ABOUT TURKEY

We love Turkey, we love the country and the people, and we want to find you the right home so you love it to.

The lands of Turkey are located at a point where the three continents making up the old world. Asia, Africa and Europe are closest to each other, and straddle the point where Europe and Asia meet. Geographically, the country is located in the northern half of the hemisphere at a point that is about halfway between the equator and the north pole, at a longitude of 36 degrees N to 42 degrees N and a latitude of 26 degrees E to 45 degrees E. Turkey is roughly rectangular in shape and is 1,660 kilometres wide.

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Religion

Although many different religions were practised throughout the years, including Christianity, the Turks became fully Moslem by the 10th century. However one must be fully aware that since Ataturk, the country is secular. Some women can still be seen wearing the headscarf, but young people in the towns and cities will be indiscernible from any other European counterpart going about their business and enjoying themselves in clubs and bars in their leisure time. Like in so many countries at this time religion is usually practised by the older generation who follow the calls to prayer drifting melodically from the turrets and domes of the local mosques.