Thursday, March 5, 2015

Amazing TURKEY 2

 

 
 
Region:  transcontinental country,
located mostly on Anatolia in Western Asia
and on East Thrace in Southeastern Europe.
Area Total: 783,562 km2
Coast Line: Black Sea, The Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Capital: ANKARA
 
Kayseri
 
 
City walls, Kayseri
 
 
Clock Tower, Kayseri
 
 
Castle, Kayseri
 
 
Walls of the Seljuk era Sahabiye Medrese, Kayseri; built in 1267 by the Seljuk vizier Sahip Ata Fahreddin Ali.
 
 
Doner Kümbet, Kayseri
It was built for Seljuk Sultan I.Alaaddin Keykubat's daughter Shah Cihan Hatun - 1276
 
 
Tomb of Hunad Hatun, Kayseri
Seljuk Sultan I.Alaaddin Keykubat's wife
 
 
Mount Erciyes
The highest mountain of Central Anatolia and winter sports center of Kayseri
 
 
Kapuzbashi Waterfalls, Kayseri
 
 
Mimar Sinan
(c. 1489/1490 – July 17, 1588 was the chief Ottoman architect  and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III.
He was responsible for the construction of more than three hundred major structures and other more modest projects, such as his Islamic primary schools (sibyan mektebs).
 
 
Panaya Church is now New Mosque, Talas, Kayseri
 
 
Karabas Church (the Black Heads Church) ,Soganli Valley, Kayseri
 
 
Armenian monastery of Surp Astvatsatsin, Tomarza, Kayseri
 
 
Kayseri Mantisi - Kayseri dumpling
Manti is dumpling popular in most Turkish cuisines, as well as in Caucasian, Central Asian, and Chinese Islamic cuisines,
closely related to the East Asian buuz, baozi, jiaozi, mantou, and mandu, and to the Nepali momo. .
Manti dumplings typically consist of a spiced meat mixture, usually lamb or ground beef, in a dough wrapper, either boiled or steamed.
 
 
 
 
 
 

*All photos are from internet, i never claim they are my own*

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