The subject of Troy still plays an important role in contemporary cultural and touristic projects. A fine example of this is Mustafa Erdoğan's show Troy (picture from its performance in Egypt.) The visits to Troy that started with the king of Persia Xerkes and continued with Alexander the Great and Mehmet the Conqueror were made for political purposes. However, especially after the death of Alexander the Great, the interest in Troy turned into "antiquity tourism" and reached its peak in the Roman Period. The main purpose of the magnificent structures that were built and around fourty tumuli made for and attributed to Trojan War heroes in Ilion (Troy) during the Hellenistic and Roman periods was touristic. The visitors relive the past thanks to these tumuli and the other structures. This brings to mind the Dardanelles War Zone Tourism that takes place in Gallipoli. On the other hand, today's Troy tourism is generally influenced by a general interest in world cultural history. The big difference between today's tourism in Troy and that of Antiquity is that in Antiquity large material resources were directed to the historical site for touristic purposes.