Saturday 28 October 2017

Turkey Intro - More information about Turkey for Travellers

Turkey is where East meets West and it is just this variety that makes move in Turkey then exciting. Although turkey is a Muslim country its finish is imbued with a large and respectful honor for Islam, Turkey is an area that attempts to part the lay and spiritual beliefs of its citizens. While it is indefinite what the future holds for Turkey, nowadays the area remains a superior holiday place and one of our good places to see.
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Many Visitors thinks that there is a small Turkey inside the Istanbul. Crossing the Bosporus into Asia Minor, still, leads you into a foreign and interesting nation. Read our recommendations on the good places to see in

Turkey and so have your reservations to search this about enticing area.

 Ancient sights of epic proportions wait you on the Aegean Coast. Visit lovely Pamukkale, a petrified limestone waterfall or some of the better preserved ruins at Ephesus. From Altinkum make the journey to the Temple of Apollo where you will be awe-struck by the pure size of the yet righteous columns not to cite the inventiveness of the old civilisations.



The country’s landscape is as varied as it is huge. Twisting cliffs, punctuated by golden beaches and lapped by indigo and turquoise seas, line the Aegean and Mediterranean
Evening near Toprakkale
coasts, their valleys a sea of greenhouses producing, among many other things, some of the most delicious tomatoes in the world. A little way inland, valleys give way to rocky mountains clad in pine forests, their lower slopes filled with orchards that flutter with pink and white blossom in spring. Behind the mountains stretch the vast rolling grasslands of the Anatolian plateau with its fiercely hot summers and bitterly cold winters.
In the southeast, ancient Mesopotamia (the Near East), so famed for its fertility that some claim it to be the original Garden of Eden, lies between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. The government is currently creating a vast network of dams based on the two rivers, to create hydro-electricity and irri­gate the semi-desert to the southeast - great for Turkey, not so good for the desert countries to the south, for whom the rivers are, quite literally, a lifeline, or for the Kurds, who claim the region as an independent state.



In the border territories of the far east, the mountains again soar skywards, culminating in the massive bulk of Mount Ararat, Turkey’s highest peak at 5,137m (16,853ft). This, according to legend, is the last resting place of Noah’s Ark. Beyond this region lie the steppes of Central Asia, from where wave after wave of invaders have arrived to shape Turkey’s people and culture.

Religious Festivals In Turkey


There are many religious festivals in Turkey. However, these festivals are usually not on the same date as they are calculated by the lunar calendar. The “Feast of the Sacrifice” and “Ramadan” festival are celebrated ten days earlier every year. Sometimes there is a religious festival celebrated for every season of the year and because of this people make good use of the flights to Turkey in order to take part in these religious celebrations.

“Ramadan” is a religious festival celebrated within the first three days of the month that is known as “Sevval”. And the “Feast of Sacrifice” is celebrated by everyone within the four days that follow the tenth day of the month that is known as “Zilhicce” These religious festivals are very popular traditions.

The purpose behind the festivals are that, neighbours, relatives & friends visit each other and catch up. Young people are known to kiss the hand of their parents to receive best wishes & blessings from them. As a Tradition, during the festivals people give presents & gifts to children that kiss people’s hands. During the Ramadan festival, guests are traditionally given sweets and this is why the “Ramadan festival” is known as the “Sugar Festival”

The “Feast of Sacrifice” – during this festival people are given meat that has come from an animal that has been sacrificed.

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