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I previously wrote about the Seljuk heritage in Konya and also about the fascinating Mevlana Museum. But there is also Ottoman Konya to consider, in addition to history before it became an ...
Certain special places exist in the world, but we may not know anything about them. In my case, Mevlana Museum was one of them. When I included Konya in my travel itinerary, I knew that it ...
Earlier this year, when I was making plans for my travel in Turkey, I included Konya because I knew that it was an important Ottoman city. But I certainly didn't know that there would be one ...
Another year is behind us and, as per the established tradition, it's time to have a look at some statistics. I started MyForeverTravel in 2018, which means that it's been running for nearly ...
The main reason for my travel in Turkey was to spend several weeks on the beach, in some of its most popular summer resorts. However, the second important reason was to explore the Ottoman ...
By the beginning of the 15th century, Bursa had not been the capital city of the Ottoman Empire for 37 years. Sultan Murad I conquered Adrianople in 1363, renamed it in Edirne and moved the ...
The monumental Grand Mosque represents the culmination of the initial period in history of the Ottoman Empire. In my previous post, I wrote about the birth of the Empire that, more or less, ...
The best place to see the Ottoman heritage is Istanbul. It was the Ottoman capital for 470 years and evidently Ottoman rulers and other dignitaries of the empire left a mark on the city. ...
Topkapi Palace, the imperial court and centre of Ottoman power for 375 years, is possibly the most famous of all Ottoman heritage in Istanbul. Approximately 30 sultans ruled the empire from ...
