In a country where the East meets the West, where the attractive oriental exotic is dressing with European elegance and where the wild lunar landscape is populated by perhaps the hottest and the most charismatic people in the world. A paradise for lovers of sun and sea, archaeology, unique accommodation, culture, trekking, delicious food, water sports and the worldwide known Turkish bath – it would be hard to happen that you wouldn’t find anything for yourself. And keep coming back. 
The most …
• Istanbul is the only city in the world that is situated on two continents.
• Although we mostly think of the Netherlands when we think of the Tulip, in fact, it comes from Ottoman Turkey.
• In Turkey, lives the highest living man in the world, who measures as much as 2.47 metres.
• Turks claim that they can »read« political affiliation of a man by the shape of his moustache. The oldest known settlement in the world is Catalhoyuk from year 7500 BC.
• The words “Veni, vidi, vici” were uttered by Julius Caesar, when he won the Turkish territory by the Black Sea.
• According to the legend Noah landed with his ark on the highest Turkish mountain Mt. Ararat.
• The most precious carpet in the world is stored in a museum in Konya and it has 144 knots per square centimetre.
What else to do?
• Pamukkale: dive into the unspeakable “snow” formations of thermal hot springs.
• For a moment, get lost in the Goreme Park and you will begin to have doubts, whether you happened to land on the moon.
• Pick up a paddle and ride the rapids in the beautiful Coruh valley.
• Enjoy the incredible mystical performance of revolving Dervish, seasoned with the enticing aroma of a hookah.
• Buying a carpet can be a multi-day trip to the hospitality of the Turkish soul.
Are you kiddin’ me?
Turkish is an agglutinative language that forms new words by adding to the existing suffix and prefix. So many sentences can be told with only one – a very long – word. The longest Turkish word is thus Cekoslovakyalilastiramadiklarimizdanmissiniz, meaning “you are said to be one of those that we could not manage to convert to a Czechoslovak.”
