Syria

[Heresson]

Here are the strange-shaped rocks, there are some caves in them...

[OzzyKP]

Awesome pictures.

[Heresson]

Here's the exterior of the church, an impressive thing - a single rock! The entrance is through that big rock on the left.

[Heresson]

Thank You.
Here's a simple view of fields next to Gokyurt. It's not a good pic, but I really liked the look of this slope.

[Heresson]

This pic is taken on my way from Konya to Karaman. These are Taurus mountain. There was even nicer massive on the left, but I was on the right of the bus (I got a nice cake there, mmm). I like it, especially because of one thing: the mountain is REALLY close. Yet notice that the line of snow is almost exactly the line where the mountain crashes into Anatolian plain.

[Provost Harrison]

Yeah, I think we have figured out what Syria looks like by now

[Heresson]

Here's 1382's Hatuniye medresesi in Karaman. Karaman was at this time a capital of the biggest Turkish post-seldjuk state. There are many nice buildings here, but it was late and pictures aren't nice , so I'll post only this one. Important thing: in Karaman there'a a grave of Yunus Emre, a Turkish poet. I think he was the first to write poems in Turkish.

[Heresson]

Here's Alaettin Tepesi (Alaettin's Hill) in Konya, once the capital of seldjuk Sultanate Ar-Rum.

[Heresson]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Yeah, I think we have figured out what Syria looks like by now

There are pictures of Syria yet to show and places in Syria yet to visit


Here's a tomb of some seldjuk sultan(s?) in Alaettin's hill.

[Ted Striker]

These pictures pwn.

However, where's the pics of the Turkish ladies????

[Heresson]

Here's mihrab of Alaettin's mosque

[Heresson]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
These pictures pwn.

However, where's the pics of the Turkish ladies????

First of all, my opinion on Turkish girls is a bit more moderate, secondly I was too busy with wonderful architecture to think about such things. To the point I haven't noticed some girls staring at me in Antioch, only my friend and his brother started laughing at me and them. Well, my goals were different.

Anyway, here's my beloved Ince Minare medresesi in Konya

[Heresson]

Inside there were some interesting sculptures exhibited, including the fameous two-headed eagles (yes, it was a Turkish idea, not byzantine) and angels

[Heresson]

Here's pretty modest insides...

[Heresson]

Here's Karatay medresesi nearby