Compared to Finnish baths, the Turkish bath is a wet sauna, with high steam humidity. After steaming, it is not soaked in a cold pool, but rinsed with water with a small basin. Looking at the small basin that is not much bigger than a rice cooker, it always feels like a drop in the bucket. The price of scrubbing and massage is about $25 in total.

Although I still feel that it is awkward to let someone who I don’t know rub it on my body. Another awkward place is that I have to tie a large blanket around my waist at any time and stick it wet to my body, which is not very comfortable. However, after washing, I was quite refreshed and rejuvenated, although I don’t know if it should be attributed to the fact that I lazily napping while lying on a marble bench and steaming.

Let the timeline return to dawn, the thick clouds in the sky were just reflected by the dawn. The streets were almost uninhabited, with only building block-like houses standing unevenly, laying history on the mountain. In fact, like most ancient towns, most of the houses were renovated, but there are still houses preserved in the inconspicuous corners.

The mottled earth walls are uneven, and the slightly rotten wooden frames are wrapped in spider webs. There are no streets in the whole city, and they are all along the rugged pebbles. When they turn back, the bright red roofs are already connected by their feet. They walk to the mountain beside the city and pass through a quiet cemetery. As the sun rises slowly, the smoke rising gradually envelopes the entire town in a mist.

If Crocus City can only go to one place, it will be enough to come here to watch for ten minutes. After dawn, I walked around the city for a few more times. The old city was not big, nor was it like the shops in the streets of the ancient city in China. I found a house where I could visit. Sure enough, during the Ottoman period, the male and female activity areas were strictly separated, accounting for half of each.

Once the door in the middle is closed, the left and right sides are completely isolated, and even the stairs are one on one side. However, the rooms on both sides are similar in layout. Perhaps because they are all similar and simple... Although there is no spider-web-like water veins like Lijiang, there is still a small river passing through the city. It is said that it is a small river, but in fact it feels more like a culvert, only revealing a bottom in an inconspicuous gap.

Although the old town is not big, there are several mosques. Every week, the imam's singing scriptures soaks between each alley. The largest mosque is located in the center of the city. It is relatively wide and has become another eye-catching landmark in addition to the hammam. If you choose another landmark, the cincihanhotel has continued from the 17th century to the present day.

Compared with most of the civil structures in the city, the style is very different. The last place worth visiting in the city is the former city hall, located on the mountain on the outskirts of the city. It is now a museum, but unfortunately it is not open on Monday. Although the museum is not open, it is another good place to climb high and overlook the Saffron City. After a walk around like this, it is so staggering.

It was only noon. I calculated the time and decided to go and see a Byzantine diversion channel 7km outside the city. I passed through the city. It was basically a road, but there were not many pedestrians and no signs. Since I didn't know how to pronounce it in Turkish, I simply held up lonelypla and read the name in the book to him. Finally, I arrived smoothly.

There are endless scenery along the way. It is winter, with snow-capped mountains in the distance, while the plants and trees in the nearest are still green. This is how you can walk this hour of mountain road. Just get to the diversion canyon and see the majestic canyon first. I wonder if the crocuses borrowed from the city name are still everywhere. If this is true, the flowers will be particularly gorgeous when spring is in full bloom.

Across the canyon, there is a water diversion channel that is more than 100 meters long but less than half a meter. In a wilderness that is rarely visited, suddenly such a steep artificial wonder flashes in front of you, and it feels like you are forgotten by everyone after a chaotic world. The wind in winter is not small, and there is a canyon that is dozens of meters deep below. Walking on it is quite worried.

Looking around, there was no one around, only Yun Luo walked out of thin air on the abyss, which made the journey to Saffron City as calm as warm water slightly stimulated. The capital was not the largest city, and it was actually not rare. But like Ankara, Yun Luo always talked about Yun Luo's itinerary in various parts of Turkey.

You will basically receive "What? Did you actually go to Ankara? It's boring there?" The capital is probably rare to respond to this kind of reply, not to mention that Ankara is an ancient city built BC. However, walking on the busy six-lane street in Ankara, you can see the tall buildings with various neon signs on both sides.

I realized that Ankara, like many cities in China, said "bravely" goodbye to the past. Ankara's position as the capital of Istanbul for less than a hundred years. Even if the urban construction has become a metropolitan city, it can still be regarded as a low-key city, and it has maintained its own satisfaction. After looking through my photos, it seems that there is no street scene.

Just put a picture of sihhiyesquare. The "Sanlu" sculpture is the symbol of Ankara and can be seen in later museums. Ankara is located in the middle of Turkey. It is actually quite arid, but there are still many large fountains in the city. I wonder if this is considered a Turkish-style political achievement project.

The Youth Park in the heart of the city, this lake seems to be no smaller than Weiming Lake. I always feel that the city planning is similar to that of China... However, although it is a newly built nouveau riche city, Ankara has left many traces in its more than 2,000 years of history, but it is buried among modern steel and concrete, and needs to be slowly excavated.

