THE FIRST AND ONLY ONES IN ANATOLIA

THE FIRST AND ONLY ONES IN ANATOLIA
Anatolian soil is the soil which bred the people who made their marks on the cultural , religious and scientific history of the world. The urbanization of the world began in Catalhoyuk located in Central Anatolia in about 8000s B.C. The sactuary of Cybele , the first Mother Goddess of the world nations, is in Pessinus / Ballihisar in Central Anatolia. The temples of Men , the mythological God of Moon, is in Anatolia. The Winged Horse named Pegasus and the dragon sending flames out of its mouth named Chimaera are in Cirali , Antalya.There are 7 sacred Olympos mounts in Anatolia.
Asclepios , the god of the world medical science , and Hygnia, Nurse, are from Pergamum ; Apollon , God of Moon and Beauty, and his sister Artemis and their mother Leto are Lycian ; Pan , God of Music, Forest and Amusement , who plays the flute , is from Menderes and Dianyzos, God of Wine and Theater , is from Nyssa / Sultanhisar. The center of the mythological Etruscan women called Amazon is in Terme, Samsun on the shore of the Black Sea.
The legend about finding the golden hide in the Odyssey, the famous work by Homeros, took place on the shores of the Black Sea.Samash , God of Sun , is from Harran in the North of Mesopotamia.Likewise , Prophet Ibrahim , the mutual Prophet of three sacred religions, is from Urfa ( Edessa ) , and his father , Azer, told to have come from the north, that is , the Etruscan land , is from Harran. The first written treaty of peace was Kadesh treaty signed between the Anatolian Hittites and Egyptians in 1299 B.C. The first mythological war stratagem of the human history was performed in Troia in the northwestern Anatolia.
The first school of sculpture was established in Gaziantep, "Ephesian Artemision " and " Halicarnassus Mausoleum " two of the 7 wonders of the world , are in western Anatolia.Of the renowned philosophers, historians and scientists of the world Diogenes, the thinker , is from Sinop, Homeros, the historian , from Izmir ( Smyrna ), Heredot, the historian , from Halicarnassus, Strabon, the geographer, from Amasya, Hippadamos, the architect , from Miletus, Biyas, the philosopher, from Piriene, Paussanias, the geographer, from Manisa, Sosos, the inventor of mosaics, from Pergamum, Apollonius, the astronomer, from Perge, Kallinos, the poet , from Ephesus who are only the few to count of hundreds of portraits from the antiquity. St.Paulus and Barnabas who first spread Christianity are from Tarsus and St.Petrus is from Antakya.
The first rock churchesof Christianity are Petrus in Antakya and the Holy Virgin Church in Korykos / Kiz Kalesi.
The first Council of Christianity convened in Antakya.The first letters of invation into Christianity were written to those from the Anatolian cities of Ephesus , Kolossai in Denizli and Antiochia in Isparta , Psidia/Yalvac.
The first Christian fleeing the tyranny of the Romans hid in underground cities in Cappadocia , Central and Northeastern Anatolia where they had their first prayer sites.St.Nicholaus was born in Patara , lived in Myra and his church is in Demre / Antalya.
There were synagogues in every corner of Anatolia and there was a Jewish communty; the synagogue of the Khazar Turkish Jews in Antalya. Tur Abidin , the famed mountain of the Syriac East Christianity , and Dayr-ul Zeferan , the Metropolitan Church , are in Mardin.
Architect Sinan the Great , considered the most important architect in the world , is from Kayseri.Ali Kuscu, the successor of the astronomer Ulug Bey , lived in Istanbul during the Ottoman era.Lokman Hekim who found the formulation of immortality was from Adana.The famous captain Piri Reis who made the first map of the world was from Izmir ( Smyrna ). The headquartes of the Bektashi Turkish Faith which , by saying " Come , friends,let's be one", integrates the mountains , stones and wolves with love for the human and nature is in Haci Bektas and convent of the Mevlevi dervishes and the Grave of Mevlana who defended the first human love of the world without discriminating between religions, languages, races or faiths are in Konya.
Yunus Emre who searched for God all his life by saying " there is a me inside of me, deep down in me" is from Eskisehir. Hodja Nasreddin , the well-known black humorist of the history of humankind with his stubtle satries, was from Aksehir.The most magnificent mosques in the world are in Istanbul.