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Turkey: Peoples
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Many of Turkey’s mountains are of volcanic origin. Earthquakes are frequent and occasionally severe, giving evidence that the region remains seismically active. Devastating earthquakes struck Turkey several times during the 20th century. In 1939 an earthquake struck the northeastern city of Erzincan and killed an estimated 30,000 people; a 1999 earthquake near the northwestern city of İzmit killed more than 15,000 people.
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The people of Turkey hunger for connection with the world. Most Turks strongly desire joining the European Union (EU) to market their remarkable range of food and industry, and to connect with the world.
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The capital of Turkey, Ankara, is located in the central Anatolian plains; a small market town in 1923, Ankara today is home to more than 3.5 million people. The largest city, Istanbul, straddles the European and Asian sides of Turkey and has a population of 9.1 million. An important historical city, Istanbul (formerly Byzantium, then Constantinople) was first the capital of the Byzantine Empire and later the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Today, it is the cultural and business capital of Turkey. The third-largest city is Ä°zmir (English, Smyrna), a major industrial center with a population of 2 million. Other major cities, each with populations over 1 million, include Adana, Bursa, and Konya.
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The history of Turkey is long and eventful, with a succession of ethnically and culturally distinct peoples occupying the region since ancient times. Large cities first appeared in Anatolia during the reign of the Hittites, who invaded the region about 1900
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Istanbul is Turkey's prime attraction. As Frank Sinatra says "I would like to wake up in a city which doesnot sleep" New York and Istanbul fit that catagory very well, to see that, cross the Bosphorus Bridge or drive along the Bosphorusat midnight!! Istanbul has the most beautiful mosques (Blue Mosque)and palaces (Topkapı and Dolmabahce)of the country, it has Byzantine churches (Kariye and St. Sophia)and Roman temples. Without fear of exaggeration one can say that Istanbul's claim to the title of Eternal city is as justified as Rome's. There are about 12 million people in the city. You can find all kinds of attractions in the city. Make sure that you shop and bargain in the Covered Bazaar (Kapali Carsi), which was built in early 15th century.
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The Sabanci Group has combined revenues of $10 billion and is one of the two largest industrial and financial conglomerates in Turkey. The Group employs approximately 30,000 people and operates in such diverse businesses as tire and tire reinforcement materials, banking, insurance, textiles, chemicals, automotive, cement, food and retail. The Group has grown both through expansion of existing businesses and by the formation of 50/50 joint ventures with multinationals such as Toyota, DuPont, Bridgestone, Philip Morris, Danone, Bekaert, CBR, Carrefour, Kraft foods International, BNP, Dresdner Bank and International Paper.
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