10 World Famous Turkish Artists
Fazıl Say Fazıl Say, the pianist who gave concerts all around the world and won numerous prizes, is the first to come to mind. He runs a concert within the concert, touching the keys and feeling a lot of emotions. Le Figaro has shown him as one of the greatest artists of the 21st century, […]
TURKEY’S OSCAR NOMINATION: AYLA
The film “Ayla” has reciently been nominated as Turkish candidate to the 2018 Oscar Movie Awards. It was adapted to the cinema inspired by the true story of a Korean little girl named Ayla, who was found in the 1950s by one of the Turkish soldiers who participated in the Korean War along with her, […]
TURKEY: THE GIANT MOSAIC
Turkey is a mosaic formed by all the communities that passed by and stayed. The long history it has the many civilizations is made of, many communities from different cultures and religions are living in Turkey and Turkey has been its home for thousands of years. They left many cultural effects, religious landmarks and still […]
17 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TURKEY
It has one of the world’s oldest and biggest malls. The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is a very large marketplace where you can buy almost anything you can think of. There are 64 streets in the Grand Bazaar, over 4,000 shops, and 25,000 people that make their living by working there. One of the Mediterranean’s […]
COMMON TURKISH EXPRESSIONS FOR FOREIGNERS
When you arrive Turkey, you realize how people are happy to have you there and how helpful they can be with the foreigners. They are always ready for you to lead the directions, host, help and recomment good places to eat, where to go, stay etc. Although they don’t speak very well English they try […]
COFFEE CULTURE/ HISTORY OF TURKEY
The World famous Turkish coffee is a really great part of Turkish cultural past and social history. Turkey met with coffee during the Ottoman Empire during the 16th century and yearly coffee became an important part of the social life and connecting friends, hosting guests and even in the literature. With the increasing number of […]
IRANIAN CULTURE
Iran, country that has a great historical background, It is the present heir of the Persians and the Med Empires, dating back in 625. Especially the wars of the Persians with the Greeks and with the Great Alexander are still stories told from the bottom of History. Iranian culture is pre-Islamic and has reached the […]
THE INFLUENCE OF TURKEY IN ARAB COUNTRIES
Turkey’s similarity with Arabic countries in terms of history, culture, and social behavour affects the relations and the influence of Turkey in these countries. Turkey follows a multidimensional and forward-looking foreign policy and this, helps it to struggle for domination of peace, stability and prosperity in the Middle East and gives strong and active support. […]
THE INSTITUTIONS THAT CAN GUIDE YOU TO IRAN
After the withdrawal of the embargo to Iran, Turkey gets closer to the country. And to develop the trade between two countries many institutions established to strengthen and to facilitate the economical relations: Iran- Turk Trade Center The center was opened in August 2016 in Tehran. The center will host 100 Turkish companies with spesific […]
THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIODIVERSITY ADVANTAGE OF TURKEY
Located in an area with all kinds of wheather, Turkey catches attention with its biological diversity comparing with the countries around. The number of plant species deploying in Turkey is almost equal to the number all over Europe. In addition with the last researches Turkey hosts 3.000 endemic, in total 13.000 taxon plants. Turkey is […]