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Yurtta barış, dünyada barış “Peace at home, peace in the world” Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey

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Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwestern Asia and the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey borders eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest, Greece to the west, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia, Iran and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the east, and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. In addition, it borders the Black Sea to the north, the Aegean Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara that is used by geographers to mark the border between Europe and Asia, thus making the country transcontinental.

The region comprising modern Turkey has seen the birth of major civilisations including the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Owing to its strategic location at the intersect of two continents, Turkey's culture is a unique blend of Eastern and Western tradition, often described as a bridge between the two civilisations. More about Turkey...

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Turkey news

News from Turkey

• 17 October 2007: The Parliament of Turkey has voted to authorize strategic operations against the PKK in northern Iraq for a one year timeframe. Cemil Çiçek, Deputy Prime Minister, expressed the government's frustration with Iraq and the West, noting that not a single PKK member had been extradited to Turkey. The reaction by President Bush was to note that Turkey was informed that "we don't think it is in their interest to send troops into Iraq".(Turkish Daily News Online)
• 17 October 2007: The High Electoral Board (YSK) of Turkey said today that the Turkish referendum dealing with constitutional reforms will go ahead as planned on Sunday, 21 October. The President of the YSK, Muammer Aydın, stated that they had "decided by a majority of voted to hold the referendum".(Turkish Daily News Online)
• 17 October 2007: The International Monetary Fund told Turkey on Monday that the targeted number for a primary surplus should be at 6.5 percent of GNP in 2008. By doing so, managing director Rodrigo de Rato mentioned, it has given Turkey the ability to decrease monetary troubles.(Turkish Daily News Online)
• 17 October 2007: The Turkish national team lost a close affair to the Greek national team in football 1-0 in a Euro 2008 qualifying match this evening in Istanbul. Giannis Amanatidis put the ball in the back of the net in the 78th minute past Volkan Demirel to guarantee Greece a place in the finals of the tournament.(Goal.com)

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Did you know...

Turkish Coffee

• ... that the Turks were who introduced coffee to Europe?
• ... that Julius Caesar proclaimed his celebrated words, "Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)" in North Anatolia when he defeated the Pontus, a kingdom in the Black Sea region of Turkey?
• ... that the most valuable silk carpet in the world is in the Mevlana Museum in Konya, Turkey
• ... that two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World stood in Turkey - the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in Bodrum.
• ... that the word turquoise comes from French meaning Turkish?
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