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Developments in the scope of technology,without an exemption of all national boundaries, bring people close together.
Since the discovery of writing, perheps 9.000 or 10.000 years ago, certain places in the world were the grounds for close contacts among different cultures, civilizations and religions. The foundations of the various ancient civilizations' on the lands of Anatolia, the settlement of the disples during the first quarter of Christianity in Anatolia or that of Jewish people who were subjected to the policy of annihilation in their homelands during the Mediaeval Ages inevitably provided the Anatolian region to embody various synagogues and churches besides the Islamic works of arts belonging to the Turkish nations. The fact that these works of art have attained to our times as a result of our nations' notion of respect and high esteem to other religions enable Turkey to gain an advantageous position among the other countries. The evaluation of the interests of people to visit religious centers out of the consideration of regular fulfilments can be identified as Faith Tours in the scope of tourism phenomenon. Old Testament LocationsAlacahoyuk, Euphrates and Tigris, Kanesh, Togarmah, Carchemish, Gordion, Mt. Ararat, Tubal, Eden, Harran,Mt. Cudi, Tushpa/Van, Edessa, Hattushash/Bogazkoy, Sardis/Sepharad, Zincirli New Testament Locations Adramyttium (Edremit)
Acts 27:2
Antioch (Antakya)
Acts 11:19-27;13:1;14:26,15:22-35, Gal. 2:11, II Tim. 3:11
Assos (Behramkale)
Acts 20:13–14
Attalia (Antalya)
Acts 14:25
Bithynia (Nicomedia (Izmit);Nicea (Iznik))
Acts 16:7; 1 Peter 1:1
Cappadocia Province
Acts 2:9; 1 Peter 1:1
Charchemish
II Chron. 35-20, Isa. 10:9, Jer. 46:2
Cnidus
Acts 27:7
Colossae (Honaz)
Col 1:2
Derbe (Ekinozu)
Acts 14:6-20;16:1;20:4
Ephesus (Selcuk)
Acts 18:19-24;19:1-35;20:16-17;21:29, I Cor. 15:32; 16:8, I Tim. 1:3 II Tim. 1:18; 4:12, Rev. 1:11,2:1
Euphrates River (Firat Nehri)
Gen. 2:14; Jer. 13:4,6, Rev. 9:4;16:12
Galatia Province
Acts 16:6;18:23, I Cor. 16:1,Gal. 1:2;3:1, II Tim. 4:10, I Pet. 1:1
Haran (Harran)
Gen. 11:31;12:4-5;27:43;28:10,29:4, IIKings 19:12, Isa. 37:12, Ezek. 27:23, Acts 7:2-4
Hierapolis (Pamukkale)
Col 4:13
Iconium (Konya)
Acts 13:51;14:1-21;16:2, II Tim. 3:11
Istanbul
Laodicea (Denizli)
Col. 2:1;4:13-16, Rev. 1:11;3:14
Lystra
Acts 14:6-21;16:1-2, II Tim. 3:11
Miletos (Milet)
Acts 20:15-17, II Tim. 4:20
Mt. Ararat
Gen. 8:4, 11 Kings 19:37, Isa. 37:38
Myra (Kale; Demre)
Acts 27:5-6
Nicea (Iznik)
Patara (Ova)
Acts 21:1-2
Perga (Perge)
Acts 13:13-14;14:25
Pergamum (Bergama)
Rev. 1:11;2:12
Philadelphia (Alasehir)
Rev. 1:11;3:7
Pisidian Antioch (Yalvac)
Acts 13:14;14:19-21, I Tim. 3:11
Sardis (Sart)
Rev. 1:11;3:1-4
Seleucia (Samandag)
Acts 13:4
Smyrna (Izmir)
Rev. 1:11;2:8
Tarsus
Acts 9:11;9:30;11:25;21:39;22:3
Thyatira (Akhisar)
Acts 16:14, Rev. 1:11;2:18-24
Tigris River
Gen. 2:14, Dan. 10:4
Troas
Acts 16:8-11;20:5,6,II Tim. 4:13 II Cor. 2:12
Troy
Acts 16:8-11, cp. 2 Cor. 2:12-13, Acts 20:6-12, 2 Tim. 4:13 |
