Sunday, 4 July 2010

Esdem Garden Hotel

Esdem Garden Hotel is located in Antalya. It is one of the best hotels in this city. The hotel has a main restaurant where can suitable for 240 and has a lobby bar with 150 people capacity.
In this hotel, one child pool(8 m²), one big pool(200 m²) for our customers.
Esdem Garden Hotel can give 256 beds for customers.

Room Facilites
Bath
Balcony
BedRoom
Sofa
Phone
Air Conditioner
Satellite Broadcasting and TV
And two Lift for going upstairs.

Contact Info:
Address : Çamyuva / Antalya / Türkiye
Phone : +90 242 824 70 65
Fax : +90 242 824 70 93

Karyetit Hotel Kaleiçi

Karyetit Hotel became one of the pearl in Antalya. Our hotel in Kaleiçi and 200m away from Marina and 100m away from the city center. You can reach city center by foot. Our hotel has got a garden where some historical old houses located.
Our staff is experienced and friendly. And in all hotel rooms, air conditioner, phone, bath and toilet available for our customers.

And in our hotel garden, cafe-bar-restourant and ceramic tile sellers are work 7/24.

Luxurious Room Facilities
Air Conditioner
Phone
Bath
Room Service
Toilet
TV
Small Bar
Wireless

Standart Room Facilities
Air Conditioner
Room Service
Phone
Bath
Toilet
TV
Small Bar
Wireless

Contact Info
Address : Kılıçarslan Mahallesi, Kadıpaşa Sokak, No : 7 – Kaleiçi / Antalya / Türkiye
Phone : +90 242 244 00 55
Fax : +90 242 244 00 54

Antalya and Antalya Hotels

Antalya is the one of the most important tourism point in Turkey. It has got a lot of historical and enjoyable places. 955.596 people live in Antalya. And in Antalya there are many hotels for accomodation.

Museums

Antalya Museum:
It was founded by Fikri Erten in 1922. In this museum there are a lot of historical things which explain the old times of Antalya.

Antalya City Museum:
It was founded for search contemporary and old culture in Antalya in 2007. Every weekend there are city-museum-history meetings held.

Atatürk House Museum:
The house where Atatürk stayed during a week. In the first floor there is a meeting room where was used for meeting in past times. And in upstairs there are rooms where shows Atatürk’s uniforms etc.

We will explain the Antalya Hotels in next article.

Saturday, 3 July 2010

The National Anthem

Istiklal Marşı became Turkey's National Anthem in 1921.
First, there was a competition for the best poem. Out of 724 poems Mehmet Akif Ersoy's poem won the competition. Then there was another competition for the best music. This time 24 composers took part in the competition, and Ali Rıfat Çağatay's music came first. From 1924 to 1930 Turkish people sang their national anthem to this music.
Later Zeki Üngör, the conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, wrote another piece of music for the poem. Today Turkish people sing Mehmet Akif's poem to Zeki Üngör's music.

The Turkish Flag

In the 19th century the offical flag of the Ottomans was red. On the flag there was a white star with eight points and a white crescent.
In the time of Abdülmecid(1839-1861) the star became five-pointed.
When Mustafa Kemal and his friends set up the republic, they did not change the flag. They only fixed the size of flag.
On their national holidays Turkish people decorate the streets, squares, offical buildings, blocks of flats and houses with flags. They love their flag and houses with flags. They love their flag and they call it "the red banner" or "al sancak".

The Unknown Things About Turkey

The population of Turkey is about 72 million. About %70 of the people live in cities amd towns.
There are 81 cities in Turkey. The biggest city is Istanbul. More than 10 million people live there.
About %50 of the population is male and %50 is male.
The national language in Turkey is Turkish. Turkish is an old language. About 250 million people all over the world speak Turkish.
Turkish people do not match a certain type. They do not all have brown eyes and dark hair. They may look like Spaniards, Greeks, Germans, Italians, Bulgarians or Russians.
Turkish people are generally friendly, positive, generous and hospitable. They are tolerant to different religions and cultures.
Turkish food is wonderful, so Turkish people love eating. They truly enjoy life.

