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The Fire of Anatolia or Anadolu Ateşi is a Turkish dance group consisting of 120 dancers, several choreographers and other technical staff. The group has performed in more than 85 countries from the United States to China and Japan, in front of an audience of approximately 20 million people altogether. [ 1 ]
Map of the division of Turkish Anatolia after the Treaty of Sèvres (1920), where Antalya can be seen at the center of the Italian zone With the Mudros Armistice (the 30th of October, 1918), the Ottoman Empire accepted the conditions unilaterally dictated by the winning powers; while in Italy, where the idea of a Vittoria mutilata was growing ...
Antalya [a] is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. [3] Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, [4] Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Taurus Mountains.
On 9 September 1922, following the headlong retreat of the Greek army after its defeat at the Battle of Dumlupınar and its evacuation from western Anatolia, the Turkish 5th Cavalry Corps under the command of Major-General Fahrettin Altay within Turkish Army under the command of Mustafa Kemal Pasha marched into the city of Smyrna (modern İzmir ...
Turkish War of Independence; Part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923 in the aftermath of World War I: Clockwise from top left: Delegation gathered in Sivas Congress to determine the objectives of the Turkish National Movement; Turkish civilians carrying ammunition to the front; Kuva-yi Milliye infantry; Turkish horse cavalry in chase; Turkish Army's capture of Smyrna; troops in Ankara's Ulus ...
The siege of Antalya in March 1207 was the successful Seljuk capture of the city of Attalia (today Antalya, Turkey), a port in southern-western Asia Minor.The capture of port gave the Turks a path into the Mediterranean, although it would be another century before they made any serious attempts into the sea.
From the Zoroastrian Fire Temple, built in the 4th century, to the Menüçehr Mosque built by the Seljuk Turks in the 11th century and and the Church of St Gregory built during Armenian rule in ...
The city of Smyrna (modern-day İzmir) and surrounding areas were under Greek military occupation from 15 May 1919 until 9 September 1922. The Allied Powers authorized the occupation and creation of the Zone of Smyrna (Greek: Ζώνη Σμύρνης, romanized: Zóni Smýrnis) during negotiations regarding the partition of the Ottoman Empire to protect the ethnic Greek population living in and ...