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Turkey The land of contrasts. Between modern and traditional, religious and secular. Modern cities with fast cars and fast food and small villages that has a lifestyle not changed for centuries. Cities along the Agean and Mediterranean coast is a very popular destination to many package holidays. Many people visiting Turkey on holidays gets fascinated by the beauty of the mountains and the friendly personality of the Turks. The north west of Turkey is bordering Greece and Bulgaria and to the north the Black Sea, to the east Georgia, Armenia and Iran. South east bordering Iraq and Syria and to the south the Mediterranean Sea and west the Aegean Sea. The Anatolian peninsula consists of a high central plateau in between the East-Black Sea mountain range to the north and the Taurus Mountains to the south. To the east a more mountainous landscape, home to the sources of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris and the well known Mount Ararat, Turkey's highest point at 5.166 m a.s.l. 
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Because of Turkeys strategic position between the continents of Europe and Asia, it has been a historical crossroad. Homeland to great civilizations and surrounded by three seas it was a centre of commerce. Walking in turkey is a walk in history.
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Turkey in brief