Turkey – A Great Option For Spending Holidays

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Turkey is the one that connects Europe to Asia. Turkey is rich in culture and civilization. Its rich civilization has tied the lands of Anatolia for centuries.

Anatolia has its own history. It is well known as the earliest agreement. It kept on growing as various tribes migrated here. A large cultural heritage was accumulated in Anatolia.

Ephesus Kusadasi Anatolia Turkey

Ankara is the capital of Turkey. Ankara founded a self-governing government with Turkish Republic in 1923. The Bosporus and the Dardanelles are the bridges that connect the lands of this region.

Ankara Turkey

In the west of the Turkey Greece and Bulgaria are present. In east Armenia and Azerbaijan are present whereas Iraq, Iran and Syria are present in the south. So Turkey is surrounded by a lot of neighbors. Turkey is the member of many international organizations like, the Council of Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the United Nations, and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. It seems like Turkey is growing at rapid pace.

Turkey has wide range of assets in every corner of the country. It has also diversity in climate. You will find different climates in different areas of Turkey.

Turkey Climates

Turkey is full of historical monuments and cultural heritage; you can call Turkey as an open air museum. In Anatolia you will find a lot of historical sites. Çatalhöyük is one of the amazing ancient places to visit. You will find the visible marks of history at this place.

Open Air Museum Goreme Turkey

Turkey is located in the middle of the European, Asian and African continents. It has diverse geographical features like mountains, plains, seas, caves, forests and many other beauties. All types of sports are found in Turkey. People of Turkey are fond of outdoor games.

Anatolia has preserved diverse religious cultures. It has seven holy churches.

Turkish cuisine is one of the most precious and miscellaneous treasure. It offers variety of flavors to the people of the world that differs in taste.

Belgrad Forest Istanbul Turkey

Turkey has one more special thing that is their music. In every province, you will see the entertainment, which has the combination of music, dance and their culture.

Turkey-Music

As Turkey is present in the mid of the three continents, it provides fast transportation. You can also enter inside Turkey via highway through its neighboring countries which are present in Asia and Europe.

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Turkey, officially known as Republic of Turkey, is gateway between Europe and Asia. It shares its borders with Iraq, Iran, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Syria, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In addition, this Eurasian country is surrounded by Aegean Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. The location of this country at the crossroads of Asia and Europe makes it significantly geostrategic important country. The official language is Turkish spoken by majority of its population. Other languages include Arabic and Kurdish. The largest religion in this country is Islam and people belong to different sects of Islam i.e. Sunni, Shia etc. The culture of this country is unique as it is influenced by cultures and civilization from North Africa to China and Russia. Its culture is a combination of heavily diverse elements that is derived from different cultures of West Asian regions, southeastern European and central Asian tradition. However, its culture reflects the cultural diversity and richness as it is shaped by its deep roots in Middle East.

Istanbul the Largest City in Turkey

Its economy is defined as emerging economy by IMF and considered among developed countries of the world. Political scientists and Economists rate this country as the newly industrialized country in the world. It is interesting to know that it is one of the leading producers of textiles, transportation equipments, electric and home appliances, agricultural products and motor vehicles.

Mutimodal Transportation of the Construction Equipment from Turkey

Turkey is one of the most favorite tourism destinations for visitors as it has wonderful sceneries and rich historical legacies. Here, the focus of tourism is on different historical places and on seaside resorts. In past few years, is has become popular place for culture and heath care tourism attracting more than 30 million visitors every year. This makes Turkey as 6th most popular tourist destination of the World.

Medical Tourism in Turkey

The most popular sport of this country is Football. In 2002, FIFA world cup which was held in Japan and Korea, Turkish football team finished third. Beside football, Basketball and volleyball are also very popular sports. On the other hand, it has variety of traditional sports. The traditional sports of this country includes camel wrestling, oil wrestling, game of jeered and Kafkasor bull fighting.

Turkey During the FIFA World Cup Finals 2002 Against South Korea Third Place Play-Off Match.