ALSERO TRAVEL AGENCY - HISTORY of ANATOLIA

	CHRONOLOGY of ANATOLIA

	APHRODISIAS Birth place of the goddess of love On the arena of Aphrodisias, the city of the Goddess of Love and Beauty, gladiators used to get into fatal combats before the eyes of 30,000 spectators for the honor of their goddess. Artists of this city used to immortalize the human... Click Here

	ANTALYA Antalya, located in an area called Pamphylia, was founded by Attalus II, King of Pergamum, as a port city in the 2C BC. The name of the city, Antalya is derived from its founder's name Antalya had been a small city until very recently. Tourism has made Antalya one of the largest beautiful spots. Click Here

	BERGAMA (PERGAMUM) In the era following the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC), Lysimachus, one of Alexander’s generals, chose Pergamum as the depository for his vast wealth, placing here 9,000 talents of gold under the guardianship of his lieutenant, Philetaerus. Click Here

	BODRUM HERODOTUS The history of Bodrum, known as Halicarnassus or Halicarnassos goes back to the 13th century BC. Excavates reveal the 5000 year old history of this town. Many civilizations found their home here. Click Here

	CANAKKALE (TROYA) Canakkale, the land which take position to strait's sides. Its history extends until to B.C. IV. Near of the Canakkale, city had settled the archaic period. Truva is the most important city which had established in B.C. 3000 ... Click Here

	CAPPADOCIA Strabon, a writer of antiquity, descries the borders of the Cappadocıan Region, in his 17 volume book '' Geographika'' ( Geopraphy-Anatolia XII.XIII, XIV ) written during the reign of Roman Emperor Agustus.Cappadocia was described as a very large area surrounded by Taurus Mountains in the south... Click Here

	DALYAN The town of Dalyan is situated near the river. The distance from the sea is 12 km and 4 nautili cal miles from the canal. Its environment is surrounded by rich plants and agricultural fields. The population of the town is around 4000 in winter, but this number doubles in summer. It's a relaxation place for the blue voyage... Click Here

	DIDIM (DIDMYA) Ionia assumed the mantle previously worn by Mesopotamia and Egypt before her as the epicenter of civilization, fostering an incredible flowering of art, architecture, philosophy, science and literature that marked the zenith of classical Greek culture... Click Here

	EFES (EPHESUS) The earliest ruins date back to 8th-7th century BC, but some archaeologist believe that Ephesus (Apasas) was a city mentioned in Hittities inscriptions which would make the city of Ephesus even older by 500 plus years. Click Here

	FETHIYE Fethiye , known as Telmessos in the antique period, is the most important city of LYCIA -one of the oldest Anatolian Civilizations- at the western borderline with CARIA. Despite lack of information regarding its establishment, it is stated in the history of the city reaches far back to 5th century BC. A Lydian legend explains the source of the name Telmessos as follows: Click Here

	ISTANBUL Approximately 300,000 years ago, Istanbul gave her lands free for settlement in the Yarimburgaz cave beside Kucuk Cekmece Lake. Human beings of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods around the end of the last Ice Age lived within the cave near the lake. Excavations have uncovered tools belonging to the early Paleolithic period (100,000 years ago). Click Here

	KUSADASI Before Jesus, in the years of 2000, firstly people coming from Lelek, Karia, Lidya had settled down as a society to the slopes of Pilav Mountain.Then one by one with the unit settlements Pigale, Maratheson, Neopolis, Panionion; Ions and later Romans by Ephesus’ coming into the dominance of Rome, had lived in these lands. Click Here

	MARMARIS It is not known when Marmaris was founded, but Physkos as Marmaris was previously known, was part of the Carian Empire in the 6th century B.C. when overrun by the Lydians. Another invasion by the Lydian's in 334 B.C. led to the partition of the Roman Empire of Alexander the Great. According to the historian Herodotus... Click Here

	MILET (MILETOS) The remains of the antique Roman city Iassos you can visit just on the other side of the Gulf of Guelluek, the fish market here only recently excavated, very often was mentioned in ancient history. Click Here

