Turkey

Turkey  is a state whose territory includes the extreme eastern part of Thrace, in Europe, and the peninsula of Anatolia, traditionally considered the westernmost extension of the Asian continent. Turkey has 70 million inhabitants, mainly professanti the Muslim religion, there are smaller Christian minorities (mainly Orthodox) and Jewish.

The capital is Ankara, one of three major Turkish cities together in Smyrna (Izmir) and Istanbul (Constantinople, ancient Byzantium). This is the largest metropolis in the country and the largest industrial and commercial center, and has significant architectural and archaeological evidence that make it a center of global significance. Istanbul European Capital for Culture in 2010.

A fabulous landscape characterized by mazes of towers, canyons, pinnacles and rock castles is what is presented to those who reach Cappadocia, magic in the center area with the cities of Nevsehir, Urgup and Avanos. The region that now takes the name of Cappadocia is much smaller than it was the old kingdom of Cappadocia in Hellenistic period. The Göreme National Park and cave sites in the region were declared World Heritage by UNESCO.

The Mediterranean side of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti in turkish) is extended over more than a thousand kilometers. A simple blow eye on the paper reveals the proximity of the Greek islands and therefore the merging of worlds resulting tesori d' Orient on one hand, knowledge from the Western 'other. Nothing surprising that the major airports in the region such as Kusadasi, Antalya, Izmir Bodrum ..., open the doors of the main old town. Ephesus, of course, but also Pergame, Aphrodisias, Priene, etc. .. One way to combine the delights of the day, endless beaches, sunny terraces, colorful souks, with the pleasures of knowledge, secular times, grand theaters and marble statues to grace eternal.
 



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