Rich History
The history of the Turkish people and region covers a time frame of more than 4,000 years. Around 2000 BC, they began to emerge from Central Asia to build various states and empires throughout Asia and Europe. Wars were fought, cities grew and fell, and empires were built and destroyed. Turkey's convoluted past is evident all around the nation, but there are a few particularly noteworthy sites that merit a visit.
One of these attractions is Ephesus, which is three kilometers from the town of Selcuk in the Izmer region of Western Turkey. The ruins have a lengthy past. It became a Roman city in 133 BC and then the capital of Asia Minor in 27 BC when it grew to a population of 250,000 people as it was a busy port town. At its peak in the first and second century AD, it was estimated that 400,000 called it home. The third-largest library in history, the renowned Library of Celsus, was built at Ephesus in 123 AD and has been masterfully conserved and rebuilt to become the focal point of the ruins that it is today. Tour buses take advantage of arriving before the day's heat as the area opens to visitors at 8 am. This is the final reason that Toplist wants to introduce to you about this beautiful country in this list of reasons to visit Turkey. Let's look forward to more and more interesting articles about this special country to come.
