People, Human Rights, Lifestyle, Travel, Activities

One of the most important holidays in Turkey, which comes after the holy month of Ramadan, which is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Quran was revealed – Ramadan Bayram. In Gaziantep city it might be obvious that it is a holy month of fasting – from the dawn until the sunset people are fasting without putting a piece of bread, nor drinking. During this month most of the cafeterias are closed and this might be observed in people's spirit, in their believe, that is why Gaziantep and people here used to be conservative.     From one hand local people are very closed and straight, but from another, they are open-minded people and very kind. If you ask a child why it is important to fast during this month, he would reply without any hesitation – in order to understand those who doesn't have such possibility to eat a  loaf of bread, to understand those who is starving in the world. This explanation which leaves you without a word and makes ...

One of the places worth to visit in Gaziantep is a zoo. Gaziantep Zoo is one of the largest zoos in Turkey, its territory – 920,000 square-meter area and it has, according to some data 4,000 animals drawn from 270 species.  The territory divides into three big ares for the bird pavilion and the aquarium, wild animals, and other species of animals, as well as a pool, monkey and reptile house, cages for winged creatures, and other special areas designed for kangaroos, ostriches, horses, camels, gazelles, mountain goats, deer, elephants, aardvarks, hippopotamuses, seals, Cameroon sheep, lions, tigers, jaguars and others.  Also there is a special pool for seals that were brought from Mexico, adding that a show performed by the seals.  The most interesting in the zoo is the bird pavilion, which has a large variety of birds – among them pink flamingos (Phoenicopterus gen.). The two floored pavilion has many different parrots, but the most attractive are flamingos. Visit...

This time I will write about Hatay area — Antakya. One of my friends invited me to visit her home in Antakya for the weekends and I accepted her invitation. Three amazing days I stayed with her family. They are very hospitable and kind. We talked a lot and visited many places. First day of our arrival we went to the Defne waterfall, which is at the 7th km of Antakya - Yayladagi road. Defne was world's famous summer resort place with the waterfalls during Seleukos and Romans. It was a renowned place with numerous luxurious houses, temples, entertainment places and Olympic games organized at its stadium. Violent earthquakes destroyed the entire city therefore not much remains left behind. Defne is renowned and a nice picnic area even today. It is also well known with the statue, silk and the production of tourist materials. Defne Waterfall area is very beautiful, and provides cool on a hot summer day in Hatay province of Turkey. There are many cafes, where you can cool yo...