tourism
Camel Wrestling
Camel wrestling is an ancient tradition in the Aegean (Turkish: Ege) region of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). While the Spanish have bullfights, and the Italians cockfights, and the English go hunting ...
Catalhoyuk
Neolitic city of Catalhöyük, the oldest of its kind, and Eflatun Pinari ruins around Konya Çatalhöyük at Çumra, 45 km south of Konya, is a fascinating Neolithic site ...
1453: Conquest of Constantinople
1453: Conquest of Constantinople Chronology Consequences of the Conquest Preparation for the conquest of Istanbul started only 1 year ahead. Huge canons that were necessary for the siege were ...
Corum
Corum is 1 of the provinces of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) well known for Hattusas archaeological site and for its chickpeas. Çorum, about 240 kilometers from Ankara is the right spot for those ...
Friday prayers
Friday Prayer is the most necessary essential prayer for the moslems The weekly convention of Friday Congregation is the most important service and is compulsory upon every Muslim who is required to observe ...
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire and its foundation in Asia Minor having Constantinople as its capital. The Byzantine Empire is also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, for it was in fact a continuation of the Roman ...
Grand National Assembly
... Kemal Unakitan Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Sahin Minister of Energy Hilmi Güler Minister of Agriculture Mehmet Mehdi Eker Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertugrul Günay Minister of Health ...
Tekirdag
City of Tekirdag in the Marmara region of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). It is in Thrace, European side of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) Tekirdag is on the Marmara Sea coast of Thrace, and has been ...
Trabzon
The city of Trabzon, on the Black Sea (Turkish:Karadeniz) coast of Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu), Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) Sights in Trabzon Sumela Monastery (Macka) St. Sophia Museum Atatürk ...
Tulips of Turkey
Tulip is originated from Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu) and became the symbol of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) today Everybody thinks that tulips come from Holland. Actually, Tulips are native to Central ...
Turkish embassies and consulates abroad
Turkish embassies and consulates abroad Name Address Telephone Fax Afghanistan Turkish Embassy Shah Mahmoud Ghazi Khan Street, 13 Kabul AFGHANISTAN (873) 763 083 169- (93-20) 210 ...
Turkey 's flora
... of the Mediterranean. Two species breed in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), where efforts to protect them have been extremely successful. A tourism development project at Köycegiz has been scrapped ...
Urartu civilization
Urartu civilization After the fall of the Hittite empire, at the beginning of the first millennium B.C., a recent kingdom was formed in eastern Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu), which was to survive for three ...
Usak
Province of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) in the Aegean (Turkish: Ege) region well known for its kilims The historical background of Usak goes back to 5000 BC. This province, is situated at the inner ...
Visa Fees for Turkey 2008
Visa fees at the border gates in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). For latest information please contact a Turkish Embassy or Consulate in your country States Visa Duration ...
Yalova
Yalova is a province of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) in the Marmara Region and well known for its termal baths, apples and forest. In August 1999 a terrrible earthquake of 7.4 Richter scale struck the ...
Yozgat
Yozgat is a city in Eastern Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu), Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), well known for its Ottoman and Turkish architecture 217 km from Ankara, is Yozgat, the history of which extends ...
New Turkish Lira
New Turkish Lira is in circulation in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) As of 1st of January 2005, six zeroes have been deleted from our currency and YTL (New Turkish Lira) became the recent currency unit ...
New Turkish Lira law
New Turkish Lira law LAW ON THE CURRENCY UNIT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY LAW NO:5083 ENACTMENT: 31.01.2004 The currency unit of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) The currency ...