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  • Cities & Villages

    Iznik – The Capital of Turkish Tiles

    The Old Capital of the Ottoman Empire became a popular city again after a submerged church discovery in Lake Iznik.

    Serdar Akarca
  • Culture & Local Life

    Turkish Halloween; Bocuk Gecesi

    Turkish people doing almost everything same as the Halloween on the night of January 6 except the pumpkin!

    Serdar Akarca
  • Culture & Local Life

    Priceless Libraries of Istanbul

    Access to Information is the easiest today with Internet. The Libraries today are used by the people searching for the unknown surrounded by the smell of the books.

    Erkan Dülger
  • Culture & Local Life

    Sententious Wedding in Edirne

    Grand Synagogue of Edirne will host the wedding of Ms. Mitrani whose parents were the last couple to get married in the very same place.

    Kadir Akın
  • Culture & Local Life

    Turkish Tarzan

    Did you know the Turkish Tarzan lived in Manisa city in the Aegean Region of Turkey who is considered the first environmentalist of our country?

    Kadir Akın
  • Culture & Local Life

    10 Things to do to be Turkish

    Would you like to learn some traditions of Turkish people that will turn you a Turkish person in where you live? Growing moustache does not count anymore.

    Kadir Akın
  • Faith & Sacred Sites

    Santa Claus the Anatolian

    We know who Santa Claus is but do we know where he is actually from? Let's remember his Anatolian roots and see the story behind the man in red!

    Kadir Akın

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