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1.
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (in Cappadocia,
Nevşehir) |
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2.
Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği (in Sivas) |
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3.
Historic Areas of İstanbul (in İstanbul) |
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4.
Hattusha: the Hittite Capital (in Çorum) |
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5.
Mount Nemrut (Nemrut Dağı) (in Adıyaman) |
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6.
Hierapolis Ancient City and Pamukkale Hot Springs (in Denizli) |
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7.
Xanthos Ancient City (in Antalya) and Letoon Ancient City (in Muğla) |
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8.
Safranbolu Traditional Houses (in Karabük) |
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9.
Archaeological Site of Troy (in Hisarlık, Çanakkale) |
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10.
Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex (in Edirne) |
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Source: website |
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1. The Mausoleum
(BC 300’s) (in Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey |
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2. The Artemis
Temple at Ephesus (BC 480) (in Selçuk, İzmir, Turkey) |
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3. The Statue of
Zeus at Olympia (BC 400’s) (in Greece) |
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4. The Colossus of
Rhodes (BC 280) (in Rhodes Island, Greece) |
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5. The Pyramids of
Egypt (BC 2650-2500) (in Egypt) |
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6. The Lighthouse
at Alexandria (BC 246) (in Egypt) |
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7. The Hanging
Gardens of Babylon (BC 500’s) (in Iraq) |
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There were famous
philosophers who lived in Turkey. Some info is given in the below table: |
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Philosopher |
City of Living |
Dates of Living |
Explanation |
More |
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Thales |
Miletus, Söke, Aydın |
640-546 BC |
Thales is the
founder of the philosophy and the first physicist philosopher. He explained
earthquakes by imagining that the Earth floats on water,
and earthquakes occur when the Earth is rocked by waves. According to him:
World is made of water. |
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Anaximander |
Miletus, Söke, Aydın |
611-547 BC |
Anaximander is the
student of Thales. According to him: World is made of an indefinite
substance. |
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Anaximenes |
Miletus, Söke, Aydın |
500s BC |
Anaximenes is the
student of Anaximander. Anaximenes is the first philosopher who came with the
opinion of soul. According to him: World is made of air. |
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Heraclitus |
Ephesus, Selçuk, İzmir |
500s BC |
According to him:
World is made of fire. Everything flows, nothing stands still. No man can
cross the same river twice, because neither the man nor the river are the same. |
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Democritus |
Miletus, Söke, Aydın |
500s BC |
The word and the
theory of atom were mentioned for the first time by Democritus. According to
him: World is made of atoms. |
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Anaxagoras |
Kilizman, Urla, İzmir |
500-428 BC |
Anaxagoras
introduced the cosmological concept of mind. He regarded material substance
as an infinite multitude of imperishable primary elements, referring all
generation and disappearance to mixture and separation respectively.
According to him: All substance is ordered by an ordering force, the cosmic
mind. |
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More about philosophers of Turkey: website |
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There have been
important incidents in the history in Turkey. One of them is the Ecumenical
Councils of Christianity. |
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Name |
Place |
Date |
Decisions |
More |
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Council 1 (First Council of İznik) |
İznik, Bursa |
325 |
The council defined
the equality of God Father and Christ, his son. It taught, that Jesus was of
the same substance as God the Father and not just merely similar. The council
laid the foundations of the term Trinity. |
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Council 2 (First Council of İstanbul) |
İstanbul |
381 |
The council defined
the divinity of the Holy Spirit. |
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Council 3 (Council of Ephesus) |
Ephesus, Selçuk, İzmir |
431 |
The council
accepted monophysitism (Christ is God and the Virgin Mary is the Mother of
God). |
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Council 4 (Council of Kadıköy) |
Kadıköy, İstanbul |
451 |
The council
rejected the opinion of monophysitism and defined the two natures (divine and
human) of Jesus Christ. “We teach unanimously that the one son, our
lord Jesus Christ to be fully God and fully human. After that council Syria
and Egypt went away from Eastern Rome and accepted the domination of Arabs
and became Muslim. |
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Council 5 (Second Council of İstanbul) |
İstanbul |
553 |
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Council 6 (Third Council of İstanbul) |
İstanbul |
680 |
The council
rejected monothelitism (Christ has two natures but only one will) and
accepted the opinion that Christ has two natures (divine and human). |
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Council 7 (Second Council of İznik) |
İznik, Bursa |
787 |
The council lifted
the ban of using icons in churches, rejected iconoclasm, restored of the veneration
of icons in churches. |
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Note: Above first 7
councils have been recognized by both of Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
After these first 7 councils there have been some other councils
website,
website,
website
which are recognized by only Orthodox or only Catholic Churches. |
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There are 5 cities on the world which has lands on 2 continents.
These cities are called as transcontinental
cities and 2 of these cities, İstanbul and Çanakkale, are
in Turkey. |
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City |
Country |
Continents |
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İstanbul |
Turkey |
Europe - Asia |
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Çanakkale |
Turkey |
Europe - Asia |
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Orenburg |
Russia |
Europe - Asia |
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Atyrau |
Kazakhstan |
Europe - Asia |
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Suez |
Egypt |
Asia - Africa |
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