Shopping in Turkey Shopping in Turkey is not idle walks through fashionable malls, but gambling in the markets, treasure hunts in souvenir shops, fashion experiments in the boutiques of local designers. The most popular among tourists are unique Turkish handmade carpets, jewelry and all kinds of leather goods: sheepskin coats, raincoats and jackets. A nice…
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Geography of Turkey
Turkey is located between 25°40′ and 44°48′ East longitude and 35°51′ and 42°06′ North latitude. It is washed by the seas – in the north by the Black, in the west by the Aegean, in the south by the Mediterranean. The Black and Aegean Seas are separated from each other by a water system, including…
Yalova, Turkey
History reference. Turkey’s Yalova Thermal Resort (tur. Yalova Kaplıcaları, Eng. Yalova Thermal Resort) is located 2.5 hours drive from Istanbul and has been famous for its hot mineral springs since the times of the Ottoman Empire. The first thermal baths in these parts were built during the reign of the Byzantine emperor Constantine (312-337 AD),…