{"id":365,"date":"2010-05-19T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/?p=365"},"modified":"2015-10-23T16:06:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T16:06:22","slug":"heaven-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"Heaven on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atat\u00fcrk Arboretum, a living heritage tree museum, is\u00a0located south east of the Belgrade Forest in Istanbul. Covering 345 hectares area, it is <em>Heaven on Earth<\/em> displaying not only its local flora, but also many elected trees and plants brought from all over the world. Resembling a laboratory, the arboretum serves as a source to many researches.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we had the privilege of visiting\u00a0Atat\u00fcrk Arboretum!\u00a0Special thanks and greetings to Ico &amp; \u00dcmit for making this special day a wonderful one \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1531.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-372\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1531.jpg\" alt=\"Lo and behold! Here comes the knights of Sherwood...\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1531.jpg 600w, http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1531-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lo and behold! Here comes the knights of Sherwood&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[ more photos from this event ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-365 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1518.jpg' title=\"The gang that couldn&#8217;t shoot straight :)\" data-rl_title=\"The gang that couldn&#8217;t shoot straight :)\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1518-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1615.jpg' title=\"The crossing of the Red Sea ???\" data-rl_title=\"The crossing of the Red Sea ???\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1615-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1565.jpg' title=\"&#8220;These are for you!&#8221;, says Dila.\" data-rl_title=\"&#8220;These are for you!&#8221;, says Dila.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1565-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1567.jpg' title=\"Beloved wife :)\" data-rl_title=\"Beloved wife :)\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1567-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1617.jpg' title=\"Ladies in lavender\" data-rl_title=\"Ladies in lavender\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1617-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1561.jpg' title=\"Finally gone crazy !!! :)\" data-rl_title=\"Finally gone crazy !!! :)\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arboretum_DSCN1561-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atat\u00fcrk Arboretum, a living heritage tree museum, is\u00a0located south east of the Belgrade Forest in Istanbul. Covering 345 hectares area, it is Heaven on Earth displaying not only its local flora, but also many elected trees and plants brought from all over the world. Resembling a laboratory, the arboretum serves as a source to many &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/?p=365\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Heaven on Earth<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[30,31,32,23,34,33],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-ataturk-arboretum","tag-dila-boru","tag-iclal-elgun","tag-mert-boru","tag-tuba-yucel-boru","tag-umit-sarp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mertboru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}