Turkey has many tourist destinations, both for its beautiful beaches and for its rich history.
Turkey offers you different activities such as cruises on the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean, trekking and hiking, beaches and coasts can practice windsurfing, water skiing, sailing or diving. As one of its most famous features are the Turkish baths or Easter eggs.
Turkey, a country of contrasts, you can see through its major cities, modern cities like Istanbul honorary capital of Turkey, which is its largest city, the most populous and most historic. Istanbul is divided by the Bosphorus, which starts in two of the city.
In Ankara, you can visit the Archaeological Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Gordion, the Roman Theatre, the Temple of Augustus and Haci Bayram mosques and there Elval. Istanbul is also the Grand Bazaar and the Spice Market and various mosques. Turkey’s beaches and crystal clear waters are the common denominator tourist destinations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean or the Black Sea.
Bathed in the Aegean, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and Marmara Sea, Bosporus Strait as well. Tourism demand that Turkey has grown in recent years and bounds, and with it the need to adapt their beaches to the needs of Turkish and foreign tourists who come to this country.
Extensive beaches, coves, water quality, its remarkable cleaning are just some of the reasons to learn Turkish beaches, among them we can highlight the coasts of the Mediterranean and Aegean beaches are very popular, both by tourists and premises.
Also worth mentioning the large hotel development, all with a high level, around its major cities. If we choose the Ionian coast in the Aegean Sea Kifasadi worth mentioning, which has had a major tourism development in recent years, where we find large areas for rest and practice of different activities. On the other hand, on the Mediterranean from Marmaris to Anyla, we have a coastline of over 1000 km, where the cliffs and coves highlight, especially in Marmaris, rather than authentic luxury with large hotel, apartments and tourist.
The water sports lovers will find numerous places, including Izmir and Antalya, where we practice. As additional data, we mention that these days the Turkish government is planning the creation of new marinas on the Mediterranean coast. The beaches available to Turkey are great, white sand as in Marmaris, Bodrum and Kusadasi. Great places like Istanbul and Dalyan, ideal for water sports.
Throughout the extent of its long coastline, especially on the Mediterranean Sea we find small fishing villages, where you can relax on beautiful beaches of white sand while we tasted their excellent seafood. Turkey and its territory infinite treasure of riches for all lovers of history and culture.
But Turkey is much more than this, Turkey offers many options for surfing, diving, hiking, swimming or just relaxing on an island. Turkey is a country with a very wide tourism, where you will enjoy your break.
Sports, culture, entertainment, exquisite cuisine, activities for all tastes and pockets, plenty of places to go, visiting museums, archaeological sites, experience the Princes’ Islands in Turkey are extensive and varied opportunities to have fun.
You must not forget when you are on a visit to Istanbul Santa Sofia Museum and the Blue Mosque, and the best snap closure to a day of a thousand and one driven, nothing more appropriate to relax with a Turkish bath.
Delights of Turkish Cuisine
Today the Turkish cuisine is well known and it appears that has influenced other cuisines in the use of roasted meat, spices.
Its characteristics, a bridge between the Arab cuisine, Persian, Indian cuisine and Middle East, we can ensure that your current position is very prominent among Mediterranean cuisines, not only for its geographical location, but because like the other cuisines common is the predominant use and use olive oil and vegetables in most dishes.
The Turkish cuisine is characteristic for the use of different ingredients in the preparation of their dishes, we can say that in almost all of them, from the nutritional point of view are very balanced, it is known that the meat is mixed well with rice, are wise mixtures originated during the heyday of the Ottoman Empire when it was extended from Egypt and Europe.
One characteristic of Turkish cuisine is the generous use of spices that can spread to different dishes. Eat vegetables often accompany meat dishes, which are usually filled with peppers, tomatoes, etc. A key player of Turkish cuisine is the eggplant (Pettican) are more than forty different ways of preparing them, are an essential part of dishes such as Imam Karniyarik or bayildi, these dishes are combined with minced meat.
The specialty patlican Eastern kebabs and the Tokat Kebab is from the province of Tokat, can be found in the eggplant salad (saksuka), the chatty dolma, the chatty begendi and moussaka. In Turkish cuisine is called Dolmas (Fill in Turkish) to a kind of mixture made with lamb, rice and raisins along with zucchini. The yaprak is the most famous of the dolmas, this is covered by leaves of grapevines, are filled with rice, raisins, different kinds of meat and usually served cold, this dish has its counterpart in the Arab cuisine is exquisite, to elaborate the first leaves are chosen to give the vines, the most tender. Turning now to field pulses, we find the red lentil soup. This is a very popular salad in Turkish cuisine, the salatasi Coban.
Dishes containing rice pilaf called, rice is an accompaniment of the most common, is very popular pilayi bulgur (a grain developed pilav Substitute bulgur, rice). The dishes are made with dried beans (kuru fasulye) as nohut (chickpeas), borulce (beans), Mercimek (lentils), etc. are combined with onions, tomato paste, etc. When rice is considered a cheap way to power.
The few popular meze snacks are served accompanied by raki, the most popular are the eggplant in all its variations, tomatoes, fresh onions, cucumbers, and peppers stuffed with rice, chicken carcasiano (based sauce nuts), fava, a puree of beans, mussels, çiroz (smoked mackerel), salted fish (lakerda), roasted chickpeas (leblebi), black and green olives, the pastirma (ham, salted beef), radishes, and Turkish sausage seasoning (sucuk).
Among the meats, the highest consumption of lamb is very used throughout Turkey, this is due to the tradition long ago. The Kuzo çevirme (roast lamb) is from time immemorial a culinary tradition. Another specialty is the back of the lamb roast and cut into cubes, the adjem pilaf. There are regions of Turkey where the meat is served only on special occasions or during the Kurban Bayrami such as the etli pilav, this dish eventually became part of the daily diet because of its industrial production.
The doner kebab (meat that turns) is the most popular dish internationalized while Turkey is a fast food made with meat roasted on a rotating shaft, is itself a mixture of minced meat and wheat that can be eaten alone and served with rice (pilau USTU Doner). In this traditional dish as there are variants Iskender kebab in the town of Bursa that is prepared with doner kebab, yogurt, and add butter fried and a special sauce. It can also be made from different types of meat such as beef, lamb, chicken named Tavuk Doner (but not traditional).
Many of these meats are served with a sauce made with grated cucumber with yogurt base is known to Cacike. A traditional kebab, the Sis Kebap made with marinated lamb, tomato and peppers is a dish of which there are variants made with birds and fish. In the city of Adana is known Adana Kebap called, is variant contains grilled vegetables, while being a variant of the Urfa Kebap.
Another famous dish is the Turkish cuisine Lahmacun or Turkish pizza, made on the basis of bread on it has ground beef, onion, spices, lemon and parsley. This dish is from southeast Turkey. Has always regarded as a quick meal that is usually taken with a glass of Ayran, a refreshing drink.
A dish like a pie, the Borek, is made with yufka (a very fine fruit) and filled with meat, spinach or cheese, it serves as input. A bread that looks like a squashed cake, durum, is wrapped around ground beef.
