| |  | | | Turkey | Latitude: 39.92722 N Longitude: 32.86444 E Capital: Ankara | | | | | | | | Travel in Turkey A total of 65 members have visited 145 locations in Turkey. Together they have written 164 travel stories and uploaded 3188 pictures from Turkey. Last visit in Turkey was made 2008-07-25 by kay1968 who was in Fethiye. Have you been to Turkey? Click here to join and share your pictures and stories. |
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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.
Source: World Factbook |
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Travel stories from Turkey  | So very untrendy... | | So all of us study abroad girls decided we need to go shopping badly, because we are so very untrendy here. First off, Yeditepe is a private school, and there seems to be a lot of rich kids here. Th... |
| | | |  | Dervishes, children, and strange salad | | We had another long drive today. Our first stop was at a cave, 200 million years old! We hiked through parts of it, admiring the geology and taking pictures. It was very beautiful but slippery insi... |
| | | |  | Night sessions and Turkey in Turkey | | So this last week has been pretty intense with going out with friends. Realization has set in that a good half of our group will be leaving in about 3 weeks, so we really only have 3 good weekends le... |
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