"Turkey rocks!" Turkey by 80-bettyboo

Turkey Travel Guide: 24,319 reviews and 69,494 photos

Turkey is the only country in the world that bridges two continents Asia and Europe.. The History of Anatolia,the homeland,is increadibly long and rich,dating from 7500 BC..From the ancient Greece to the Romans,the Hittites,the Byzantines,and the Ottomans,Asia Minor as hosted the advance and retreat of numerous great civilizations and their culture traffic.
The Hittite Empire ruled the Anatolia for hundreds of year
( 1250 BC- 1800 BC)
Phrygians,Urartians,Lydians,Persians and Romans are some of other civilizations who conquered and left their marks in the Asia Minor.
It has also hosted Byzantines (600 AD to 1453 AD)
and the centre of the Roman Empire moved from Roma to Constantinople (Istanbul)
in 330 AD..
The great Seljuc Empire was based in Konya ( 1071 AD) and
The Ottoman Empire was founded in Bursa ( 1228 AD) .The Ottoman conquered Constantinople(Istanbul)
in 1453 AD and ruled until 1923 when Republic of Turkey was established.

Turkey is a big country..

Capital : Ankara
Currency : Turkish Lira ( bear in mind you're millionaire)
Language : Turkish
Religion : Muslim
Counrty calling code : 09
Higest Point : Mount Ararat -5199 m.
Popluation:65.5 mil.
Area : is 814,578 square kilometres, of which 790,200 are in Asia and 24,378 are located in Europe.
Geographical Region :
Turkey is generally divided into seven regions: the Black Sea region, the Marmara region, the Aegean, the Mediterranean, Central Anatolia, the East and Southeast Anatolia regions.

World Cup....

good on ya guys...

3 rd of the world, thanks Turkey...
that means alot for us, that day we all went crazy and proud of all those guys who had a part in this success ...

Intro Updated Mar 30, 2003
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Olympos Hotels (7)

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Colors of KAS Hotels (7)

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Celebration :))) Local Customs (8)

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Hierapolis Things to Do (10)

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alycat Aug 13, 2007 at 8:53 PM

Good pics and fab info...thnx!
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nakkare Feb 14, 2006 at 4:44 AM

ben sana turkce biseyler yazmak istiyorum.gercekten guzel bi sayfa olusturmussun turkiyeyi de iyi tanýtýyorsun devamýný dilerim hoscakal
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erendilight May 31, 2005 at 7:58 AM

your page is great.. i really enjoyed while travelling on your pages:) we have nearly the same understanding of wandering..that's great!
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cachaseiro Dec 31, 2004 at 10:08 PM

i passed throug zonguldag on my bicycle a couple of months ago. nice place..
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abc_of_freedom Dec 29, 2004 at 12:26 PM

Excellent!... only one word. Greetings from istanbul...
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infinitys Nov 2, 2004 at 9:59 PM

dont forget the fact that; this is not only valid for Turkey,the danger that you have mentioned is aldready existing everywhere around the world
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Aurorae Sep 18, 2004 at 8:23 AM

Great photo of Olu Deniz! I'd love to visit in the beginning of October, is it still possible to swim?
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kenyneo Apr 10, 2004 at 3:26 AM

Beautiful Turkey page ....hmmm...its so irresistible ..thats why I hope to go there soon !
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deecat Nov 30, 2003 at 8:28 PM

I'm just beginning my pages on Greece and wanted to see some good pages. Glad I chose yours. Really informational and well executed.