The Massive Heads

Nemrut Dagi

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June 14th 2012
An interesting site on top of a large mountain in the middle of Turkey. The mind boggles about the reasoning behind building up here. There were large heads and bodies on the Eastern and Western sides of the mountain and evidence of a perimeter wall that would have been stuck together like lego. A great location and fascinating site, for more about my trip through Turkey click below [ur ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more