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	Turkey Travel Guide - Travel to Turkey
		Turkey considered as the gateway between Europe and Asia is an Eurasian country located on the Mediterranean stretching across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and the Balkan region of southeastern Europe.
		Turkey boasts peaceful harbours, quiet gardens, golden sandy beaches and lively nightclubs and hectic bars, is also the perfect place for leisure and sports.
		There is something for absolutely everyone who might be planning on taking their holidays in Turkey, regardless of whether they want to spend time along the 5000-mile coast line, or want to take in all of the ten thousand year old historic treasures that the country has to offer.
	www.justturkey.org (498 words)

	History of Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of the new states from the Ottoman Empire was the Republic of Turkey.
		Short Summary: The history of modern Turkey begins with the foundation of the republic on October 29, 1923 (the Republic was declared on January 20, 1921), with Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) as its first president.
		Turkey was admitted to the League of Nations in July 1932.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Turkey (940 words)

	History of Turkey
		Turkey did not enter World War II on the Allied side until shortly before the war ended and became a charter member of the United Nations.
		Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopted wide-ranging social, legal, and political reforms.
		Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes.
	infotut.com /geography/Turkey (668 words)

	History Hotel Istanbul Turkey - 3 star hotels in Istanbul Turkey
		History Hotel, whose name is derived of cistern and columns from Roman and Byzantine periods.
		History Hotel located conveniently in the old town, a place where today we still meet with mystical romantic and secretive atmosphere of the past..
		he History Hotel a great, long-standing tradition in hospitality, where guests feel the difference and comfort about the rooms, service and atmosphere, is the best choice in Istanbul with its affordable room rates and free special offerings.
	www.historyhotelistanbul.com (157 words)

	History of Turkey Mill
		Turkey Mill was fulling cloth (cloth thickening) in the seventeenth century and was recorded as a fulling mill between the years 1629 and 1671.
		However, Turkey red dye processing was used in connection with fulling and it is thought that for a short period the mill was used for grinding Turkey wheat, a corn from India.
		Richard Harris bought Turkey Mill in 1738 and was in the course of entirely rebuilding it when he died in 1739, leaving to his widow Ann, "all that now built messuage wherein I now dwell, and also the buildings intended for a papermill where the old mill was, which was called Turkey Mill".
	www.turkeymill.co.uk /historyofturkeym.html (1594 words)

	History of Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Turkey is considered to be one of the richest countries in terms of archaeology and is by far the biggest "open air museum" of the world.
		Thus, the Bronze age begins, considered to be one of the biggest revolutions in the history of mankind.
		Nicholas was born in Patara, a Lycian town, and became Bishop of Myra and of Lycia.
	www.asiaminortours.com /turkey/history.htm (1540 words)

	History of Anatolia
		Anatolia is the Asiatic portion of contemporary Turkey, extending from the Bosporus and Aegean coast eastward to the borders of the Soviet Union, Iran, and Iraq.
		Turkey is an independent republic occupying a region, partly in Europe and partly in Asia, that has played a major role in world history as a bridge connecting East and West.
		European Turkey, known as eastern THRACE, is bounded on the north by the BLACK SEA and Bulgaria and on the west by the AEGEAN SEA and Greece.
	www.turkishnews.com /DiscoverTurkey/anatolia/history.html (5659 words)

	Thanksgiving Turkey History
		Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), or "huexolotlin" in the ancient language of the Aztecs in Mexico was one of the first animals in the Americas to be domesticated.
		The turkeys were "called up" by imitating their calls, and then grabbed by a child hiding behind some logs or in a pit, or shot with bow and arrow.
		Pen-raised turkeys were not properly imprinted on (recognition and attachment) wild hens and did not have the experience and survival skills necessary to live and reproduce in the wild.
	dcpages.ari.net /Events/Holidays/Thanksgiving/Turkey_History.shtml (3188 words)

	History of Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In the November 2002 election of Turkey’s 58th government, the Justice and Development Party (AK) captured 34.3% of the total votes, making Abdullah Gul Prime Minister, followed by the Republican Peoples Party (CHP) with 19.39% of the vote, led by Deniz Baykal.
		A special General Election was held again in the province of Siirt in March 2003, resulting in the election of AK’s chairman Recep Tayyip Erdogan to a seat in parliament, allowing him to become prime minister.
		In March 2004 nationwide local elections, AKP won 57 of 81 provincial capital municipalities and, with 41.8% of the votes for provincial council seats, consolidated its hold on power.
	www.historyofnations.net /europe/turkey.html (606 words)

	The History of Turkey
		These were the first major feats of enineering in history, and although the very first were at Rome, it soon became the turn of Anatolia Fine cities sprang up not only in the south and west of the peninsula, but also in its heartland.
		The Turks arrived in Anatolia from Central Asia by way of continual migrations and incursions, and through their policy of tolerance in government earned the love of the Indo-European peoples living on the peninsula.It was the Turks who adopted Islam, and on this basis mingled with the local peoples starting in 1071.
		One of these resources inherited by modern Turkey is the successful and shining history of the Turks over a time frame of more than 4,000 years.
	www.worldturkey.com /lang/eng/history.php (3339 words)

