May 14th, 2008 
Tushar Mathur
The capital: Ankara.
The largest city: Istanbul.
Population: 2007 census – 70,586,256. The larger part of the population is a Turkish, around 10 million Kurds, 1 million Arabs, over then 10 thousands of Greeks, Armenians and Jews.
Holidays: 1 January (New year), 23 April (Day of the autonomy and day of the children as well ) , 1 May, 19 May (Day of Ataturk), 30 August (Day of the Victory), 29 October (put to the democracy) , The different religious holidays.
National particularities: by the Muslim’s traditions, entering in a mosque or a private house you must down your shoes.
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