The Haunted House
Pliny The Younger (62—II3 A.D.)
The Letters of Pliny the Younger (known in Latin as C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus) give a pleasant and varied picture...
The Book of Ruth
The Book of Ruth (From the Old Testament)
Into the extremely complicated questions of authorship, origin and development of the Old Testament it is not...
King Rhampsinitus and the Thief
Herodotus (484—424 B.C.)
Herodotus, the Father of History, is celebrated as a teller of tales. These he introduced into his History partly for purposes of...
Little Briarrose part 3
After long, long years, there came again a kings` son to that country, and heard how an old man told about the briar hedge;...
Little Briarrose part 2
The king, who wanted to save his dear child from harm, sent out an order that all the spindles in the kingdom should be...
Little Briarrose part 1
Jakob Grimm (1775 – 1863) Wilhelm Grimm (1776 – 1859)
The Brothers Grimm, as they are still affectionately called, were both scholars of high repute,...
Princes Isles
The Princes` Isles is an area where the natura is best preserved in Istanbul.
Buyukada
Buyukada; the island of monks retired into seclusion, the center of...
Istanbul Mosques
Some of the mosques in Istanbul reach out the sky while some others are hardly noticeable due to their small size. Some old churches...
Istanbul Churches
Istanbul met Christianity in the 4th century, while, Paganism was dominant before.
The first Christian churches are Havariyyun, Haghia Sophia and Haghia Eirene. Many churches...
Topkapi Palace
The famous Ottoman historian Evliya Celebi describes the Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi) as “the loveliest sultanate palace that human skill could have created. One...
