The ancients called it Asia Minor, the land mass procuring from the depths of Asia into the eastern Mediterranean, defined by the Black Sea to the North, the Aegean to the West and The deserts of Arabia to the South.
Since the dawn of time, this land of mountain ranges, high plateaus and fertile river valleys has been the dividing line between Orient and Occident. Anatolia was also the nucleus of the Byzantine Empire with its capital in Constantinople, and it was here, too, that early Christianity first took root, only to be replaced with the advent of Islam, first under the Arabs, and then under the Seljuk and Ottoman Turks, who pushed the frontiers of their empire from the Persian Gulf to the Atlantic and from the Indian Ocean to Vienna.
Slowly but surely, territorial gains were whittled away, until nothing remained but the spirits of the Turks under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to re-establish modern Turkey in the ancient landscape of Anatolia. Modern-day Turkey is a marriage of the character of ancient Anatolian civilisations and the progressive secular democracy and reforms launched by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the father of the Turks. A fusion of vibrant Mediterranean cultures and the enchantment of the East, Turkey offers a wonderful combination of cosmopolitan international cities with rustic simplicity of village life.
Why Turkey?
- Only country with land in Europe & Asia
- Crossroad of civilisations
- Ultra modern international hotels, touristic establishments and meeting facilities
- Sunshine from March to November
- Abundance of historical & cultural monuments
- One of world’s finest cuisines
- Shopping heaven.......
- Sincere and warm hospitality
- Value for money, not a Euro zone
- Vibrant metropolis preparing for the future but carefully following the footsteps of its past
- Extensive modern medical care system with first class technology and efficient staff
Area of population - 343,472 sq.miles
Population - Over 75 millions
Length of Coastlines - 5,411 miles
