Anatolia Anatolia Aeolis ( Modern Greek Αιολίδα Eolídha, Ancient Greek Αιολίς Aiolís) or Aeolia ( World Book «ee OH lee uh») ( Modern Greek Αιολία Eolía, Ancient Greek Αιολία Aiolía) was an area that comprised the west and northwestern region of Asia Minor, mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands (particularly Lesbos), where the Aeolian Greek city-states were located. Aeolis incorporated the southern parts of Mysia which bounded it to the north, Ionia to the south, and Lydia to the east. In early times, the Aeolians' twelve most important cities were independent, and formed a league: Cyme (also called Phriconis), Larissae, Neonteichos, Temnus, Cilla, Notium, Aegiroessa, Pitane, Aegeaeae, Myrina, Gryneia, and Smyrna ( Herodotus, 1.149). ...more on Wikipedia about "Aeolis"
Akdamar Island (also known as Ahktamar, Aghtamar, and Aght'Amar, ** ) is an island situated in Lake Van in eastern Turkey. It is the home to the 10th century Armenian church, called Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross. The church was built by Bishop Manuel under King Gagik I, between AD 915- 921. Currently it's in the process of renovation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Akdamar Island"
Anatolia ( Turkish: "Anadolu", Greek: "Aνατολή" Αnatolē or Ανατολία Anatolìa) is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey, also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor. It means "rising of the sun" or "East", is . The Turkish word Anadolu is coming from a derivation of its original Greek version. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anatolia"
Anazarbus (med. Ain Zarba; mod. Anavarza) was an ancient Cilician city, situated in Anatolia in modern Turkey, in the Aleian plain about 10 miles west of the main stream of the Pyramus river (Jihun) and near its tributary the Sempas Su. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anazarbus"
Antalya, formerly known as Adalia or Attalia ( Greek: Αττάλεια), is a city on a bay of the south Mediterranean coast of Turkey in the Antalya Province, ( ). The population of the city is 603,190 ( 2000 census). It apparently dates from at least the Hellenistic period and the ruins of several ancient settlements are located nearby. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antalya"
Aristagoras was the leader of Miletus in the late 6th century BC and early 5th century BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aristagoras"
Aryenis of Lydia was the daughter of King Alyattes of Lydia, the sister of King Croesus of Lydia, the wife of King Astyages of Media, the mother of Mandane of Media, and grandmother of Cyrus II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aryenis" Evergreen shortopedia!!! shortopedia
The Assuwa league was a confederation of states in western Anatolia, defeated by the Hittites under Tudhaliya IV around 1250 BC. The league had been formed to oppose the failing Hittite empire. The list of its members contains 22 names, including Luqqa, Warsiya, Taruisa, Wilusiya and Karkija ( Caria). ...more on Wikipedia about "Assuwa"
The Carians ( Greek Καρες Kares, or Καρικοι Karikoi) were the eponymous inhabitants of Caria. According to tradition, the Carians were named after Car, one of their legendary early kings ( Herodotus, 1.171). Classical Greeks would often claim that Caria was originally colonized by Ionian Greeks, but it seems rather that the Carians were settled in the region before the Greeks. Homer records that Miletus (later an Ionian city) was a Carian city at the time of the Trojan War ( Iliad, 2.865), and Herodotus (1.171) recorded that Carians believed themselves to be aborigenes of Caria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carians"
Çatalhöyük (also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük, or any of the three without accent marks -- Çatal is Turkish for 'fork' and Höyük is Turkish for "mound") was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, dating from around 7500 BC for the lowest layers. It is perhaps the largest and most sophisticated Neolithic site yet uncovered. ...more on Wikipedia about "Çatalhöyük"
Chimaera in antiquity, in addition to being the name of a monster, was the name of a volcanic site which was held , by euhemerizing geographers, to have inspired the myth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chimaera (geography)"
In ancient geography, Cilicia ("Ki-LIK-ya") formed a district on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), north of Cyprus. Cilicia extended along the Aegean coast east from Pamphylia, to Mount Amanus (Giaour Dagh), which separated it from Syria. North of Cilicia lie the rugged Taurus Mountains that separate it from the high central plateau of Anatolia, which are pierced by a narrow gorge, called since Antiquity the Cilician Gates. Ancient Cilicia was naturally divided into Cilicia Trachea and Cilicia Pedias divided by the Lamas Su. Salamis, the city on the east coast of Cyprus, was included in its administrative jurisdiction. Cilicia was given an eponymous founder in the mythic Cilix, but the historic founder of the dynasty that ruled Cilicia Pedias was Mopsus, identifiable in Phoenician sources as Mpš, the founder of Mopsuestia and protector of an oracle nearby. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cilicia"
Gehry, and by historian Arnold Toybee in a series of articles published at the time in the Manchester Guardian and later summarized in his book, The Western Question in Greece and Turkey. As a result, Great Britain cut off all military and financial assistance to the Greek invasion, a major reason for its ultimate defeat by the armies of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. ...more on Wikipedia about "Documented Massacres by Greeks in Anatolia"
Epiphania was a city in Cilicia Secunda (Cilicia Trachea), in Asia Minor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Epiphania, Cilicia" Are you ready for shortopedia?
