The Republic of Turkey is located at the junction of Asia and Europe. From ancient Ottoman Turkey to the present-day Republic of Turkey, it has always occupied the crossroads connecting Asia and Europe. Turkey covers an area of 783,600 square kilometers and has a total population of 83.15 million.
In Istanbul, 65% of the urban population is in Europe and 35% of the urban population is distributed on this side of Asia. The Turkish Strait, where the key is located, is still the only channel that controls the Black Sea!
Such an important city, Turkey naturally does not put everything there. The Turkish capital has opened a new land, choosing Ankara, which is far away in the heart of the peninsula, and Ankara has developed from a small hilly city to the current second largest city.
A geographical term is often heard: Asia Minor, referring to the Anatolian Peninsula. Asia Minor means "Orient" and is used to refer to the Land of Asia located in the East.
Most people who travel to Turkey want to take a hot air balloon ride, and Cappadocia is a popular spot for hot air balloon rides and is also named "one of the most beautiful places in the world" by geography magazines. The karst landform here, the beautiful terrain like waves, is the closest place to the surface of the moon, which is very suitable for hot air balloons to rise.
Gothic maidens and vampire fans must not miss this hotel, the Sackrid House. The whole hotel is a European classical medieval style building, because seven meters underground, with the spiral staircase down, there is a hellish bloody swimming pool with dark red liquid, with a low echo of the minor key, making people feel as if they are in the "Vampire Diary", so people also call this hotel "Vampire House".
It is said that "the best and most beautiful carpets in the world can only be found in Turkey". Turkey's carpets are very famous, among which the Galerie ikman carpet shop in Cappadocia is a place where many netizens have come to travel, where the carpets are full of exotic styles, which is very suitable for taking photos and punching cards or buying souvenirs.
Turkey is considered one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and the women here have the gentleness of Asians and the deep big eyes and tall figure of Europeans, with unique charm.
The Turkish people's teachings require them to love the animals, and even the government has used the example to build cat kennels and dog beds on the side of the road to provide food, and people here like to live in harmony with small animals!
The white-bearded grandfather, Santa Claus, who wore a big red cotton jacket to bring gifts to his children in the cold winter, his hometown was in the snowy Finnish province of Lapland. But the archetypal character of Santa Claus is actually from st. Nicholas, bishop of Turkey, who is charitable and very fond of children.
Although Turkey is far away from China, Turkey originally had the Zodiac. And the Turkish zodiac order is very similar to the mainland, only one thing is different, that is, the dragon is replaced by a crocodile.
Turks believe that garlic has the mission of killing every day, so every house has a string or two of garlic hanging in front of the door. The "earthy" way of eating yogurt definitely surprises you first, that is, the "garlic yogurt" combination, which is actually a kind of milk foam made with cold yogurt, and then crush garlic or mint in the drink. The wonderful fusion of garlic and yogurt has fascinated turks and is famous for being turkey's national cuisine.