The closest to Yunluo's residence is such a Roman bathing pool ruins. The ruins are more than a floor higher than the street. Yunluo walked around the door for a few times but didn't notice it. However, because of this, the bathing passage can connect the past with the modern times. The bathing pool is intricately structured, with a cold pool, a warm pool, a hot pool, a locker room, and a lobby, which sets off the bustling and tense city behind it.

Modern people probably refuse to slow down the pace and let themselves immerse themselves in the leisure time of ancient Romanesque. The pillars in the hall are so dense that they are unimaginable, and now there is only one base left. Will this cause phobia of dense things? There are two smaller Roman ruins, one is the Julian pillar, which was established to commemorate the 362-year inspection of Ankara.

Although Julian was the name of apostate, he was a Roman emperor that Yunluo personally liked. His rule in just one and a half years did not leave much footprints. It is rare to see this familiar name in Ankara. Another place is temple ofaugustusandrome, which, as the name suggests, was built by Augustus after he occupied this place.

Now there is no statue of Augustus, and even the temple itself is incomplete. The mosque built next to it is crowded with people coming and going. Continue from the temple, far away from the hill, it is called ankaracitadel. It is probably the oldest in Ankara that continues to live in.

The castle itself is just plain, but it is very suitable for climbing and looking far. Ankara is located on a high ground with an average altitude of 900m. There are many small hills in the city, lined up with red and white houses. Ankara's main temptation to cloud fall is the museumofanatoliancivilizations at the foot of the mountain.

Compared with the Anthropology Museum in Istanbul, it is not big. However, the Hittite collection is extremely rich. This earliest nation born in Turkey has flattened the city of Babylon, defeated the Egyptian army, and resisted the two major civilizations, but ultimately lost to several unknown small countries bred by the Mediterranean, and withdrew from the historical stage with regret.

The Hittites had no outstanding artistic talent, but they still left many works that were absolutely outstanding in terms of their technical level at that time. The following is said to symbolize the Hittites' cosmic view. This statue can definitely be regarded as the Gakmeti school of that era, exaggerated and sincere, concise and delicate.

Below is the image of "Sanlu" mentioned earlier. Even though the Hittites have completely disappeared, generations of Ankara people who have lived on this land have always regarded it as their spiritual symbol. The most outstanding contribution of the Hittites should be the inaccurate iron smelting technique. The iron smelting technique that has occupied nearly a thousand years has made the Hittites not afraid of any major power in the world at that time in military terms.

Just like the aluminum during the Napoleon period, the iron during the Hittite period was several times the price of gold, so such golden iron swords were common. The Hittites also had their own writings, which were both cuneiform as Babylon, and have not been interpreted today more than 3,000 years later. In addition, their pottery is quite distinctive, quite bold, and very postmodern.

Another major feature of the museum is the relief of a whole house, from war to sacrifice, from daily life to diplomatic rituals. There are many things to remind Yun Luo of the Assyrian Pavilion in the Metropolis. Near Eastern nations are experts in relief. Ankara became the capital. Kemal made an indelible contribution.

The evaluation of Kemal is actually a very subtle question: If a dictator leads the country to a path of prosperity and strength, is such a dictatorship worthy of praise? As Yun Luo himself saw, it seems that the Turks still respect Kemal very much, although they still have some complaints about his overall Westernization policy.

As for Yun Luo’s personal opinion, as a believer of Plato, you can guess it without saying it? Ankara was promoted by Kemal. Naturally, his statue is indispensable. Kemal was buried in Ankara after his death. It is still one of the most famous attractions in Ankara. It is free to visit. The specific appearance can be imagined.

It is a large open square and a building similar to a memorial hall. The difference is that the square is artificially raised, and it is originally located on the top of the mountain. It looks even higher and can be seen from a distance. The guards at the door are as motionless as sculptures. From time to time, people go to take photos with them and even use their hands to explore others' breath...

The memorial hall exclusively occupies one side of the square, and it looks simple and strong from the shape to the texture. The heroic deeds of the Turkish War were painted on the walls on both sides, which always gave Yun Luo a subtle sense of sight. The memorial hall is Kemal's coffin, and there are many people around who pay silence and even cry in silence (there are many young people), which makes people feel a little moved.

Speaking of which, Yun Luo has never entered the memorial hall, and I don’t know what the scene inside is. In fact, it’s just a tomb of clothes. The real body is not open to the public after a golden gate underground. What? Crystal coffin? Bacon? You’re thinking too much... There are various museums around the square, connected into a corridor.

The sun sets, and the ground is full of golden yellow. There is a long shrine on one side of the square. Yun Luo thought it was a Far East feature, but he didn't expect that he could see it in the far Near East. At the end of the shrine, overlooking Ankara, the angle is very good. Kemal changed the fate of Ankara, but also usurped the history of Ankara.

