TURKEY - Didyma

Thanks to Deniz.

The card shows: Ancient greek sanctuary. Twin temple Apollo and Artemis. Apollo was very known from its oracle. You could see the Madusa’s head carved in a stone at the temple of Apollo.

TURKEY - Uçhisar/Cappadocia

View of Uçhisar can be seen from a hot air balloon.  Thanks to Burak for the card.

"Cappadocia (/kæpəˈdoʊʃə/; also Capadocia; Greek: Καππαδοκία, Kappadokía, from Old Persian: Katpatuka, Turkish: Kapadokya) is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in the Nevşehir, Kayseri, Kırşehir, Aksaray, and Niğde Provinces in Turkey. 

According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Revolt (499 BC), the Cappadocians were reported as occupying a region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine (Black Sea). Cappadocia, in this sense, was bounded in the south by the chain of the Taurus Mountains that separate it from Cilicia, to the east by the upper Euphrates, to the north by Pontus, and to the west by Lycaonia and eastern Galatia.

The name, traditionally used in Christian sources throughout history, continues in use as an international tourism concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders, in particular characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage."

TURKEY - Ankara

This card features of Ankara, the capital. Thanks to Sozgur for the card and great stamps.

The stamp (top left)
Series: 1 in the set of 6 definitive, Ankara-Turkish Postal Buildings
Issued on: 22/2/2016

Series: 2016 Definitives, 1 in the set of 6 - Turkish Art
Issued on: 28/11/2016

(left bottom) Vasfi Riza Zobu, Actor and Director (1902-1992)
Series: 1 in the set of 5-Postal Stamps: Famous People
Issued on: 31/12/1998

TURKEY - Primary School, Primary Art School

TURKEY - The Blue Mosque

Istambul.  Sultanahmet Camii.  The Blue mosque.  Thanks to B. Soner for the card.

TURKEY - Ankara

Thanks to Sema.

TURKEY - Sultanahmet Mosque

Thanks to Anja for a card  from her holiday in Turkey. :)

TURKEY - Istanbul

Thanks Nurcon for this thick postcard of Istanbul.

TURKEY - Antalya

Thanks to Aral for the card.

"Antalya [ɑnˈtɑljɑ]) is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province. Located on Anatolia's flourishing southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast with over one million people in its metropolitan area. The city that is now Antalya was first settled around 200 BC by the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon, which was soon subdued by the Romans. Roman rule saw Antalya thrive, including the construction of several new monuments, such as Hadrian's Gate, and the proliferation of neighboring cities. The city has changed hands several times, including to the Byzantine Empire in 1207 and an expanding Ottoman Empire in 1391.

Ottoman rule brought relative peace and stability for the next five hundred years. The city was transferred to Italian suzerainty in the aftermath of World War I, but was recaptured by a newly independent Turkey in the War of Independence. Antalya is Turkey's biggest international sea resort, located on the Turkish Riviera. Large-scale development and governmental funding has promoted tourism. A record 12.5 million tourists passed through the city in 2014."

TURKEY - Christmas Greetings

Thanks to Tuba for the card.

EGYPT - Tutankh Amoun

Thanks to Rowaida for the card.

"Tutankhamun  was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled c. 1332–1323 BC in the conventional chronology), during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom or sometimes the New Empire Period. He has, since the discovery of his intact tomb, been referred to colloquially as King Tut. His original name, Tutankhaten, means "Living Image of Aten", while Tutankhamun means "Living Image of Amun". In hieroglyphs, the name Tutankhamun was typically written Amen-tut-ankh, because of a scribal custom that placed a divine name at the beginning of a phrase to show appropriate reverence.

He is possibly also the Nibhurrereya of the Amarna letters, and likely the 18th dynasty king Rathotis who, according to Manetho, an ancient historian, had reigned for nine years—a figure that conforms with Flavius Josephus's version of Manetho's Epitome."

ISRAEL - Bet She'an (Western Bathhouse)

Thanks to Alina for the card.

TURKEY - Let your feast be grassy

Thanks to Altug for the card.

TURKEY - Resting

Thanks to Marina for the card.

JORDAN - Cover

JORDAN - Greetings from Amman

How nice to received a first card from Jordan! Thanks to Sasha for the card. Jordan come as country no. #165 in my list.

TURKEY - Dolmabahçe Palace

Thanks to Ipek for the card.  This card show a hall in a Dolmabahçe Palace.

"Dolmabahçe Palace (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Sarayı, IPA: [doɫmabahˈtʃe saɾaˈjɯ]) located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosphorus, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and 1909 to 1922 (Yıldız Palace was used in the interim)."

Fairy Chimneys

"The chimneys are a result of a geologic process that began millions of years ago, when volcanic eruptions rained ash across what would eventually become Turkey. That ash hardened into tuff, a porous rock, which was covered by a layer of basalt. Finally, the long work of erosion began. As millennia passed, the softer tuff wore down, giving way to pillars that stand as tall as 130 feet. The harder basalt erodes more slowly, forming a protective, mushroom-shaped cap over each one. Just like that, a fairy chimney is born — no pixie dust required." Source

TURKEY - Safranbolu

Thanks to Peri for the great card of Safranbolu.

"Safranbolu (Greek: Σαφράμπολις, Saframpolis) is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is about 9 km north of the city of Karabük, 200 kilometres north of Ankara and about 100 km south of the Black Sea coast. The town's historic names in Greek were Theodoroupolis (Θεοδωρούπολις, i.e. city of Theodorus or female Theodora) and later Saframpolis (Σαφράμπολις). Its former names in Turkish were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu. It was part of Kastamonu Province until 1923 and Zonguldak Province between 1923 and 1995.

The Old Town preserves many historic buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts. These are: 1 private museum, 25 mosques, 5 tombs, 8 historical fountains, 5 Turkish baths, 3 caravanserais, 1 historical clock tower, 1 sundial and hundreds of houses and mansions. Also, there are mounds of ancient settlements, rock tombs and historical bridges. The Old Town is situated in a deep ravine in a fairly dry area in the rain shadow of the mountains. The New Town can be found on the plateau about two kilometers west of the Old Town.
The name of the town derives from "saffron" and the Greek word polis (πόλις) meaning "city",since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.[5][6] Today, saffron is still grown at the village of Davutobası to the east of Safranbolu,"

Safranbolu old town

TURKEY - Berber Kaya

Thanks to Codagva for the card.

SAUDI ARABIA - Jizan Folklore Dance

This is my second card from Saudi Arabia, thanks to Ihsan for the swap. It shows the Jizan Folklore Dance at Janadriyah Restival, Riyadh. He wrote, people here traditionally use thub (whitecloth), ghutra/shemag (red-white) at head part and eghal (black circle at hear).  A weapon at man hold caller "Khanjar" is Arabian Dagger.

"Jizan is a province of Saudi Arabia. It stretches some 300km along the southern Red Sea coast, just north of Yemen. It covers an area of 11,671 km² and a population of 1,186,139 (2004 census). The capital is the city of Jizan. The province includes over 100 islands in the Red Sea."