Interesting Facts About The Country Turkey
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Turkey is a fascinating country to go to and commit a vacation. Because it was the heart of the Ottoman’s Empire it was hugely influenced by it. Apart from that the Greeks and Romans came and went and left their marks. For historians and sightseer it is a paradise of great monuments. The Trojan horse, the Amphitheatre and the Library of Celsus at Ephesus to title just a number of. Istanbul itself is a treasure drove and not to mention the capital Ankara.
The country itself lies 97% in Asia and it is named Anatoia. The European side is referred to as Thrace and borders Greece and Bulgaria. Anatolia is a long peninsular with the Black Sea in the north and the Mediterranean in the south. Anatolia is a big plateau with the Pontic Mountains in the north, the Taurus Mountains in the south. In the west are little hills and valleys and slopes down to the Aegean Sea. In the Pontic and Taurus mountains is the highest peak the Mount Ararat with 5173m.
Turkey has a lot of extinct volcanoes but is geologically unstable. It has frequent earthquakes.
The climate is extreme and can range from very cold, windy winters and hot summers to mild winters and hot Mediterranean summers in the coastal area..
The central place of Cappadocia is covered in a soft volcanic rock. Over thousand of years the rock has been eroded into chimneys, spires and towers. Some are hollowed out to make dwellings.
The population is 80% Turks and 20% Kurds with minorities of Arabs, Greeks, Armenians, Georgians and Jews.
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