Uludag some of the accommodation facilities in hotels and public institutions, all were filled.

Uludag some of the accommodation facilities in hotels and public institutions, all were filled.

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Southern Marmara Tourist Hotels Association (GÜMTOB) Chairman Haluk Beceren,''hotels in Uludag bölgesi''nin, I. and II. including development, divided into two regions, there were 22 hotels, mechanical facilities and other public service noted that some of the accommodation facilities.

Beceren, accommodation, facilities, reservations and customer acceptance for a while because there were intense and active days by expressing,''New Year and all hotels were filled. Both domestically and abroad, was a high demand for Christmas and semester breaks,''he said.

As of today, especially in Russia and Middle East countries that are doing a large number of tourists to the hotels entrance Beceren, Uludag said activity will continue.

Christmas snow is coming

In the meantime, according to information given by the authorities of Uludag Meteorological Station,''a period of time ago 95 centimeters find hotels bölgesi''nde snow thickness, the non-rainy days, then decreased up to 82 centimeters. Runways is extremely convenient for skiing in Uludag specified, the day after Christmas and the new snowfall was reported as expected.

On the other hand, Uludag for a variety of programs in the package holidaymakers from the track, skiing and snowboarding or motorcycle ride through the snow, enjoy the snow.

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A local mayor has launched initiatives to open the Sumela Monastery

A local mayor has launched initiatives to open the Sumela Monastery

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Ertugrul Genc, the mayor of Trabzon's Macka town, said he was working to enable Christians celebrate their religious feasts at the Sumela Monastery.

"Our aim is to open Sumela Monastery to celebration of religious feasts of Christians and Orthodox people. This can be Christmas or Easter," Genc told AA correspondent.

Genc said the municipality had launched efforts to open the monastery to a religious mass in the Easter, and had met executives of the Turkish Culture & Tourism Ministry and Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I.

On August 15, 2009, the Sumela Monastery was opened to one-day religious mass.

Standing at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altindere valley in Trabzon's Macka town, Sumela Monastery lies at an altitude of approximately 1,200 metres. Founded in the year 386 AD during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I (375-395), legend has it that two priests undertook the founding of the monastery on the site after having discovered a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave on the mountain.

The principal elements of the Monastery complex are the Rock Church, several chapels, kitchens, student rooms, a guesthouse, a library, and a sacred spring revered by Orthodox Greeks. The entrance to the Monastery leads up a long and narrow stairway.

The inner and outer walls of the Rock Church and the walls of the adjacent chapel are decorated with frescoes. The main subject of the frescoes are biblical scenes telling the story of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

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