TURKEY

Turkey was founded by ATATÜRK in 1923.�

Turkey is a repulic.��Our offical language is Turkish.��Ankara is the capital city of Turkey.��Currency of Turkey is Turkish lira.

WHERE IS TURKEY?

• Turkey is a transcontinental country bridging Southeastern Europe and Western Asia. Asian Turkey, which includes 97 percent of the country's territory, is separated from European Turkey by the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles. European Turkey comprises only 3 percent of the country's territory.��Turkey is divided into seven geographical regions: Marmara, Aegean, Black Sea, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia, Southeastern Anatolia and the Mediterranean. The uneven north Anatolian terrain running along the Black Sea resembles a long, narrow belt.

CULTURE

Turkey has a very diverse culture that is a blend of various elements of the Turkic, Anatolian, Ottoman (which was itself a continuation of both Greco-Roman and Islamic cultures) and Western culture and traditions, which started with the Westernisation of the Ottoman Empire and still continues today. This mix originally began as a result of the encounter of Turks and their culture with those of the peoples who were in their path during their migration from Central Asia to the West. Turkish culture is a product of efforts to be a "modern" Western state, while maintaining traditional religious and historical values.

Ortaköy Mosque is a good example of the Westernisation of Islamic-Ottoman architecture. Many Baroque architecture elements can be seen in it.

Hagia Sophia

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ANITKABIR

Visual arts�

Ottoman miniature is linked to the Persian miniature tradition, as well as strong Chinese artistic influences. The words tasvir or nakış were used to define the art of miniature painting in Ottoman Turkish.�Turkish painting, in the Western sense, developed actively starting from the mid 19th century. 

CUISINE�

Turkish cuisine is largely the heritage of Ottoman cuisine. 

Ottoman cuisine contains elements of Turkish, Byzantine, Balkan, Armenian, Kurdish, Arab and Persian cuisines.�The country's position between Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean Sea helped the Turks in gaining complete control of the major trade routes, and an ideal landscape and climate allowed plants and animals to flourish

Turkish cuisine was well established by the mid-1400s, the beginning of the Ottoman Empire's six hundred-year reign. ��Yogurt salads, fish in olive oil, sherbet and stuffed and wrapped vegetables became Turkish staples.The empire, eventually spanning from Austria and Ukraine to Arabia and North Africa, used its land and water routes to import exotic ingredients from all over the world.�� By the end of the 16th century, the Ottoman court housed over 1,400 live-in cooks and passed laws regulating the freshness of food. �Since the fall of the empire in World War I (1914–1918) and the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923, foreign food such as French hollandaise sauce and Western fast food have made their way into the modern Turkish diet.

SARMA

BAKLAVA

MARAŞ Ice Cream

TURKISH Kebab

İstanbul is the biggest city and cultural, econimical centre of Turkey.

Antalya is a touristic destination in south of Turkey. Every year, a lot of tourist come to Antalya for holiday.