the lands of turkey are located at a point where the three continents making up the old world
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The lands of Turkey are located at a point where the three continents making up the old world.
POPULATION 71.8 million AREA 314 500 square miles LANGUAGE Turkish(uses Latin Alphabet)
RELIGION % 99 Muslim
CAPITAL ANKARA
Turkey's Miss World contestant Azra Akin is crowned Miss World 2002
Nurcan Taylan won the women's 48kg category at the 28th Athens Olympic Games in 2004
Turkey is democratic, secular and social state governed by the rule of law
Turkish women were granted suffrage rights first in local elections
in 1930
In 1993, the liberal economics professor Tansu Ciller became the first woman prime minister of Turkey
TURKEY is a member of NATO since 1952
Turkey will start negotiations With European Union for full membership in October 2005
A LITTLE BIT HISTORY Turkey is often called "the cradle of civilization...
Temples of Artemis and Mausoleum At Halicarnassus,the two of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, are in Turkey
Early Christians carved out the rock churches and underground cities for Which Cappadocia is so famous.
CAPPADOCIA
Mt. Ararat, the traditional resting place of Noah's Ark, is located in eastern Turkey
The Sumela Monastery, which stands on the foot of a steep cliff in Trabzon
The words "shish kebab" are Turkish in origin: siskebabi; sis meaning spit and kebap meaning roast meat.
Imam bayildi(Stuffed eggplant)
Sarma(Stuffed grape leaves)
BAKLAVA WELL-KNOWN TURKISH DESSERT
TURKISH TEA
PICTURES FROM ALL AROUND TURKEY
ISTANBUL / BOSPHORUSISTANBUL BOSPORUS
ISTANBUL
AK MERKEZMALL IN ISTANBUL
MAIDEN TOWER
SULTANAHMET MOSQUE
BLUE MOSQUE &HAGIA SOPHIA
ORTAKOY MOSQUE
SULEYMANIYE MOSQUE
TRAVERTINE PAMUKKALE
TRAVERTINE PAMUKKALE
VAN CAT
I hope you get a chance to know TURKEY better
By Nazmiye Kadioglu