air sports
Cesme
... repair whose central courtyard is cool even in the hottest weather. Before the rise of Izmir, Çesme was the region’s major port, and this caravanserai marked the end of the Silk road for the ...
Bayburt
Bayburt is a small province of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) in the Black Sea (Turkish:Karadeniz) region. Until recently it was a district of the province of Gumushane. Bayburt was once an necessary ...
Turkish holidays
... before delivering the Khutba". Ata told me that during the early days of Ibn-Az-Zubair, Ibn Abbas had sent a message to him telling him that the Adhan for the 'Id Prayer was never pronounced (in the lifetime ...
Bitlis
... essential ancient center of Turkish art and culture, located to the west of Lake Van (44 kilometers north of Tatvan). The town looks like an open air art museum, with remains from various centuries and ...
Bolu
Information on the province of Bolu in the west of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) Bolu is 1 of the most enchanting areas of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) located approximately half-way between Istanbul ...
Grand National Assembly
... who resigns from his party may not be nominated as a candidate in the following elections via any party in existence at the time of his resignation. Members of parliament have traditionally been a fairly ...
Teos (Sigacik)
... Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). It was repaired several times during Roman times but fresh earthquakes took their toll. Walking along the paved road of Teos your eye is caught via a column capital here, ...
Trabzon
... special importance to Trabzon from the military point of view. During the reign of Emperor Justinian in the 6th century the city walls were thoroughly repaired and enlarged. A road from Trabzon to Persia ...
Van
... the restaurants or tea gardens around the falls. Van is also well known for its Van cat, a pure white, longhair cat which has the strange feature of 1 blue eye and the other green. Very few people know ...
Turkish oil wrestling
... June and beginning of July. In 2009, the 648th edition will be held between June 29th - July 5th. It's a huge fair as well with music and celebrations and it goes on until the morning. Usually lamb roast ...
Savarona Yacht
... people. She was refitted in 1999 to meet latest international and luxury standards. The Savarona has a great 86 meters (282 ft) long brass staircase copied from the original one, 17 large suites to accommodate ...
Side
... of Agora was dedicated to Tyche, god of Fortune. This Commercial Agora was connected to another square-shaped but smaller agora which was called as State Agora and used both for state affairs and slave ...
Skiing in Turkey
... are easily accessible via road or via Turkish Airlines domestic flights. Bursa - Uludag: This ski center 36 km south of Bursa is accessible along a fine asphalt road or via cable-car. The ski area ...
Sports in Turkey
... person, can be obtained from the Department of Fisheries at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Especially Aegean (Turkish: Ege) and Mediterranean seas are rich fishing areas. Flying & Ballooning ...
Abdullah Gül, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... the Parliament from the Welfare Party. Became member of the Planning and Budgetary Commission in the Parliament. In 1993, appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the Welfare Party in charge of Foreign Affairs. ...
Labranda
... terraces here, 1 or two entrance buildings, a small Doric building (probably a fountain building), monumental stairs, 2 large feast halls (Androns), shed building (named as Oikoi), Stoa and Zeus Temple ...
Mountaineering in Turkey
... Cilo-Sat mountains, travel to Van from Ankara by road, rail, or air and then follow the 245 km long highway to Hakkari. Serpil village offers 1 route for an ascent of Uludoruk. A vast plateau, "yayla" ...
Mugla
... the city center there are picturesque views with the traditional architecture of Turkish houses and an Aegean (Turkish: Ege) type of living. The international airport of Dalaman (a town of Mugla) is the ...
Musical instruments of Turkey
... placed on the knee and enables the instrument to move to the left and right. The bow is made via tying horse hair on two ends of a stick. Previously strings made from gut called Kiris were used which were ...
Turkish Jereed (Javelin)
... a jereed at him. The fast-charging chase game goes on like this. There are 2 45-minute periods. If a player manages to hit his rival with the stick, or outride him, or catch an incoming Cirit in mid-air ...