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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. The Turks excel with a uprightness and civility. The discussion has not to begin from the main subject, you must breathe humility. It is nice to the Turks, if some phrases are vocalized in their home tongue.

Geography: Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey borders eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west, Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhichevan), and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea and Archipelago are to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. Separating Anatolia and Thrace are the Sea of Marmara and the Turkish Straits (the Bosporus and the Dardanelles), which are commonly reckoned to delineate the border between Asia and Europe, thereby making Turkey transcontinental. You can see all types of foreshores at the Turkish seashore, Start From Boundless Sandy It come to small rocky gulfs.
Climate: Subtropical for Mediterranean-hot summer ( Between + 23 C + 33 C ) For warm winter as well (between + 13 C + 15 C ) . It is best for you to travel to Turkey in the spring or for the fall- in April in June and from September in October.

Time zone: EET (UTC+2)
Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Official language: Turkish. In the cities and the tourist’s centers English, German and French are used so as well.

Religion: Muslims- the Sunnis are the larger part of the population. The large part of the population is religious as well really spheres in the public life with soaked with the Islam .

The currency: Turkish lira.