Friday, 2 July 2010

The Traditional Houses of Safranbolu/Turkey

Safranbolu is a historic town in the province of Karabük near the black sea. It is well known for its traditional houses, which give us idea of the lifestyle in Turkey in the 18Th and 19Th centuries.
The houses of Safranbolu are two or three floors high with six to nine rooms. Each house is usually occupied by the extended family with grandparents, grandchildren, uncles, aunts and cousins all living under the same roof.
Many of the houses have large gardens with high walls around them. The walls of the lower levels of the houses are built of stone to protect them from the heavy rains and floods, which are typical of the Black Sea Region. The upper walls are made of wood and brick, and the roofs are of tiles. There are balconies and bay windows at the front of the houses with wooden lattices or shutters.
On the ground floor there is an open hall called a hayat. This is an area where the family stores grain and wood. There are also stables to keep the animals, and large fireplaces to boil water for laundry, to pickle, and to make a jam for the winter months.
The second and third floors are the main living areas. On these floors the rooms are either on one or both sides of a lobby called a sofa. The sofa provides people with a workspace and a common area during the day. Family celebrations such as births, circumcisions and weddings also take place in the sofa.
The private rooms are very large. Each one is designed to meet the needs of a small family. In these rooms, they can sit, work, eat, rest, sleep, worship or take a bath. There are cupboards, shelves, wardrobes and bathrooms set into the walls of the rooms. There is also a fireplace in each room. The family can use the built-in divans in front of the windows both as seats and as beds. The room used as a kitchen has a bigger fireplace and cupboards.
The hand-made carvings on the walls and the wooden decorations on the ceilings are all marvellous works of art.

The First Capital of The Ottoman Empire: Bursa

Bursa saham is a beautiful city located on the plains below Mount Uludağ in the Marmara Region of Turkey. The Bithynian King Prusias founded the city of Bursa in about 185 B.C. The city was first called "Prusias ad Olympum", then "Prusa", and finally became known as "Bursa".
Bursa became the first capital of the Ottoman Empire in 1326. After a long siege, during which Osman Gazi, the first sultan of the Ottoman Empire became seriously ill, his son and successor Orhan Gazi finally took control of the city. He made Bursa the first capital of the Empire.
Later, in 1365, the Ottoman capital was moved from Bursa to Edirne, but the city continued to be important for the Ottomans. They erected inns, baths, spas, bridges, mausoleums, mosques, and theological schools in city.
During the early sixteenth century, Bursa became a major centre for the international silk trade. The Silk Route was a trading caravan route that connected Asia and the Middle East with Europe. The Ottoman Empire was located on the path of the east-west silk route. Silk was transported from Iran by caravans, which passed through Anatolia to Bursa. The empire received large amount of income from the city of Bursa through the collection of taxes from the silk merchants.
The production of silk began in Bursa in the second half of the sixteenth century. Finest quality velvet, cotton and wool were also produced. You can see examples of these materials at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul where a collection of the Sultan's garments is on display.
Bursa is still the centre of Turkish silk industry, producing silk both for fabrics and the world-famous Hereke silk carpets. The city is also famous for textile manufacturing and thermal springs. Uludağ National Park is Turkey's most important winter sports centre.

Turkey's Political Structure

Turkey's official name is the Republic of Turkey, Ankara is the capital and the political centre of the Republic. It is a democratic, secular, and social state and follows the ideas of Atatürk, the founder of republic.

The political structure has three main bodies. First of all, there is the Turkish Grand National Assembly(TGNA) which has the legislative power to introduce new laws. Secondly, the president and the council of ministers have the executive power to make important decisions for the country. And finally, the independent courts have the judicial power to make judgements and give punishments.

There are 550 seats in the Turkish parliament. The people can elect anybody above the age of thirty with minimum primary school education as a deputy. Deputies serve for five years. The TGNA elects the President for seven-year term. The Prime Minister Minister and his/her ministers head the central administration of the country.

There are 81 provinces throught Turkey and each province has its own governor. The governors are responsible to the central administration. A Provincial Council and a Provincial Executive Commitee assist the governors.
Any province, district or town of more than 2,000 people is organised as a municipality. Each municipality council to govern the local area.