One of the best destinations for Eastern Turkey, Gaziantep and Sanliurfa with their full names. The adjectives in front of the names are coming from their wonderwork during the Liberty War. “Gazi” means veteran and “Sanli” means glorious in Turkish. Both of them have an excellent culinary culture for long years and they still protecting their authentic specialties and atmosphere in Anatolia. They both were used by different civilizations in history. However today mostly you can find many traces of Ottoman culture and Persian Culture in both cities. Especially Gaziantep has more historical places than Sanliurfa represents Anatolian life standards.
Especially Gaziantep is like a museum with its gastronomic circumstance which is great for gourmet tour lovers.! There are so different and so famous tastes you can find. It is one of the best places for people who like to taste different meals of Anatolian culture. Gaziantep cuisine is one of the kinds with its variety in Turkey. Besides its meals, its desserts totally worth your extra weight! In addition to all these, as a city, Gaziantep is
one of the biggest industrial cities in Turkey. Despite this, it succeeds about to protect its traditional side, with its architecture, streets, historical ruins which is residual of Ottoman culture… If you like to travel to places that unknown by most people and discover these places with your camera in your hand, Gaziantep is totally for you. You will taste the best culinary in Turkey, you will feel the history and you can experience the traditional side of Anatolian and Turkish culture. Also, there are lots of amazing places for photographers who like to take local tours and traditional photography tours.
Sanliurfa previously famous for its culinary deepness also, however, today add someone else to these gastronomic views; the history of humankind. It hosted the oldest civilizations in history that contain such values of Byzantine and Ottoman culture. During the Byzantine period with its former name “Edessa”, it accepted as the capital city of the music! It was also mentioned as “City of Prophets”. There are so many places that
come down from those times. Also, recently people discovered the Gobekli Tepe (Potbelly Hill) and until now the historians accepted it is as the first temple of the world! The excavation works still continuing!
Shortly you will discover the different culinary of these two cities, one of the biggest mosaic museums in the world Zeugma Mosaic Museum, the first temple of the world life. On the other hand, local places like Gobeklitepe, the famous Abraham Path that bears so many traces from prophets and much more about Anatolian and PersianA culture that will feed your traditional photography capabilities. You can book your place at traditional photography tours with amazing discount opportunities here.
- More Than a Photography Tour
- Technical and Process Oriented Photography Methods
- Amazing Cultural Experience with differents aspects of Anatolia
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