All About Nevşehir

Nevşehir is one of the astonishing historic cities that every one should see. It dates back to 3000 B.C. It is the capital city of Cappadocia region. It is stated on a wide plateau that made of volcano tuff of Mt Erciyes, Mt Melendiz and Mt Hasan.
Nevşehir is famous with the Fairy chimneys. As you look at the land, you feel yourself in a dream city. For this reason they are called fairy chimneys. They happened as a result of the flood and wind’s eating away the tuff of the volcanoes. The fairy chimneys’ bodies are made of volcanic tuffs which is can be dissolved in flood and wind but the top of them are more resistant to wind and flood. They take their present forms as a result of this situation.

Unesco 2010 Osman Hamdi Bey Year

The 35th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in Paris has proclaimed 2010 as Osman Hamdi Bey Year, the 100th anniversary of his death.
Osman Hamdi Bey was a painter, art expert, archaeologist and founder of the Istanbul Archaeological museum, and he was born in 1842 and died in 1910.
Also 2011, has been proclaimed Evliya Celebi Year. The year is the 400th anniversary of the birth of Evliya Celebi who was born in Istanbul in 1611 to a family from Kutahya.