BRUNO TAUT

Bruno Taut (1880-1938).

AHMET ERTUG

Ahmet Ertuğ (b. 1949).

SUAT YAKUT

Turkish authorities destroyed the Roboski memorial, created by sculptor SUAT YAKUT, in Amed, which had been erected 4 years ago in order to commemorate the 34 victims of Roboski massacre.

MAXIME DU CAMP

Maxime Du Camp (1822-1894).

THE SÜMELA MONASTERY

The Sumela Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary at Melá Mountain within the Pontic Mountains range, in the Maçka district of Trabzon Province in modern Turkey.

The monastery was founded in AD 386 during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I. During its long history, the monastery fell into ruin several times and was restored by various emperors.

It reached its present form in the 13th century.

Below, a vandalised fresco.

 

JOHN BEASLY GREENE

John Beasly Greene (1832-1856).

MYRA

Myra was an ancient Greek town in Lycia where the small town of Kale (Demre) is situated today, in present day Antalya Province of Turkey. It was located on the river Myros, in the fertile alluvial plain between Alaca Dağ, the Massikytos range and the Aegean Sea.
There is no substantiated written reference for Myra before it was listed as a member of the Lycian alliance (168 BC – AD 43); according to Strabo it was one of the largest towns of the alliance.
The earliest church of St. Nicholas at Myra was built in the 6th century. The present-day church was constructed mainly from the 8th century onward; a monastery was added in the second half of the 11th century.

 

EREROUK AND ANIPENZA

in Armenia.