The Turks called the city Istanbul ( though not officially renamed until 1930 ) and it has remained Turkey's largest and most populous city, although Ankara is now the capital.

The Levant includes most of modern Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian territories, Cyprus, Turkey's Hatay Province and sometimes Iraq or the Sinai Peninsula, and corresponds roughly to the historic area of Greater Syria.

Toward the east, the extensive plains around Adana ( Cicillian plains or ), Turkey's fifth most populous city, consist largely of reclaimed flood lands.

Adrianople contains the ruins of the ancient palace of the Ottoman Sultans and the Selimiye Mosque, one of the most important monuments in this ancient province ; built in 1575 and designed by Turkey's greatest master architect, Mimar Sinan, it has the highest minarets in Turkey, at 70. 9 meters and a cupola three or four feet higher than that of Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul.

Since the city is located on the State Highway 565 between İzmir and Istanbul -- Turkey's two most important ports -- Akhisar Industrial Zone offers attractive investment opportunities for both domestic and foreign investors.

* Kartalkaya, one of Turkey's most popular ski resorts

A series of digs have opened Gordium as one of Turkey's most revealing archeological sites.

The district of Çamlıhemşin in particular is one of Turkey's most popular venues for trekking holidays.

It is located in Turkey's Inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes valley, which has a temperate climate for most of the year.

Süleyman, in his own land known as " kanuni ", the Legislator, reigned between 1520 and 1566, and was succeeded by his son Selim II, for whom Mimar Sinan build the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, considered to be Turkey's most beautiful mosque.

Although the tarikah ( the term can sometimes be used to refer to any ' group or sect ' some of whom may not even be Muslim ) have played a seminal role in Turkey's religious revival and in the mid-1990s still published several of the country's most widely circulated religious journals and newspapers, a new phenomenon, Islamcı aydın ( the Islamist intellectual ) unaffiliated with the traditional Sufi orders, emerged during the 1980s.

His party benefited in the 1990s from the acrimony between the leaders of Turkey's two most prominent conservative parties, Mesut Yılmaz and Tansu Çiller.

After working as an apprentice screenwriter for and assistant to Atıf Yılmaz, Güney soon began appearing in as many as 20 films a year and became Turkey's one of the most popular actors.

He became a pupil of architect Mimar Sinan, Turkey's most celebrated architect, becoming his first assistant in charge of the office in the absence of Sinan.

When Turkey first attempted to annex the province of Alexandretta in the early 1930s, al-Arsuzi became one of the most vocal critics of Turkey's policy towards Syria, making him a symbol of the Arab nationalist struggle from 1934 to 1938.

Abdi İpekçi Avenue, Turkey's most expensive street in terms of lease prices, is located here.

The surrounding region has a rich agriculture, growing most of Turkey's hazelnuts as well as walnuts, cherries, leather and timber, and the port of Giresun has long handled these products.

Established in 2008, Turkey's most modern and Europe's largest prison complex is located west of Silivri.

Founded in 1988 by the Vehbi Koç Foundation, The Koç School has quickly become one of Turkey's most selective and competitive university preparatory schools.

The face of the government, there is Balıkesir Park, the rest area, is one of Turkey's most beautiful parks.

Niğde is Turkey's biggest potato growing region and has the most apple trees ( although newer plantings in other provinces are achieving greater production ).

During Turkey's economic boom of the 1990s, a great many summer homes and holiday villages were built for the city's middle class, especially after the 1999 earthquake damaged the Marmara coast.

Allianoi is an ancient spa settlement, with remains dating predominantly from the Roman Empire period ( 2nd century AD ) located near the city of Bergama ( ancient Pergamon ) in Turkey's İzmir Province.

The library dating from the 2nd century A. D. is considered to be Turkey's second-best preserved ancient library structure after the " Celsus Library " of Ephesus.

Alexandria Troas (" Alexandria of the Troad ", modern ) is an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean Sea near the northern tip of Turkey's western coast, a little south of Tenedos ( modern Bozcaada ).

") An example of this would be Turkey's revaluation of the Lira on 1 January 2005, when the old Turkish lira ( TRL ) was converted to the New Turkish lira ( TRY ) at a rate of 1, 000, 000 old to 1 new Turkish Lira.

Since Turkey's invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus in 1974, following ethnic clashes and turmoil on the island, an administration recognized by Turkey only was declared in 1983 – the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Turkey's diverse regions have different climates, with the weather system on the coasts contrasting with that prevailing in the interior.

Turkey's political system is based on a separation of powers.

Turkey's Vestel is the largest TV producer in Europe, accounting for a quarter of all TV sets manufactured and sold on the continent in 2006.

But after the failure of Operation Zitadelle, the Turkish government participated in the Second Cairo Conference in 1943, where Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and İsmet İnönü reached an agreement on issues regarding Turkey's possible contribution to the Allies.

Historically, based on the Western-inspired reforms of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, such policies have placed heavy emphasis on Turkey's relationship with the Western world, especially in relation to the United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union.

Under the AK Party government, Turkey's influence has grown in the Middle East based on the strategic depth doctrine, also called Neo-Ottomanism.

After his electoral defeat in 1874, Gladstone resigned as leader of the Liberal Party, but from 1876 began a comeback based on opposition to Turkey's Bulgarian atrocities.

Van ( Van ;) is a city in eastern Turkey's Van Province, and is located on the eastern shore of Lake Van.

On his arrival he and Ben Zvi went on a tour of 35 cities in an attempt to raise a pioneer army, Hechalutz, of 10, 000 men to fight on Turkey's side.

Other Grouches include Bodoque on Mexico's Plaza Sésamo, Gugu on Brazil's Vila Sesamo, Kirpik on Turkey's Susam Sokağı, Ferrão on Portugal's Rua Sésamo, and Kewal Khadoosa on India's Galli Galli Sim Sim.

The site of Cyzicus, located on the Erdek and Bandırma roads, is protected by Turkey's Ministry of Culture.

In one strip, the Goose is chasing Wal and the Turkey is chasing the Dog, but Wal kicks the Turkey's head in and the Dog jumps on the Goose's neck, then Wal and the Dog celebrate their partnership.

They include the third largest party ( the Communist Party ), which still commands large support from many rural working areas as well as some of the immigrant population in Greece, as well as the far-right Popular Orthodox Rally, with the latter, while commanding a mere three and a half per cent of votes, seeking to capitalise on opposition in some quarters regarding Turkey's EU accession and any tension in the Aegean.

Turkey's entry, Opera, performed by Çetin Alp & the Short Waves, could on the other hand be said to fit in well with the spirit of Eurovision of that time.

Serbia, Egypt and the principalities were successively the scene of hostilities in which the Ottomans gained no successes, and in 1807 a British fleet appeared at Constantinople, strangely, to insist on Turkey's yielding to Russia's demands and that the Ottomans dismiss the ambassador of Napoleon, Horace Sebastiani ( see Dardanelles Operation ).