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These market places were called “charshiya”. The land on which Sofia Market Hall is located today was the charshiya of the monastery of St. John of Rila. For this reason, the terrain where today...

After the adoption of Christianity, the Byzantine calendar “since the creation of the world” was implemented. As is known, that calendar sets the Beginning - the creation of the world, and the Ending -...

The bricks from the Ottoman eraThe bricks from the Ottoman era are seen on the walls of the gallery set up by Evren Ertur. The general view of the gallery is seen. Evren Ertur...

Divan Yolu begins at Haghia Sophia and extends to Topkapi Gate of Theodosion Walls, was the most important road of the capital during the Byzantine period. Today it is the street used for reaching...

Van Lake - Placid and solemn, spread out bet ween the mountains, more a sea than a lake, the clouds just brush its` surface. These waters are witness to time eternal, a millennial observer...

Street markets (pazar) still create a good alternative for economical shopping. People who generally do their shopping at various stores get astonished when they somehow come across with the prices in street markets located...

“Cihad-i Sultan Suleyman ber Iklim-i Rumili" whose poet is unknown according to the records and catalogues actually belongs to Levhi Efendi. It is about the Hungarian, Belgrade and Rhodes conquests.Mahü mentioned in one of...

An ancient, still popular Vienna coffee house tradition known far beyond Austria` borders dictates that the honoured guest of the establishment should always, and automatically, be served a small glass of water on the...