Discovering Turkey

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D I S C O V E R I N G T UR_ K E Y A N I N T R O D U C T I O N T O TURKBY 1 kis kook is an introduction to kelp you diseover tke many dimensions of Turkey, to grasp tke splendours of tke country's past and its cultural wealtk, to understand tke ackievements and proklems of modem Turkej? and tke connection ketween ker past and tke present. It is not tke kind of travel kook wkere you will find descriptions of places and information to kelp you plán your tnp to Turkey. Nor does it pretend to ke a kook offering a detailed study of tke k istory ancl culture of tke countrv. Turkey, a krid ge ketween Europe and Ásia, kas an extremely rick cultural kerita^e. Perkaps no otker land kas witnessed so many diverse civilisations over tlie last nine tkousand years. Arter tke great Mesopotamians, tke Hittite and Urartu kingdoms flourisked and in Western Anotolia tke Ionian and Román civilisations predominated. Istankul kolds tke konour of kaving keen tke capital of two kuge empires - first tke... Tovább

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D I S C O V E R I N G T UR_ K E Y A N I N T R O D U C T I O N T O TURKBY 1 kis kook is an introduction to kelp you diseover tke many dimensions of Turkey, to grasp tke splendours of tke country's past and its cultural wealtk, to understand tke ackievements and proklems of modem Turkej? and tke connection ketween ker past and tke present. It is not tke kind of travel kook wkere you will find descriptions of places and information to kelp you plán your tnp to Turkey. Nor does it pretend to ke a kook offering a detailed study of tke k istory ancl culture of tke countrv. Turkey, a krid ge ketween Europe and Ásia, kas an extremely rick cultural kerita^e. Perkaps no otker land kas witnessed so many diverse civilisations over tlie last nine tkousand years. Arter tke great Mesopotamians, tke Hittite and Urartu kingdoms flourisked and in Western Anotolia tke Ionian and Román civilisations predominated. Istankul kolds tke konour of kaving keen tke capital of two kuge empires - first tke Byzantine tken tke Ottoman. Anatolia itself kecame a crossroads of peoples, cultures and religions. Ckristianity, for example, tkrived kere, and Islam was glorified ky tke Seljuks and Ottomans. Turkey today still kolds a very strategic position on tke world map. rkis vast land of over 65 millión people kas tacMed tke ckallenges of tke future tlirougk its joumey along tke road towards modemisation, secularism and democracy. Today, it kas a vikrant society, a dynamic economy, an active political life and great confidence in its kiture. A visit to Turkey skould not only take in all tke great sigkts and monuments; it skould leave plenty of time for leisure and pleasuie. Turkey offers innnense resourees in tkese areas: majcstie mountaina, ideál for climkers, kikers and skiers; over 8,000 km of coastkne, laced witk picturesque kays and covesi lakes; year-round summer in somé areas, vet plenty of snow 111 otkers; a solid and expandmg tourism infrastructure; one of tke world s keallkiest cuisines and an extremely kospitaile people. Wc A trip to Turkey is an enckanting experience and an unforgettakle adventnre. e kope tliis kook encourages you to come. IÍ not, we topé lkat ky reading tke text and look.ng at tke pkotograpks you will kave a tetter idea of Turkey and wkat ske represents. Vissza