Weaving and Carpets in Turkey

Cleaning and Daily Care of Rugs and Kilims Cleaniness is the first and major step towards the preservation of a hand-made carpet and it is the best care of to damage. There are no hard or fast rules to stipulate when and how often to clean a carpet since every had-made carpet is different and ev More Detail

Weddings in Turkey

Turkish Wedding Customs   Marriage, another of the turning points of life, is both individual since it brings together the lives of a man and a woman, and social, since it establishes family and kinship ties. The wedding ceremony takes place as a “festival”, especially in More Detail

Circumcision in Turkey

Circumcision is among the most significant traditional procedures related to the child in Anatolia, and is the strictest and most widespread practice among religious and ritual procedures. No parents ever wish to break away from this entrenched custom. The sanctions of the tradition are so str More Detail

Life İn Villages in Turkey

Until the early 1950s, more than 80 percent of the inhabitants of Turkey lived in villages, which numbered more than 36,000. As defined by the government, a village (koy ) is any settlement with a population of less than 2,000. Although Turkey's rural population has continued to grow, the perc More Detail

Traditional Turkish Cuisine

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Traditional Arts in Turkey

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Turkish Bath

TURKISH BATH   The tradition of the Turkish bath extends far back, to a time before Turks had reached Anatolia. When the Turks arrived in Anatolia, they brought with them one bathing tradition, and were confronted with another, that of Romans and Byzantines, with certain local variants. More Detail

Competition-traditional Sports in Turkey

Kirkpinar, Traditional Oil Wrestling     The former Ottoman capital of Edirne hosts a wrestling festival early July. The Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Tournament, which has been held annually for over 630 years, begins with a prayer for the wrestlers recited by the cazgir, or tour More Detail

History of Turkey

History of Turkey Video -History of aturkish people in  Central Aia 10000 BC Gobeklipepe Knowen first temple in the world in northern Mesopotemia  9500 BC Asiklı Hüyük,in Cappadocia 7500 BC First Stone age settlements  accepted as a city at Ç More Detail

Education sistem in Turkey

Turkish Educational System   2. OVERALL STRUCTURE OF TURKISH NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM The National Education System, determined by National Education Basic Act No. 1739, consists of two main parts, namely “formal education” and “non-formal education”. 2.1 More Detail

Turkish Beliefs ( Superstition )

Turkish Beliefs (Superstition)       Good Luck- Bad Luck   Certain beliefs among the members of a society sometimes arise out of fear, sometimes from helplessness and sometimes by chance. These are generally referred to as “superstitions.” Thes More Detail

Culture of Turkey

Booking Extensive tours to Turkey Booking Flifhts for Turkey Online Visa Application For Turkey The Turkish people are from diverse backgrounds, a reminder of the many different groups that conquered Turkey over thousands of years. The majority of the population lives in cities, and ch More Detail