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Festival in Fort Lauderdale serves up a taste of Turkish culture

Sun-Sentinel - Feb 19, 2012
The festival and classes at the Fort Lauderdale-headquartered Anatolia Cultural Center, with courses in Turkish language and cuisine, help strengthen bonds between Turks and their homeland and Americans intrigued by the culture, he said.

Turkish 'Anatolia' is masterful melange of humanity

San Francisco Examiner - Feb 10, 2012
“Once Upon a Time in Anatolia” is a Turkish police procedural and existential road tale transpiring under skies both symbolically and cinematically thunderclap-ready. As daily drudgery fuses with big-picture issues over a running time of 2½ hours, ...

Turkey has started pumping natural gas to neighboring Greece again

Balkans.com Business News - Feb 20, 2012
“I couldn't disappoint him because we have been suffering the same [problems],” Anatolia news agency quoted him as saying. Meanwhile, Yıldız denied some media reports in the Turkish press which quoted him as saying that he felt “pity” about Greece and ...

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Amorium: A Byzantine City in Anatolia - An Archaeological Guide

by: Chris Lightfoot, Mucahide Lightfoot
Although less well known than some Anatolian sites, it is Amorium's significance as a major settlement after the Roman period that makes it so important. The excavation programme's main aim has been to shed light on the Byzantine settlement that flourished here until the 11th century AD. This guidebook is an attempt to fill in some of the gaps in the archaeology, and to bring the city and its history back to life.
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ANATOLIA

THE LAND OF CIVILIZATIONS AND WONDERS NOTE: Although Istanbul is not geographically in Anatolia, it has indispensable ties with Anatolian history, glory, and culture. Therefore, Istanbul is included in that clip. Thank you.

 

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Cafe Anatolia The Voilent Coloured Mountains

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East & Southeast Anatolia - TURKEY

East & Southeast Anatolia - TURKEY South & Southeast Anatolia This region is geographically the smallest region of Turkey representing only 9.7% of the total area of Turkey with its 75.000 square kilometers of land certainly not that small with respect to natural and historical beauties it possesses. This region of ancient cities, is adorned by attractive natural figures, constituting a real mixture of sights and past combined with originality. Thanks to GAP (Southeastern Anatolian Project) the area is having great changes positively; many farming lands and dam lakes were formed lately with this project. Valleys and Plateaus occupy large areas in the south of southeast Taurus mountains. Central part is very mountainous and eastern part is generally flat. Long summers are very hot and dry, with high evaporation, winters are cold and rainy. Although mountainous areas are affected by Continental climate, western part shows typical characteristics of Mediterranean climate. Southeastern Anatolia is the only region of Turkey where the country produces some oil. The economy is based also on stockbreeding and agriculture, main crops and products are; wheat, barley, lentil, tobacco, cotton, and pistachio nuts. Situated on the broad plain of upper Mesopotamia, Sanliurfa is one of these points, once being a city of 1001 nights and camel caravans. Then comes Diyarbakir with its wonderful architectural designs dates back to the Middle Ages. Here is the Malabadi Bridge presenting a ...

 

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA trailer

A film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director of DISTANT and CLIMATES

 

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Explore - Turkey - Istanbul & Anatolia 1 of 4 - BBC Travel Documentary

Explore - Turkey - Istanbul & Anatolia 1 of 4 - BBC Travel Documentary, recorded 27.02.2011 Simon Reeve leads a team of journalists in a journey of discovery across Turkey. From the stunning mosques of Istanbul to the 'fairy chimneys' of Cappadocia and the forests of the Black Sea coast, Turkey is country of rich history and amazing landscapes. It is also a divided country where the pro-islamic government seems locked in conflict with the traditionally secular establishment, including the army, and where an armed conflict rumbles on with elements of the Kurdish minority in the South East. .