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Exploring Turkey's rich history and cultural heritage
Bosporus River The Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent Physical features of Turkey Mount Ararat
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Exploring Turkey's rich history and cultural heritage
Overview of Turkey.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Experience the hustle-bustle of Istanbul
Time-lapse video of Istanbul.
Video: Geoff Tompkinson/GTImage.com (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Experience Istanbul with its bustling bazaar, exquisite architecture, great mosques, and the hammam, or Turkish bath
Take a video tour of Istanbul.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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Turkey
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Turkey
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Bodrum, Turkey: Castle of St. Peter
The Castle of St. Peter at Bodrum, Turkey, on the Aegean coast.
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Turkey
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Bosporus River
Boats on the Bosporus at Istanbul.
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The Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent
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Physical features of Turkey
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Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat, viewed from Turkey.
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Black Sea
Cove on a port along the coast of the Black Sea, Amasra, Turkey.
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Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
City of Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, overlooked by a cone of volcanic rock.
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Yeşil River
The Yeşil River flanked by a gorge (right), Amasya, Turkey.
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Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.
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Sultan Ahmed Cami (Blue Mosque)
Sultan Ahmed Cami (Blue Mosque), Istanbul, by Mehmed Ağa, 1609–16.
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Hagia Sophia: Deesis Mosaic
Detail of Jesus Christ from the Deesis Mosaic in the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.
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Population density of Turkey
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Alıntepe, Turkey
The village of Alıntepe, in the eastern Anatolian highlands of Turkey.
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Istanbul
Aerial view of Istanbul.
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vivarium in ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Vivarium of a 17th-century madrasah (theological school) of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān,...
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Diyarbakır, Turkey
Basalt walls surrounding the old town at Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Josephine Powell, Rome
Turkey: Ataturk Dam; Euphrates River
Ataturk Dam, on the Euphrates River in southeastern Turkey.
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Istanbul: Grand Bazaar
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
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Göreme National Park: cave dwellings
Abandoned cave dwellings in Cappadocia; the site is now part of Göreme National Park,...
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Rose Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey
Rose Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey.
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Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey.
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Hagia Sophia
The Hagia Sophia rising along the shore of the Bosporus, Istanbul.
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Safranbolu, Turkey: bazaar
A bazaar in Safranbolu, Turkey.
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traditional Turkish dress
Turkish boys in traditional dress.
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falafel sandwich
Falafel sandwich.
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baklava
Baklava, a rich dessert of phyllo dough and nuts.
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boza
Boza or Bosa, traditional Turkish dessert with roasted chickpea.
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Kemal Atatürk
Kemal Atatürk.
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Kayaköy, Turkey: church
Interior of a church in the abandoned village of Kayaköy, near Fethiye, southwestern...
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Kayaköy, Turkey
Abandoned village of Kayaköy, near Fethiye, southwestern Turkey. It was deserted...
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Atatürk Mausoleum
The Atatürk Mausoleum, Ankara, Turkey.
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Necmettin Erbakan
Necmettin Erbakan.
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Tansu Çiller and Mesut Yılmaz
Turkish Prime Minister Tansu Çiller (left) and Prime Minister-designate Mesut Yılmaz,...
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 2008.
Photo by Serkan Eldeleklioglu-Bora Omerogullari-Ozan Atasoy/Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)
Turkey: 2016 coup attempt
Supporters of Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan celebrating the failure of a coup attempt,...
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European Union
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National anthem of Turkey
The instrumental version of the national anthem of Turkey.

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Turkey: Ethnic composition
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Turkey: Religious affiliation
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Turkey: Urban-rural
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Turkey: Age breakdown
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Turkey: Major import sources
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