hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com today we’ll be continuing
our travel series with a profile on
turkey turkey a country with a
population of over 70 million orders
such countries as Armenia Iran Iraq and
Syria turkey is actually located across
both Asia and Europe because of this
strategic location the country has a
blend of Eastern and Western tradition
for example turkish cuisine is a
combination of Middle Eastern food such
as kebabs pita bread and hummus and
mediterranean food like tomatoes garlic
and grilled meat hot peppers mint cumin
and yogurt are important ingredients in
turkish cuisine turkey’s climate is
temperate with hot dry summers and mild
wet winters however weather conditions
get harsher towards the interior of the
country turkey is split into seven
regions each has its own distinct
climate landscape and traditions the
first four are named according to their
adjacent sees the Black Sea the marmara
the Aegean and the Mediterranean regions
the other three are named in relation to
their location in the whole of Anatolia
the central eastern and southeast and
natoli regions eastern Turkey has a
mountainous landscape and is home to the
sources of rivers such as the Euphrates
and the Tigris antalya is one of the
Mediterraneans most important cities and
his turkeys hottest vacation spot with
the canal tea beaches on the west and
the laara beaches to the east lying at
the foot of the ant aaliyah’s massive
mountain range the region bathed in
sunshine for 300 days of the year is a
paradise of sunbathing swimming and
sporting activities like windsurfing
waterskiing and caving antalya in March
and April allows visitors to ski in the
mornings and in the afternoon swim in
the warm waters of Mediterranean but
turkey also has a very rich
architectural heritage among its
monuments are examples of Greek Roman
Byzantine and ottoman architecture in
fact it is the home of some of the
world’s most beautiful Byzantine
architecture the main religion in Turkey
is Muslim and therefore the country
showcases several fantastic mosques
including hygeia Sofia and the Blue
Mosque some of the main exports are
clothing and textiles with the silk
trade being a huge draw woven rugs
called kaleem’s are also an important
item shoppers might pick up at the Grand
Bazaar one of the world’s largest
covered markets which is located in
Istanbul which is Turkey’s largest city
Istanbul is the heart of business and
cultural life however Ankara is turkey’s
capital
assemble recently became one of the
biggest shopping centers of the European
region by hosting the biggest mall in
Europe and the fourth largest shopping
center in the world foreign tourist
arrivals increased substantially in
Turkey between 2002 and 2005 which made
turkey a top 10 destination in the world
for foreign visitors
watchmojo.com today we’ll be continuing
our travel series with a profile on
turkey turkey a country with a
population of over 70 million orders
such countries as Armenia Iran Iraq and
Syria turkey is actually located across
both Asia and Europe because of this
strategic location the country has a
blend of Eastern and Western tradition
for example turkish cuisine is a
combination of Middle Eastern food such
as kebabs pita bread and hummus and
mediterranean food like tomatoes garlic
and grilled meat hot peppers mint cumin
and yogurt are important ingredients in
turkish cuisine turkey’s climate is
temperate with hot dry summers and mild
wet winters however weather conditions
get harsher towards the interior of the
country turkey is split into seven
regions each has its own distinct
climate landscape and traditions the
first four are named according to their
adjacent sees the Black Sea the marmara
the Aegean and the Mediterranean regions
the other three are named in relation to
their location in the whole of Anatolia
the central eastern and southeast and
natoli regions eastern Turkey has a
mountainous landscape and is home to the
sources of rivers such as the Euphrates
and the Tigris antalya is one of the
Mediterraneans most important cities and
his turkeys hottest vacation spot with
the canal tea beaches on the west and
the laara beaches to the east lying at
the foot of the ant aaliyah’s massive
mountain range the region bathed in
sunshine for 300 days of the year is a
paradise of sunbathing swimming and
sporting activities like windsurfing
waterskiing and caving antalya in March
and April allows visitors to ski in the
mornings and in the afternoon swim in
the warm waters of Mediterranean but
turkey also has a very rich
architectural heritage among its
monuments are examples of Greek Roman
Byzantine and ottoman architecture in
fact it is the home of some of the
world’s most beautiful Byzantine
architecture the main religion in Turkey
is Muslim and therefore the country
showcases several fantastic mosques
including hygeia Sofia and the Blue
Mosque some of the main exports are
clothing and textiles with the silk
trade being a huge draw woven rugs
called kaleem’s are also an important
item shoppers might pick up at the Grand
Bazaar one of the world’s largest
covered markets which is located in
Istanbul which is Turkey’s largest city
Istanbul is the heart of business and
cultural life however Ankara is turkey’s
capital
assemble recently became one of the
biggest shopping centers of the European
region by hosting the biggest mall in
Europe and the fourth largest shopping
center in the world foreign tourist
arrivals increased substantially in
Turkey between 2002 and 2005 which made
turkey a top 10 destination in the world
for foreign visitors
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