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Canakkale
Canakkale province stands on the Dardanelles Strait in the Marmara region of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). The province of Canakkale lies on both sides of the Dardanelles which connects the Sea of Marmara ...
Cankiri
Turkish city of Cankiri in Central Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu) The history of Cankiri, which is 131 km from Ankara, goes back to 3000-2500 BC. Here was a Galatian settlement of 3rd century BC, called ...
Carpets and kilims
Hand made turkish carpets and kilims are world well known and are weaved in different regions of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). Various Well-Known Anatolian Rugs There are four types of rugs ...
Catalhoyuk
... in Central Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu) dating from the 10th-8th millennium B.C., which makes it 1 of the world's oldest towns. Archaeologists have determined that holes in the roofs of the mud houses were ...
Caunos
... the rock tombs sculpted in the form of the porticoes of small Ionic temples. These are among the most splendid examples of Lycian type funerary architecture in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), although ...
Central Anatolia
Central Anatolian region of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) Provinces: Ankara , Aksaray , Cankiri , Eskisehir , Karaman , Kayseri , Kirikkale , Kirsehir , Konya , Nevsehir , Nigde , Sivas , Yozgat ...
Cesme
Cesme, Alacati, Urla, Ildiri, Gumuldur, and environments nearby Izmir The Çesme Peninsula, lapped via the waters of the Aegean (Turkish: Ege) Sea, lies west of Izmir, in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye)'s ...
Chimaera
Chimaera is an ancient site on the Mediterranean (Turkish:Akdeniz) coast of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) near Olympos, well known with its flaming rocks The Chimaera take its name from the myth of Bellerophon. ...
Cnidos
Cnidos is an ancient site located between the Aegean (Turkish: Ege) and Mediterranean, and it''s near Datca town. Famous as a center of art and culture in the fourth century BC, Cnidos was established ...
Turkey 's physical geography
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye)''s physical geography bridging Asia and Europe Geographically, Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) forms a natural bridge between the old world continents of Asia, Africa and ...
1453: Conquest of Constantinople
... molded. In 1452, Rumeli Castle on the European side was constructed to control the Bosphorus (Turkish:Bogazici). A mighty fleet of 16 galleys was formed. The number of soldiers were doubled. The supply ...
Foreign embassies and consulates in Turkey
Foreign embassies and consulates in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). Embassy Address Telephone Fax Afghanistan Cinnah cd. No:88 Cankaya Ankara (the capital city of Turkey) (312)4422523 ...
Turkish soups
Various soup examples from Turkish Cuisine Yogurt Soup (Yayla Corbasi) Ingredients: Rice ...
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 ...
King Croesus
... short conversation Cyrus the Great stopped his soldiers. Today Sardis (known as Sart nearby Salihli) is in the Aegean (Turkish: Ege) region and tours start from Izmir. ...
Culture
Culture in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) Folk culture: Turkish folklore , Folk dances of Izmir , Horon folk dance , Karagöz and Hacivat, a Turkish shadow play , Nasreddin Hodja , Whirling ...
Balikesir
Turkish town of Balikesir The province of Balikesir has pretty tiny towns of wide natural beauties. The beaches extending for kilometers on both the Aegean (Turkish: Ege) and Marmara coasts, the dazzling ...
Banks in Turkey
Banking system in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) with details of foreign and local private and state banks operating" The banking sector forms a great part of the Turkish financial system in its dynamic ...
Barbarossa
... 1515 to 1544. The following personal description of Barbarossa comes to us from Captain Muhlis Ergin of the Turkish Naval Museum (Ankara, December 1998).... Hayreddin was clever, and bright as a youngster ...
Bartin
Bartin is a small city in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), on the Black Sea (Turkish:Karadeniz) coast, nearby Zonguldak and Amasra. 80 kilometers east of Zonguldak is Bartin province on the Black Sea coast ...
