About Turkey

Turkey truly is a paradise waiting to be discovered. An incredibly varied and bountiful land offering you a breathtaking array of experiences and wonderful contrasts.

To begin with, it's right at the heart of the world being at the crossroads of three of the world's great geographical regions: Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Not forgetting that Africa is also just a short journey across the Mediterranean.

With a population of around 65 million, Turkey covers an area of some 800,000 square kilometres and is surrounded by no less than four seas: the Mediterranean in the south, the Aegean Sea in the west, the Marmara Sea to the northwest and the Black Sea to the north. No wonder then that it can boast coastline stretching for over 8,000 kilometres.

Abundant in flora and fauna, Turkey offers a wide-ranging and absorbing variety of landscapes. You can stroll along golden palm-fringed beaches, sail in the morning, ski in the afternoon, discover rivers, lakes, dams, secret coves and plains. Remarkably, and this is why Turkey can offer such a rich tapestry of natural wonders, the country is also mountainous. The Pontic Mountains follow the Black Sea, the Taurus Mountains flank the Mediterranean to the south, while Mount Ararat in the east, where Noah's Ark is said to have come to rest, is 5,137 metres above sea level.

There are also two more historic names from biblical times, the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, which start from Central Anatolia and flow to the Gulf of Persia. Lakes abound inland with around 200 covering some 9,200 square kilometres.

And if this wasn't enough, this breathtaking country can truly be described as the cradle of civilisation. The first known settlement in the world was found at Catalhöyuk, northeast from Konya, dating back to an astonishing 6,500 BC. Two of the Seven Wonders of the World are to be found in Turkey: the Artemis Temple in Efes and the Halikarnassos Mausoleum in Bodrum.

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