypka in the Tuapse district and the auls of Najigo, Shkhafit and Kalezh in the Lazarevsky district of the city of Sochi.
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Ankara | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:06 1 Etymology and names
00:04:16 2 Geography
00:04:26 2.1 Climate
00:05:55 2.2 Demographics
00:08:01 3 History
00:08:40 3.1 Ancient history
00:11:11 3.2 Celtic history
00:12:29 3.3 Roman history
00:17:22 3.4 Byzantine history
00:23:24 3.5 Turkic rulers
00:26:02 3.6 Turkish republican capital
00:29:20 3.7 Ecclesiastical history
00:35:27 3.7.1 Armenian Catholic (titular) see
00:36:42 3.7.2 Latin titular archbishopric
00:37:07 3.7.3 Saint Clement Church
00:37:48 4 Economy and infrastructure
00:40:50 4.1 Transportation
00:43:02 4.1.1 Ankara Public Transportation Statistics
00:44:06 5 Politics
00:48:01 6 Main sights
00:48:11 6.1 Ancient/archeological sites
00:48:22 6.1.1 Ankara Citadel
00:49:41 6.1.2 Roman Theatre
00:50:10 6.1.3 Temple of Augustus and Rome
00:51:24 6.1.4 Roman Baths
00:52:08 6.1.5 Roman Road
00:52:52 6.1.6 Column of Julian
00:53:16 6.2 Mosques
00:53:25 6.2.1 Kocatepe Mosque
00:53:58 6.2.2 Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque
00:54:44 6.2.3 Yeni (Cenab Ahmet) Mosque
00:55:16 6.2.4 Hacı Bayram Mosque
00:56:22 6.2.5 Ahi Elvan Mosque
00:56:51 6.2.6 Alâeddin Mosque
00:57:38 6.3 Modern monuments
00:57:48 6.3.1 Victory Monument
00:58:27 6.3.2 Statue of Atatürk
00:59:00 6.3.3 Monument to a Secure, Confident Future
00:59:46 6.3.4 Hatti Monument
01:00:20 6.4 Inns
01:00:29 6.4.1 Suluhan
01:01:28 6.4.2 Çengelhan Rahmi Koç Museum
01:02:22 7 Shopping
01:05:33 8 Culture
01:05:42 8.1 The arts
01:06:18 8.1.1 Music
01:08:14 8.1.2 Theatre
01:08:46 8.2 Museums
01:09:00 8.2.1 Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
01:09:43 8.2.2 Anıtkabir
01:10:42 8.2.3 Ankara Ethnography Museum
01:11:37 8.2.4 State Art and Sculpture Museum
01:12:11 8.2.5 Cer Modern
01:12:58 8.2.6 War of Independence Museum
01:13:43 8.2.7 Mehmet Akif Literature Museum Library
01:14:15 8.2.8 TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum
01:14:39 8.2.9 Ankara Aviation Museum
01:15:46 8.2.10 METU Science and Technology Museum
01:16:12 8.3 Sports
01:19:51 9 Parks
01:22:12 10 Education
01:22:22 10.1 Universities
01:22:46 11 Fauna
01:22:55 11.1 Angora cat
01:25:03 11.2 Angora rabbit
01:26:43 11.3 Angora goat
01:29:04 12 Gallery
01:29:13 13 International relations
01:29:24 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
01:29:38 13.2 Partner cities
01:29:56 14 See also
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Ankara (, also US: , Turkish: [ˈaŋkaɾa] (listen)), historically known as Ancyra () and Angora (, also US: ), is the capital of Turkey. With a population of 4,587,558 in the urban center (2014) and 5,150,072 in its province (2015), it is Turkey's second largest city after Istanbul (the former imperial capital), having outranked İzmir in the 20th century.
On 23 April 1920 the Grand National Assembly of Turkey was established in Ankara, which became the headquarters of Atatürk and the Turkish National Movement during the Turkish War of Independence. Ankara became the new Turkish capital upon the establishment of the Republic on 29 October 1923, succeeding in this role the former Turkish capital Istanbul (Constantinople) following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The government is a prominent employer, but Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks. The city gave its name to the Angora wool shorn from Angora rabbits, the long-haired Angora goat (the source of mohair), and the Angora cat. The area is also known for its pears, honey and muscat grapes. Although situated in one of the driest places of Turkey and surrounded mostly by steppe vegetation except for the forested areas on the southern periphery, Ankara can be considered a green city in terms of green areas per inhabitant, at 72 square metres (775 square feet) per head.Ankara is a very old city with various Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, a ...