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| PERGE |
Perge is 18 km. east of Antalya between the Duden and Aksu streams. This is reached along the Antalya-Alanya highway, turning north at Aksu, going 2 km. further on. As it was not located on the coast, it was not subjected to raids by pirates and therefore continued its progress without interruption. It was settled in 1200 B.C. In 223 B.C. Perge, like Side, reached an agreement with Alexander and thus did not go to war or suffer the usual ravages. It lived through the Hellenistic, the Roman and the Byzantine epochs. Its 15,000 spectator theater was built in the 2nd century A.D., and the nearby stadium could hold 12,000 people.
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| A MYTH ON TAHTALIDAG |
Bellerophon, the son of the king of Argon, kills his own brother at a hunting party by accident and so is sent into exile. He crosses the Aegean sea and comes to Anatolia and starts a new life. He works as a servant for one of the kings in the area. He is said to be very handsome by several sources. For this reason the king's wife falls in love with him. She shows her love to this young man, but he is honest enough not to have an affair with her. He refuses her proposals. The queen gets angry and accuses him of forcing her to have an affair and that she hardly saves herself. The king becomes furious, but doesn't want to kill him. Being falsely accused by the wife of this king, he is sent to the court of Iobetes in Patara, carrying with him a sealed letter requesting that he be put to death. Bellerophon comes to Xhantos and delivers the letter to the king. When the king gets the letter he is very surprised...
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| The Inner Bailey |
This streets within the bailey are narrow, and stretch upwards from the harbor and along by the walls. The difference in the houses shows the economic status of the owners or the purpose for which they were used. However, they share many common factors. Most of them were built of masonry interspersed with timber. Each one has a front and back garden...
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| THE COY BRIDES OF THE TAURUS MOUNTAINS |
The rich Turkish flora includes more than 9000 varieties of plants. About 3,000 are endemic to Turkey and grow in nature nowhere else in the world. More than 500 plants grow bulbs.In international trade, Turkey is well known for its kardelen (Galanthus nivalis), karcicegi (Helleborus vernalis), siklamen (Cylamen cilicium), lale (tulip), cigdem (Colchicum) and other flowers from bulbs. Plants in Turkey possess various rich genetic kinds like therapeutic plants and decorative plants, and those which are ancestral to cereal grains and fodder.
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