Museums in istanbul

Museums info in Istanbul for travellers.
The Basailica of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), now called the Ayasofya Museum, is unquestionably one of the finest buildings of all time. Built by Constantine the Great and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, its immense dome rises fifty five meters above the ground and its diameter spans 33 meters. Linger here to admire the building's majestic serenity as well as the fine Byzantine mosaics. The Archaeological Museums are found just inside the first court of the Topkapi Palace. Included among its treasures of antiquity are the celebrated Alexander Sarcophagus and the facade of the Temple to Athena from Assos. The Museum of the Ancient Orient displays artifacts from the Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hatti and Hittite civilizations (Open every day except Monday). Originally built in the 15th hundred years as a kosk, or pavilion, by Mehmet the Conqueror, the Cinili Kosk, which houses the Museum of Turkish Ceramics, contains beautiful 16th-century specimens from Iznik and fine examples of Seljuk and Ottoman pottery and tiles (Open every day except Monday). Like the Ayasofya Museum, St Irene Museum was originally a church. It ranks, in fact, as the first church built in Istanbul. Constantine commissioned it in the fourth century and Justinian later had the church restored. The building reputedly stands on the site of a pre-Cristian temple (Open every day except Monday, but requires special permission for admission).

Ally Club Antalya

Ally Club is in Antalya for 11 years. Club Ally entertainment and service operator meeting of world standards.
The facilities are located in the yacht harbor on the ancient defense walls of Kaleici. With its amazing views of the sea and mountains, Ally has carry with a new breath to Mediterranean evenings. Ally stands on a land of 5.000 sqm. It has 10 bars and restaurants, each with an international reputation.
Club Ally is a pioneer of and plays an active role in the promotion of Antalya and Turkey. It supports all initiatives and efforts in that matter. Its facilities are the number one of the natural, historical and cultural heritage of Antalya and its surroundings. Ally has had its 8-room Boutique Hotel restored with great care and meticulousness.

Spectacular Places in Istanbul

If the world was a single state, Istanbul would be it's capital. Napoleon Bonaparte
Istanbul embraces two continents with one arm reaching out to Asia and the other Europe. Therough the city's heart, the Istanbul Strait, course the waters of the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara and the Golden Horn.
The onetime capital of three successive empires; Ottoman, Byzantine and Roman. Istanbul today honors and preserves the legacy of its past while looking forward to a modern future.
It is Istanbul's endless variety that fascinates its visitors. The museums, churches, palaces, grand mosques, bazaars and sights of natural beauty seem innumerable. Reclining on the western shore of the Starit at sunset contemplating the re d evening light reflected in the windows of the opposite shore you may suddenly and profoundly understand why so many centuries ago settlers chose to build on this remarkable site. At such times you can see why Istanbul is truly one of the most glorious cities in the world.

Spectacular Places

On a finger of land at the confluence of the Strait, the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara stands the Topkapı Palace, that maze of buildings that was the focal point of the Ottoman Empire between the 15th and 19th centuries. In these opulent surroundings the sultans and their court lived and governed. A magnificent wooded garden fills the outer, or first court, In the second court, on the right, shaded by cypress and plane trees, stand the palace kitchens, which now serve as galleries exhibiting the imperial collections of crystal, silver and Chinese porcelain. To the left is the Harem, the secluded quarters of the wives, concubines and children of the sultan, charming visitors with echoes of centuries-intrique.

The Importance of Health Insurance

Turkey has a very complex health care system because of the existence of different plans and departments involved in this sector. All health care and related social welfare activities are coordinated by  the Ministry of Health. Article 60 of the Turkish Constitution quotes: "Every individual is entitled to have social security. The State takes the necessary measures to create this confidence and organization.
Having health insurance is more important than many people realize. We all know that our health is our most valuable asset and the tragedy of illness or injury should not be compounded by not having a proper health care.
So why do you need to have health insurance? What is the benefit of having health insurance?

Mardin Guide

Standing on a bluff above the Mesopotamian flats about 56 miles (90km) south of Diyarbakir is the town of Mardin, arguably the most Arab town -even more Arab than Antakya or Siirt- in Turkey. The vista afforded from the town's citadel is nearly magical: below, the view stretches across the vastness of the Syrian plain, pancake flat but for the occasional tell of artificial hill desingnating the site of some ancient and forgotten city in the Fertile Crecent.
The area east of Mardin, especially Midyat, is the center of the 40,000 remaining Suriyanis, or Jacobite Christians who continue to speak a sort of proto-Arabic known to scholars as Syriac, erroneously assumed to be the language of Christ.

Cappadocia Guide

What we call "Cappadocia" today, if only for simplicity, is only a small part of the Hellenistic Kingdom and subsequent Roman Province which bore that name. The original size of the miles further east and west.
Even now, when the valleys around eh town Urgup are relatively easy to reach (it takes about Ankara, or a similar time by car from Ankara), Cappadocia still seems like a lost world to the arriving traveller. It took the 20th century -and perhaps the invention of photography- to make people appreciate the landscape around Urgup. Several of the most important fathers of the early Church lived in this district, but none of them mentions what it looked like.

The Capital Of Turkey: Ankara

The beating heart of Turkey which bares the footprints of many civilizations.
Ankara is located in the Central Anatolian Region, surrouned by the provinces of Kırıkkale and Kırşehir in the East, Cankiri in the North, Bolu in the Northwest, Eskisehir in the West, and Konya adn Aksaray in the South. Ankara covers an area of 26,897 km2 between plains formed by the Kızılirmak and Sakarya rivers at an altitude of nearly 890 meters. North from the centre of town lie the North from the centre of town lie the Northern and depression zones enclosed by mountains, which run from the Soutwest to the Northeast. The Salt Lake, a large shallow lake, and adjacent tip of the Ankara plains.