Latitude: 39.92722 N Longitude: 32.86444 E Capital: Ankara
Travel in Turkey
A total of 73 members have visited 193 locations in Turkey.
Together they have written 211 travel stories and uploaded 3917 pictures from Turkey.
Last visit in Turkey was made 2009-09-29 by gumrus who was in Istanbul.
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Short introduction to Turkey
Turkey was created in 1923 from the Turkish remnants of the Ottoman Empire. Soon thereafter the country instituted secular laws to replace traditional religious fiats. In 1945 Turkey joined the UN and in 1952 it became a member of NATO. Turkey occupied the northern portion of Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island; relations between the two countries remain strained. Periodic military offensives against Kurdish separatists have dislocated part of the population in southeast Turkey and have drawn international condemnation.
Got up really early and visited the Sofya as early as possible together with my friend Andy from the UK. It is an amazing building, very famous as well. It was built as a Christian church and converte...
For the record, I love the Turkish way of life... it looks like all of my classes start at 11am and will only be tues-thurs... with the latest course being until 5pm only on wednesdays... talk about l...
I was told if you are only going to visit one ruin whilst in Turkey then it has to be Ephesus, so with that in mind two days ago I went. It was 20 LTR (£8.70) to get in and I also hired an audio tape ...