History The museum was established at the Police Department just after the formation of the Republic in 1924. It initially ...

The diversity of fauna in Turkey is even greater than that of wild plants. While the number of species throughout Europe as ...

Anatolia is one of the foremost world sources of plants which have been cultivated for food, and the wild ancestors of ...

Especially women's volleyball is a popular sport in Turkey. Recently Turkey national women's volleyball team secured 6th place in FIVB Women's World Championship at ...

Another major sporting event that takes place in Turkey is the Turkish Grand Prix. The track located at Istanbul has a seating capacity of 155,000 ...

Athletics is another fast improving sport. Süreyya Ayhan set the 1500m world record in 2003 and Elvan Abeylegesse set a new 5000m record in 2004. In2010 European Athletics Championships Alemitu ...

Basketball is also gaining popularity in Turkey. Turkey came second in European Basketball Championship in 2001 in Istanbul. Turkey also came ninth in ...

Turkey has risen to prominence in a number of sporting areas in recent decades. Football has seen a rapid transformation earning it third place ...

Turkish cuisine is renowned as one of the world's best. It is considered to be one of the three main ...

Turkey is the only secular country in the Islamic world. Secularism is enshrined in the constitution that religion has no ...