	History (from Turkey) - Britannica Concise
		The beginning of the 16th century was as crucial in the history of the Muslim East as in that of the Western Hemisphere.
		Carchemish (on the modern border between Turkey and Syria) and Milid (Arslantepe, near modern Malatya) were the most important Luwian strongholds of this intermediary age, and both were characterized by the same interaction of Luwian and Hurrian influences that had characterized the New Empire period.
		TURKEY - A republic of Asia Minor and southeastern Europe, Turkey has coastlines on the Aegean, Black, and Mediterranean seas.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-214560 (501 words)

	thanksgiving turkey traditions
		The wild turkey is native to northern Mexico and the eastern United States.
		Though there is no real evidence that turkey was served at the Pilgrim's first thanksgiving, but through ages it became an indispensable part of the Thanksgiving tradition.
		The tradition of turkey is rooted in the 'History Of Plymouth Plantation', written by William Bradford some 22 years after the actual celebration.
	www.theholidayspot.com /thanksgiving/turkey.htm (330 words)

	TURKEY RAMA HISTORY & FACTS
		The Turkey Rama festival's roots date back to 1938, the year of the first annual Yamhill County Turkey Fair put on by the Yamhill Turkey Committee.
		The white, broad-breasted turkey that we most often see on holiday tables was originally genetically developed in Yamhill County.
		The first Biggest Turkey was named in 1980, however, since 1987 local businesspersons and community leaders have competed for the title of Biggest Turkey by raising funds for The Hospice Program of Yamhill County.
	www.mcminnville.org /turkeyrama/history.html (350 words)

	Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		They were also mentioned in history as allies of the Hittites against the Egyptians in the Kadesh war in 1286 B.C. Lycians were highly civilized people; the Lycian Federation was the first democratic union recorded in history.
		Pergamon contributed a great deal to the history of culture and art in the field of sculpture and architecture and by the use of parchment as a writing material.
		On October 29, 1923, Turkey was proclaimed a republic with Mustafa Kemal as president.
	www.shelales.com /turkey.htm (5687 words)

	Turkey Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Hospitality, history and a hotline to the sun.
		The Turkish people have an unrivalled reputation for hospitality, the cuisine is to die for, the coastline is a dream, and many Turkish cities are dotted with spectacular mosques and castles.
		Turkey is generally safe, but domestic and regional tensions result in occasional waves of localised violence, particularly bombings.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/europe/turkey (533 words)

	Turkey: History
		Ankara is being prepared to become the capital of the new country.
		Kemal defines the new Turkey as a secular republic, based on the indirect will of its people, on a Turkish national feeling and on governmental influence on the economy.
		Turkey had significant economic growth, and made great steps in direction of being considered a European state.
	i-cias.com /e.o/turkey_5.htm (549 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: TURKEY, TX
		Turkey is at the intersection of State Highways 86 and 70, on the Burlington Northern line in the southwestern corner of Hall County.
		In 1900 the Turkey post office was reopened, and by 1906 a school district had been established and a chapter of the Woodmen of the World had been organized.
		When Turkey incorporated in 1926, Jess Jenkin became the first mayor, and G. Katzkie and J. Miller were elected as aldermen.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/TT/hlt36.html (503 words)

	History (from Turkey) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Carchemish (on the modern border between Turkey and Syria) and Milid (Arslantepe, near modern Malatya) were the most important Luwian strongholds of this intermediary age, and both were characterized by the same interaction of Luwian and Hurrian influences that had...
		All domestic turkeys are descendants of the Mexican subspecies.
		History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-214560 (777 words)

	History of Istanbul - All About Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Byzas chose the spot after consulting an oracle of Delphi who told him to settle across from the "land of the blind ones." Indeed, Byzas concluded, earlier settlers must have been deprived of their sight to have overlooked this superb location at the mouth of the Bosphorus strait.
		Ottoman rule continued until it was defeated in WWI and Istanbul was occupied by the allies.
		When the Republic of Turkey was born in 1923 after the War of Independence, Kemal Ataturk moved the capital to the city of Ankara.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /istanbul.htm (501 words)

	Custom Calls Online - History of Turkey Calls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Turkey calls have gained popularity in recent years with collector’s nation wide.
		This popularity can be credited to the restocking and resurgence of turkeys and turkey hunting in all the 48 states, Mexico and Canada.
		Turpin was born a generation later and his work with turkey calls was very much influenced by these two earlier callmakers.
	www.customcalls.com /turkeycall_history.htm (803 words)

