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'he Geographic Location of HierapolisHierapolis is situated over a valley where one of the tributaries of the Menderes River the Qiiriiksu River (knovm as 'Lycus' in antiquity), flows at a distance of 18 km from the province of Denizli.Two mountains border either side of the Lycus Valley. The one...

CHAPTER I ART OF STONE ORNAMENTATION The brightest era of stone ornamentation in the history of Turks was the thirteenth century during the era of the Seljuks in Anatolia. The primary sources of Anatolian Seljuk omaments were based on the brick, plaster and terracotta omaments of the Great...

Intangible Cultural Heritage of Turkey KARAGOZ The shadow play Karagoz is one of the oldest examples of Turkish art. It flourished in Anatolia, exceeded the boundaries of this land and has become the common cultural heritage of a vast area where it had turned into a colourful dream and life...

PREFACE Cultural heritage of a country reflects its life style and the creative power of its people. Living cultures foster their heritage! an encounter with them gives one the chance to have direct experience and appreciation. But access to the vanished civilizations is only possible through...

INTRODUCTION Each historie city is important and attractive in its own way. The beauty and aura of a historie town envelopes the visitor and takes him back into histoiy, making it possible to feel the presence of the past at a very close distance. The works of old masters transcend time and...

PREFACE Edirne is a historic city whose foundation goes back to ancient times; its name derives from HadrianopoUs, the city of Emperor Hadrian. Ottomans took over the Byzantine city and made it their capital at the end of the fourteenth century. Starting with the fifteenth century, the...