	PAMUKKALE(HIERAPOLIS) The ancient city of Hierapolis was founded by Pergamum, probably Eumenes II, in the 2C BC. Hierapolis is believed to derive its name from Hiera, the wife of Telephus, both being legendary ancestors of kings of Pergamum. Hierapolis was also interpreted by some as the "holy city". Click Here

	PRIENE Priene, birthplace of Bias, the famous 6th century BC philosopher who numbered among the seven wise men of classical antiquity, is a magnificent ancient city near Gullubahce southwest of Soke in the province of Aydin. Click Here

	SARDES The legendary trade road which made Sardes, the Lydian capital, the richest town on earth with vast treasures of gold and precious metals... Click Here.

APHRODISIAS
Birth place of the goddess of love
On the arena of Aphrodisias, the city of the Goddess of Love and Beauty, gladiators used to get into fatal combats before the eyes of 30,000 spectators for the honor of their goddess. Artists of this city used to immortalize the human...
Click Here

BODRUM
HERODOTUS
The history of Bodrum, known as Halicarnassus or Halicarnassos goes back to the 13th century BC. Excavates reveal the 5000 year old history of this town. Many civilizations found their home here.
Click Here

EFES (EPHESUS)
The earliest ruins date back to 8th-7th century BC, but some archaeologist believe that Ephesus (Apasas) was a city mentioned in Hittities inscriptions which would make the city of Ephesus even older by 500 plus years.
Click Here

PRIENE
Priene, birthplace of Bias, the famous 6th century BC philosopher who numbered among the seven wise men of classical antiquity, is a magnificent ancient city near Gullubahce southwest of Soke in the province of Aydin.
Click Here

SARDES
The legendary trade road which made Sardes, the Lydian capital, the richest town on earth with vast treasures of gold and precious metals...
Click Here.

APHRODISIAS Birth place of the goddess of love On the arena of Aphrodisias, the city of the Goddess of Love and Beauty, gladiators used to get into fatal combats before the eyes of 30,000 spectators for the honor of their goddess. Artists of this city used to immortalize the human... Click Here

BODRUM HERODOTUS The history of Bodrum, known as Halicarnassus or Halicarnassos goes back to the 13th century BC. Excavates reveal the 5000 year old history of this town. Many civilizations found their home here. Click Here

EFES (EPHESUS) The earliest ruins date back to 8th-7th century BC, but some archaeologist believe that Ephesus (Apasas) was a city mentioned in Hittities inscriptions which would make the city of Ephesus even older by 500 plus years. Click Here

PRIENE Priene, birthplace of Bias, the famous 6th century BC philosopher who numbered among the seven wise men of classical antiquity, is a magnificent ancient city near Gullubahce southwest of Soke in the province of Aydin. Click Here

SARDES The legendary trade road which made Sardes, the Lydian capital, the richest town on earth with vast treasures of gold and precious metals... Click Here.

APHRODISIAS
Birth place of the goddess of love
On the arena of Aphrodisias, the city of the Goddess of Love and Beauty, gladiators used to get into fatal combats before the eyes of 30,000 spectators for the honor of their goddess. Artists of this city used to immortalize the human...
Click Here

BODRUM
HERODOTUS
The history of Bodrum, known as Halicarnassus or Halicarnassos goes back to the 13th century BC. Excavates reveal the 5000 year old history of this town. Many civilizations found their home here.
Click Here

EFES (EPHESUS)
The earliest ruins date back to 8th-7th century BC, but some archaeologist believe that Ephesus (Apasas) was a city mentioned in Hittities inscriptions which would make the city of Ephesus even older by 500 plus years.
Click Here

PRIENE
Priene, birthplace of Bias, the famous 6th century BC philosopher who numbered among the seven wise men of classical antiquity, is a magnificent ancient city near Gullubahce southwest of Soke in the province of Aydin.
Click Here

SARDES
The legendary trade road which made Sardes, the Lydian capital, the richest town on earth with vast treasures of gold and precious metals...
Click Here.