But the new history has begun to be written again, and this vibrant city will continue to grow. Yunluo always has a very high interest in the civilization that was once prominent but completely disappeared. The reason why he chose to stay in Ankara, which is incredibly good, is largely because of Hatusha.

There are many places that can be called ancient capitals, but ancient capitals like Hatusha have a history of more than 4,000 years, which are almost the same as Babylonian City and Thebes in Egypt (of course it is much less well-known). Although this capital of the former Hittite Empire was listed as a World Heritage Site as early as 1986, it is compared with Pamukkale Ephesus in Istanbul.

Hatusha is still an unpopular one. There is no direct bus to Hatusha from Ankara, which is quite rare in Turkey, a country with a very developed tourism industry. It was still quite bumpy along the way. I took the bus to sungurlu first, and got off the bus was on the highway, and I was confused so much that I couldn't tell the direction at all.

I refused two or three taxis to solicit passengers. In fact, the people were quite friendly. Unfortunately, their English level was only as good as attracting customers, which was not enough to guide Yunlu. Later, I finally arrived at the town of sungurlu. The minibus looking for a transfer continued to be dizzy. After combining the n-multiple gestures and the illustrations to ask for directions, the enthusiastic villagers finally took Yunlu onto the minibus.

In fact, it was a van. The experience of fear was not over. I got on the bus at 11 o'clock, but I didn't even see the driver. So I began to doubt whether the communication with the villagers was successful. Because I didn't know when I drove, I didn't even dare to get off the bus and had to continue eating in the car.

It was not until 12:30 that I started getting on the bus one after another, and finally I felt relieved. Except for Yunluo, the one who got on the bus, were all local villagers, and they were very curious about Yunluo, an Asian face. Although I couldn't speak English, I still tried hard to communicate with Yunluo (the words that can communicate are limited to Hatusha).

In fact, it seems that Asians in Turkey are rare. Children who are after school will look back curiously when passing by the car (and the few Asians are mainly Japanese, so later, some Chinese people ask Yunluo are youjapanese as soon as they meet. At 1 o'clock, the car was finally filled with full capacity, so the minibus headed towards Hatusha like lightning.

The minibus actually arrived at bogazkale, a modern small village, but it is only a few minutes walk from hattusa. When you turn into the hattusa gate, you will see the green mountains coming towards you. The mountains are not high, but they are obviously undulating. There are not many trees, so it looks even more vast. In addition, I didn’t meet a second tourist in hattusa all day.

Add another empty space. Hattusa is a place where the real scene is more interesting than the photo. No matter how you take it, you can't capture the spirit of the arrogant imperial capital of that year. The distance below the mountain is bogazkale, and the town is scattered under the glory of the past. The entire hattusa is divided into the inner city at the foot of the mountain and the outer city on the mountain. According to the introduction, there are a wide range of temples, residences, fortresses, and workshops.

Warehouses, etc. But there is no difference just from the remaining foundation. I don’t know whether to sigh at the vicissitudes of the city that once was only slightly traced, or should I sigh at the domineering spirit of tens of thousands of people gathered in such a desolate place. Thegreattemple, the largest building complex in the city, must have been quite spectacular at that time.

The outer city finally reached the top of the mountain, and the walls on one side of the mountain are still basically preserved. There are also several gates on the city wall that remain to this day. There are three famous ones: King's Gate, Sphinx Gate, and Lion's Gate. Each gate has two inner and outer layers. It is similar to the urn of China. Only one side of the statue of King's Gate remains.

What I see now is a copy, the original is in the museum in Ankara. There is a tunnel under the gate of Sphinx, which leads from the city to the outside of the city. There are many different opinions on the use and still unknown. Some say escape, some say drainage, and some say it is for daily entry and exit from the city. According to the introduction, this tunnel looks very much like an arch design, but it is not.

Because humans had not yet invented the arch, they suddenly had a deeper understanding of the history here. Although the tunnel was slightly downward, the exit was still high. Below was a city wall made of rocks. The bottom of the mountain was originally a river, but now it has completely dried up, and it fell into a great silence with the entire city.

There is only one statue left on one side of the Sphinx Gate, standing at the highest point in the city. The last Lion Gate is comparable to the Sphinx Gate and is still majestic. It is about 3km away from Hattusa and is one of the religious centers of the Hittite Empire back then. Now there are two temples left, and there are no roofs and an open-air museum.

The highlight is the various reliefs left on the stone. The blessings of the off-season are only one tourist in yazlkaya, who can slowly appreciate them. The years pass, and many stone carvings have become dim and blurred. After the camera makes the effect even more sad. However, the fine brushwork and realistic depictions seen from the scene are still vivid in my mind. Here is a clear scene of the twelve gods of hell. This is a scene where a certain emperor received the crowning of the gods.

I hurriedly caught up with the only bus that day. I finally got off and waited for the bus to return to Ankara. The next trip was Cappadocia, one of the most common places in Turkey. At least there was no need to worry about transportation, haha. Generally speaking, the famous attractions always make people feel that they were a little worse than they expected after traveling. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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