Conventional long form: Republic of Turkey
Conventional short form: Turkey
Local long form: Turkiye Cumhuriyeti
Local short form: Turkiye
Government Type: Republican parliamentary democracy
Capital: Ankara
South of the majestic Toros Mountains lies the shores of the Mediterranean Sea with its beaches of fine sand, vistas of rare and rugged beauty, many ancient ruins, hidden coves and alluring vacation getaways. The region is bathed in sunshine 300 days a year, and is a paradise for swimming, sunbathing and watersports.
It will be out of exaggeration to depict Anatolia presenting its utmost spectacles to Agean coasts. As to Heredot's statement "Embracing the most beautiful sky and mildest climate of the world" gulfs and peninsulas, coves and golden beaches line up one after the other among the Agean coast...
Coasts curling besides mountains covered with very green forests, valleys and plains. Fields of tea, hazelnut, tobacco and corn, highway parallel to narrow coastline, coves,villages and beaches...
Being in the center of Turkey, Central Anatolian Region embodies assorted beauties.Having been witness to the transitions of important civilizations, today the region is the political center of Turkey.
With its high mountain ranges, valleys, plains and lakes,streams and riverbeds integrated with colors of purple, brown, grey, yellow and red ,and adorned with the unique architectural samples of Turkish culture, East and Southeast Anatolian Region bring to the sight pleasurable panoramic views...
Hills of various sizes,fields of sunflowers and vineyards as far as the eye can see. And Trakya constituting the European side of Turkey.The region separated from Anatolia by ?stanbul straits, The Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles. A traveller from Europe on his/her arrival to Edirne first encounters the masterpiece of Mimar Sinan, Selimiye Mosque.This province boasts to have the most authentic works of Ottoman architecture.