	HISTORY OF TURKEY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The era of Byzantium is an essential chapter in the history of the region.
		The history of Byzantium is one of alternating periods of glory and decay, of religious dissent, of conflicts and wars with Persians, Arabs, Seljuks, Ottomans and peoples of the North.
		Against this challenge, the Turkish nation engaged in a struggle to restore her territorial integrity and independence, to repulse foreign aggressors, to create a new state, to disassociate Turkey from the crumbling Ottoman dynasty, to eradicate an old decrepit order and to build a modern Turkey dedicated to political, social and economic progress.
	www.deepnature.com /turkey_history.htm (1888 words)

	Turkish Odyssey/About Turkey/History
		When discussing history it is always difficult to know from which period to actually begin.
		If this were to be the case then history is limited to dating from the nomadic Turks.
		If we want to speak about Turkey, we have to begin by going back to the very early ages as the present country is an extension and mixture of people who come from various origins.
	www.turkishodyssey.com /turkey/history/history.htm (271 words)

	Turkey brief history
		Turkey enters World War I as an ally of Germany.
		Turkey becomes charter member of the United Nations.
		Turkey intervenes in Cyprus to protect the Turkish Cypriot community, seizing the northern third of the island.
	www.realestatebelek.com /english/History.htm (370 words)

	King Turkey Day History
		Although turkeys continued to be raised in the area, the flocks were rather far between.
		But turkeys continued to be processed at Worthington; it was said there was no place on earth where more turkeys were processed each year.
		There was no place on earth where turkeys were celebrated as they were at Worthington - dozens of marching bands, scores of beauty queens, sparkling floats and a growing roster of some of the most illustrious American political figures of the 20th Century.
	www.wgtn.net /Turkeyday/history.htm (1116 words)

	Turkey recipes, turkey preparation tips, low carb recipes, high protein food, heart healthy recipes, thanksgiving ...
		The annual presentation of the National Thanksgiving Turkey to the President has become a traditional holiday ritual in the nation's capital, signaling the unofficial beginning of the holiday season and providing the President an opportunity to reflect publicly on the meaning of the Thanksgiving season.
		The average weight of turkeys purchased for Thanksgiving is 15 pounds, meaning that approximately 690 million pounds of turkey were consumed in the United States during Thanksgiving in 2004.
		Turkey is increasingly packaged in smaller portion sizes that are perfect for singles or small families.
	www.eatturkey.com /consumer/history/history.html (1160 words)

	demiral.org - history of Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Turkey's first known human inhabitants appeared in the Mediterranean region as early as 7500 BC, and the cycles of empire building, flexing, flailing and crumbling didn't take long to kick in.
		Sixty years after Mohammed heard the voice of God, and 50 years after his ignominious flight from Mecca, the armies of Islam were threatening the walls of Constantinople (669-78), having conquered everything and everybody from there to Mecca, plus Persia and Egypt.
		The European powers hovered vulture-like over the disintegrating empire, while within Turkey various disastrous attempts to revivify the country were undone by the unfortunate decision to side with Germany in WWI.
	www.demiral.org /history_turkey.htm (1026 words)

	History House: Turkey's Toy Boat
		Back in Turkey, von Wangenheim was still negotiating with the Turks: it was becoming clear this war would not be contained to the Balkans.
		One of history's tireless grad students[13] uncovered evidence in the 1960s that Enver Pasha knew Churchill was thinking about seizing the battleships before August 1st, possibly as early as July 28th.
		The conference was voluntary anyways; one does not have to be a particularly attentive student of history to notice the rule seems to have been overturned.
	www.historyhouse.com /in_history/turkey_boat (2868 words)

	Brief Seismic History of Turkey
		Turkey is located on a highly active Eurasian Geological Plate which has caused numerous big scale earthquakes throughout the history.
		Turkey has a surface area of 780,360 sq-km and is essentially a country of mountains and high plateaus, having a population of approximately 65 million (1995).
		As a result of orogenic system, geology, topography and climate, Turkey is exposed to various natural disasters causing substantial losses of life and property.
	www.usc.edu /dept/civil_eng/structural_lab/eq-rp/seismicity.html (757 words)

	A short history of Turkey
		Present-day Turkey is ruled by the Hettites between 2000 and 1200 BC.
		The temporal and religious ruling institutions of the old empire (the sultanate and caliphate) are abolished and the empire is renamed in 1922 into Turkey, first named Turkish State, renamed Turkish Republic in 1923.
		The continued validity and applicability of Kemalism is the subject of frequent discussion and debate in Turkey's political life.
	www.electionworld.org /history/turkey.htm (1003 words)

	StreetSwing's Dance History Archives- Turkey Trot Dance - Main
		The name Turkey Trot relating to dancing goes back further to 1895 in the song "Pas Ma La" where the dancer is urged to got to the World's Fair and do the Turkey Trot dance, so its probably a folk dance.
		The Turkey Trot was not a very graceful dance, but is considered one of the first of the so called animal dances to catch on with the public.
		Many people thought of the Turkey Trot as demoralizing and tried "Bans" on the dance but this only added to it's popularity, even the Castles tried to eliminate this dance from society in 1914, even tho it was the dance that gave them their first break in the business.
	www.streetswing.com /histmain/z3turtrt.htm (702 words)

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