Turkey

Turkey is a paradise of sun, sea, mountains, and lakes that offers the vacationer a complete change from the stress and routine of everyday life. From April to October, most places in Turkey have an ideal climate that is perfect for relaxing on sandy beaches or enjoying the tranquility of mountains and lakes. Turkey also has a magnificent past, and is a land full of historic treasures from 13 successive civilizations spanning 10,000 years. Even if you spend only a short time in Turkey, you can see a lot of this great heritage.

There is no doubt that one visit will not be enough, and you will want to come back again and again as you discover one extraordinary place after another.
All of them, no matter how different, have one thing in common: the friendly and hospitable people of this unique country.

Turkey has a huge population of 65 million people. It is the only country on two contanents, which is Europe and Asia. Turkey joined the UN in 1945, been part of NATO since 1952, became an associate member of the European Community in 1964, and may be part of Europe soon. Ataturk (meaning the 'Father of Turks', real name-Mustafa Kemal) was the moderniser of Turkey which was founded in 1923. Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 in order to prevent the Greeks from taking over the island and has since acted as the state supporter to the 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus', which only Turkey recognizes.

Turkey is surrounded by sea on three sides, by the Black Sea in the north, the Mediterranean in the south and the Aegean Sea in the west. In the northwest there is also an important internal sea, the Sea of Marmara, between the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus.