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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 people (biggest in Europe), is just over 5,340 m...

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 Bekele and Elvan Abeylegesse won gold and silver medals respectively in Women's...

Basketball is also gaining popularity in Turkey. Turkey came second in European Basketball Championship in 2001 in Istanbul. Turkey also came ninth in the2002 FIBA World Championship. Four Turkish nationals, Ersan İlyasova, Hedo Türkoğlu, Mehmet...

Turkey has risen to prominence in a number of sporting areas in recent decades. Football has seen a rapid transformation earning it third place in the coveted 2002 FIFA World Cup. Its domestic teams...

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

Turkey is the only secular country in the Islamic world. Secularism is enshrined in the constitution that religion has no place whatsoever in governing of the country. Like other...

The first carpets were almost certainly those made by the nomadic tribes who wandered central Asia, and bear a close resemblance to the cotton kilims still available today. Turkish rugs are...

Ayakkabi / Winter 2010 - 28th Izmir Shoes, Bags and Accessories Fair, which was organized between 1-4 July 2010, by IZFAS, (Izmir Fair Services, Culture and Art Affairs Trade...

Thousands of fashionistas welcomed the opening of the first H&M store in Istanbul, Turkey. From now on the crowd of Istanbul can find a varied and extensive range of...

Istanbul Fashion Week (IFW) is going to be held from September 7-11 in the old city of Beyoglu, in the Turkish capital city of Istanbul. Istanbul Textile and Apparel...