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Connecting two continents , Asia and Europe , Turkey is a wonderful passage that combines different cultures. Turkish Flag. Turkish Lira (TL) is our currency . 1 Euro = 2,80 TL.
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Connectingtwocontinents, AsiaandEurope,Turkey is a wonderfulpassagethatcombinesdifferentcultures.
TurkishFlag Turkish Lira (TL) is ourcurrency. 1 Euro = 2,80 TL
Turkey is surroundedbytheAegeanSea in thewest, TheBlackSea in thenorthandTheMediterreneanSea in thesouth. Also, there is an inlandseacalledtheSea of Marmara whichconnectstheBlackSeatotheAegeanSea. Turkey is borderedbyBulgaria, Greece, Georgia,Armenia,Iran,Iraq,SyriaandAzerbaijaniExclave of Nakhchivan.
Youcan heartheheartbeats of Turkey in Ankara,which is thecapital of thecountrywithits 4.5million population. Turkey is a secularparliamentarydemocraticrepublic.
MountainRangesFromTurkey Uludağ MountAğrı is thehighestpeak of Turkey at 5.137 m. Mount Erciyes
Kızılırmak is thelongestriver in Turkey. ItrisesandendswithinTurkey. Yeşilırmak rises in Turkey andends in the Black Sea. River Dicle rises in Turkey andends in PersianGulf in Basra.
İzmir İstanbul LargeCities İstanbul is theonlycity in theWorldlocated in twocontinents, AsiaandEurope. A N T A L Y A M U Ğ L A ANKARA
Historicalevents Turkish Grand NationalAssemblyopened on 23rd of April,1920 and Atatürk, thegreatleader of theTurksandthefounder of theTurkishRepublicwantedthedayto be celebratedbyallthechildrenaroundtheworld.It’stheonly festival given as a gifttothechildren of theworld. Thefoundation of TurkishRepublic on 29th of October, 1923 In 1935, Atatürk gavetheTurkishwomentherighttovoteandto be elected. In 1928,Atatürk introducedthe Latin AlphabettotheTurkishpeople. TurkishWar of Independence, 1919-1922
NotableFigures Mimar Sinan, thegreatarchitect Mehmet theConqueror is one of theOttomanSultanswhoconquered İstanbul. Ataturk is thegreatleaderandfounder of TurkishRepublic Evliya Çelebi wasthetravellerwhotravelledaroundtheWorldandwrote «Seyahatname» Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi wasthephilosopherandsufist.
TypicalFood ShishKebab Baklava Tea Döner Mantı Simit TurkishDelight Yaprak Sarma TurkishCoffee
Popular Sports in Turkey Weightlifting Volleyball OilWrestling Football Basketball
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