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Camel Wrestling
... Yalikavak town (Bodrum) 18 January: Selçuk town (Aydin), Yatagan town Mugla 25 January: Ortaklar town Aydin, Burhaniye town (Balikesir) 1 February: Yenipazar town (Aydin), Torbali town (Izmir), ...
Canakkale
... Horse of Troy. The other one is the Battle of Canakkale which took place during World War I when Turkish troops under the command of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk maintained the defense of the region against enemy ...
Funerals in Islam
... in a sloping way. The grave should be built and marked in a simple way. The dead body should be covered with white cotton sheets of standard material. Any extravagance in building the grave or dressing ...
Cesme
... beaches, the longest on the Aegean (Turkish: Ege) coast, and turquoise sea which bring holidaymakers back here again and again. The very well liked holiday center of Ilica boasts an excellent white sand ...
Chimaera
... churches and houses, but there are also some remainings from earlier periods such as of a pagan temple dedicated to Hephaestus. So far, no archeological excavations have been carried out yet. ...
Turkey 's physical geography
... been fought over time and time again so strategic in geopolitical terms. Over the past ten thousand years more than twenty peoples have left their mark on Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). Civilizations ...
1453: Conquest of Constantinople
... of the bay failed. The following day the attack was repeated, but again ended with failure. 18 May 1453 Ottoman forces launched another attack from the direction of Topkapi via using a wooden mobile ...
Foreign embassies and consulates in Turkey
... Ankara cd. No:1 Cagaloglu Istanbul (212)5138230 (212)5138230 Iran cd. Kiziltoprak sk.Trabzon (462)3224852 (462)3224852 Iraq Turan Emeksiz Sok. 11 G.O.P. Ankara (the capital city of Turkey) ...
Barbarossa
... he and his brother Oruc had established themselves as successful privateers against Christian targets via 1512, when Sultan Selim I came to power. Hayreddin had 2 memorable naval encounters with the Genoese ...
Turkish holidays
... there are 2 Kurban Bayrami dates in 2007, it's not a mistake but it happens every 32 years. Same with Seker Bayrami but it happened in 2000 and won't happen again until 2032. About Muslim festivals ...
Byzantine Empire
... V (restored) 1390 John VII 1391–1425 Manuel II 1425–48 John VIII 1448–53 Constantine XI, Dragases; until the conquest of Constantinopolis. ...
Bodrum (Halicarnassus)
... with every hue of green. In the evening, the sea reflects the mountains silhouetted against the setting sun, and at night it shimmers with phosphorescence. You can take a yacht tour or hire a boat from ...
Bosphorus
... Some of thefascinating palaces, buildings or neighborhoods on the Bosphorus (Turkish:Bogazici) are: Galata tower, Dolmabahce Palace, Ciragan Palace, Yildiz Palace, Besiktas, Ortaköy, Arnavutköy, ...
Burdur
... provide a rare beauty of nature and fauna around them. Sagalassos at Aglasun town, 37 kilometers to Burdur, was the capital of Psydia and has many historical remains like a Roman theatre of 12,000 seat ...
Xanthos
... When the people of Xanthos, who had bravely tried to defend their city against Persians, realized that they could not repulse the invasion, they first killed their woman and committed mass suicide via ...
Turkish dessert recipes
... add the lemon juice and bring to boil again for a short time. Remove from heat and leave to cool. Crush or grind the pistachio nuts. Sift the flour into a large bowl, add salt and and mix. Slowly pour ...
Turkish Tax System
... Income Tax based on their quarterly profits at the rate of 30%. Advance Corporate Income Taxes paid during the tax year are offset against the ultimate Corporate Income Tax liability of the company, which ...
Turkish Tea
... the humidity level of tea leaves rolled and fermented in the drying furnaces is reduced to 3-4% via stopping the oxidation, so that the tea is rendered storable and packagable. Sorting is the process ...
Termessos
... you should have a fine physical condition to walk uphill, but when you reach the site the views are breathtaking. During the 2nd century B.C. the Termessians fought against neighbouring Lycian cities ...
Byzantine Emperors, Theodosius I, II and III
... 325 to be considered Catholic Christians. He severely acted against paganism like closing and even destroying temples and ending the Olympic Games. In 381 he convened the second Ecumenical Council in Istanbul ...