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The culture of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye kültürü) or the Turkish culture (Türk kültürü) combines a heavily diverse and heterogeneous set of elements that have been derived from the various cultures of the Eastern European, Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasian, Middle Eastern and Central Asian traditions. Many of these traditions were initially brought together by the Ottoman Empire, a multi-ethnic and multi-religious state spanning across Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
During the early years of the Republic of Turkey, established after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the government invested large sums of resources into fine arts such as architecture and sculpture, and other artistic fields around the country in-line with the newly implemented reformist and West-leaning policies. This was done as part of a process of modernization, westernization, and of creating and outlining a new Turkish cultural identity, rather than the previously established and depicted Ottoman identity.
The cultureofTurkey (Turkish: Türkiye kültürü) or the Turkishculture (Türk kültürü) combines a heavily diverse and heterogeneous set of elements that...
of the modern Turkish Republic. Since its introduction to Turkey, tea has become a large part ofTurkishculture. Since the mid-20th century most of the...
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It...
(34%). Homosexuality is a taboo subject in Turkey and the cultureof "honour killings" can be observed in Turkish society families murdering members (usually...
Turkish coffee is a style of coffee prepared in a cezve using very finely ground coffee beans without filtering. Turkish coffee is very finely ground coffee...
languages ofTurkey, apart from the official language Turkish, include the widespread Kurdish (Kurmanji), Zazaki, and Arabic, and a number of less common...
The official holidays in Turkey are established by the Act 2429 of 19 March 1981 that replaced the Act 2739 of 27 May 1935. These holidays can be grouped...
Research on TurkishCulture (TKAE) is an institution established in 1961. Its research focused on the Turkic world and counted with the support of both the...
the wearer, culture and to a less extent religion. Similar features that are present in most of these folk dress styles throughout ofTurkey include the...
The roots of traditional music in Turkey span across centuries to a time when the Seljuk Turks migrated to Anatolia and Persia in the 11th century and...
hammam (Arabic: حمّام, romanized: ḥammām, Turkish: hamam) or Turkish bath is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic...
Minorities in Turkey form a substantial part of the country's population, representing an estimated 25 to 28 percent of the population. Historically,...
the arrival of the Turks in the Middle Ages.[citation needed] Turkey also was the home of much significant art produced by earlier cultures, including...
The cultureof the Assyrians is both distinct from those of neighbouring ethnic groups as well as ancient. Many Assyrians (estimates of fluent speakers...
National symbols ofTurkey are symbols used to represent the citizens of the Republic ofTurkey in Turkey and around the world. The Turkish flag is the national...
Bazar The Halaf culture is a prehistoric period which lasted between about 6100 BC and 5100 BC. The period is a continuous development out of the earlier...
transmission, and coverage. Turkish Radio and Television Corporation is Turkiye's largest and most powerful national television station. As of 1 August 2019, RTÜK...
Turkey. According to various estimates, they compose between 15% and 20% of the population ofTurkey. There are Kurds living in various provinces of Turkey...
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Architecture ofTurkey or Turkish architecture in the republican period is the architecture practised in Turkey since the foundation of the republic in...
number of ethnic Turkish people in the world CultureofTurkey History ofTurkey History of the Republic ofTurkey Turkic languages This disambiguation page...
Demographic features of the population ofTurkey include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious...
Islam filtered through the mediation of Persian and Central Asian culture, as well as through the preaching of Sufi Muslim wandering ascetics and mystics...
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