Euyuk, or Evuk (the eu pronounced as in French), a small village in Turkey, in the Ankara vilayet, 12 mi. N.N.E. of Boghaz Keui (Pleria), built on a mound which contains some remarkable ruins of a large building, palace or sanctuary anterior to the Greek period and belonging to the same civilization as the ruins and rock-reliefs at Pteria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Euyuk"
Ionia ( Greek Ιωνία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was an ancient region of southwestern coastal Anatolia (now in Turkey) on the Aegean Sea. It comprised a narrow coastal strip from Phocaea in the north near the mouth of the river Hermus (now the Gediz), to Miletus in the south near the mouth of the river Maeander, and included the islands of Chios and Samos. It was bounded by Aeolia to the north, Lydia to the east and Caria to the south. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ionia"
İzmit (also known as Kocaeli; previously known as Ismid or Isnikmid) is a city in the northwestern part of Anatolia, Turkey. It is located by the Gulf of İzmit, about 100 km east of İstanbul. It is the capital of Kocaeli Province. The city has a population of 195,699 ( 2000 census), compared with a pre-earthquake estimate of 210,000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Izmit"
Kerkenes (or Kerkenes Dag) is the largest pre-Hellenistic site from the Anatolian Plateau ( Turkey) – 7 km of strong stone defenses, pierced by seven gates, that enclose 2.5 square kilometers. It is located about 200 km east from Ankara(35.06E, 39.75N), between the towns of Yozgat (W) and Sorgun (E). The city was urban planed, in concordance with its short live, and its big measure. Allthought the Kerkenes' historical context keeps unclear, Phrygian remains have been founded. The achaeological survey shows that the city was burned, destroyed, and abbandoned. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kerkenes"
Kültepe ( ) is the name of the modern village near the ancient city of Kanes in central eastern Anatolia, also called Kârum Kanesh "merchant-colony city of Kanes" in Assyrian (rendered Karum Kaniş in Turkish). The nearest modern city is Kayseri, about 20km southwest. The city's name is often transliterated as "Kanesh" because of the way Hittite was recorded in cuneiform, but Kanes is more accurate. The name Kârum Kanesh refers to a portion of the city set aside by local officials for the early Assyrian merchants to use without paying taxes, as long as the goods remained inside the kârum. The term kârum means "port" in Akkadian, the lingua franca of the time. The city to which the kârum was attached was the first capital of the later Hittite Empire, called Nesa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kültepe"
In Antiquity, Labraunda (alternatively Labranda) in the mountains near the coast of Caria in Asia Minor was held sacred by Carians and Mysians alike. The site amid its sacred plane trees ( Herodotus, v.119) was enriched in the Hellenistic style by the dynasty of Mausolus, satraps of Persia, for whom it was the ancestral sacred shrine. Remains of Hellenistic houses and streets can still be traced, and there are numerous inscriptions. The cult icon here was Zeus Labraundos, a standing Zeus with the tall lotus-tipped scepter upright in his left hand and the double-headed axe, the labrys, over his right shoulder. ...more on Wikipedia about "Labraunda"
Lake Tuz ( Turkish: Tuz Gölü meaning Salt Lake) is the second biggest lake in Turkey, located in central Anatolian region, 105 km NE of Konya and 150 km SSE of Ankara ( ). For most of the year, this very shallow (1-2m) and saline lake has an area of 1,500 sq km. It is normally 80 km long and 50 km wide at an elevation of 905 m above sea level. Its area is shared by the provinces of Ankara, Konya and Aksaray, and holds a population of over 3 million people. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lake Tuz"
Lake Van ( Turkish: Van Gölü, in Armenian: Վանա լիճ) is the largest lake in Turkey, located in the far east of the country. It is a saline lake of vulcanic origin with no outlet, receiving water from numerous small streams that descend from the surrounding mountains. The lake is 120 km long, 80 km wide, has an area of 3,755 km² and is located 1 719 metres above sea level. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lake Van"
Lycia is a region on the southern coast of Turkey. It was the site of an ancient country and province of the Roman Empire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lycia"
Lydia is a historic region of western Anatolia, congruent with Turkey's modern provinces of İzmir and Manisa. Its traditional capital was the city of Sardis ( Turkish: Sart). However, at its greatest extent, the Kingdom of Lydia covered all of western Anatolia. It was later the name for a Roman province. Coins were invented in Lydia around 660 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lydia"
The Maeander River is the classical Latin name for the Büyük Menderes River in southwestern Turkey. It rises in west central Turkey, near the ancient Phrygian city of Celaenae (now Dinar) flowing west into the Aegean Sea near the ancient Ionian city of Miletus. Its winding back and forth course gave rise to English word meander. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maeander River"
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