TURKEY

Area:780,000 km (300,000 miles)

Population: 76.9m (July 2010 est.)

Capital city: Ankara

People:  Majority Turks. Certain non-Muslim minorities recognised under the Treaty of Lausanne including Jews, Armenians and Greeks. Other ethnic peoples include Kurds, Circassians and Bosnians.

Language: Turkish (official)

Religion: Muslim

Currency: Turkish Lira (TL)

Head of State: President Abdullah Gul

• Membership of international groupings/organisations:

 UN, NATO, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), G-20, an Associate Member of the Western European Union, and a candidate for accession to the European Union (negotiations started on 3 October 2005).

Important cities in turkey

1) ISTANBUL 2) ANKARA (CAPITAL)3) IZMIR4) ANTALYA 5) BURSA

CULTURE

The culture of Turkey combines a largely diverse and heterogeneous set of elements that are derived from the Ottoman, European, Middle Eastern and Central Asian traditionsCulturel games

Culturel instrument

Important Food

WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT TURKEY IN TOURISM

1) 3 S (SEA , SUN AND SAND)

2) CULTURE TOURISM

3) HEALTH TOURISM

4) WINTER TOURISM

5) MOUNTAIN TOURISM

Touristic places

 Ephesus Blue mosque Hagia sophia  Troy Pergamon House of the Virgin Mary Pamukkale Hierapolis Trabzon

Tourism statistics

Year Arrivals

1998 9,750,000

1999 7,460,000

2000 8,000,000

2001 10,400,000

2002 12,800,000

2003 13,300,000

2004 16,800,000

2005 21,200,000

2006 18,500,000

2007 23,340,911[3]

2008 26,336,677[1]

2009 27,077,114[1]

2010 28,632,204[1]

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Rank CountryInternational

tourist arrivals

1  France 76.80 million

2  United States 59.75 million

3  China 55.67 million

4  Spain 52.68 million

5  Italy 43.63 million

6  United Kingdom 28.13 million

7  Turkey 27.00 million

8  Germany 26.88 million

9  Malaysia 24.58 million

10  Mexico 22.40 million

International tourist Spenders:in 2010 1 Germany 80.82 United States 73.13 United Kingdom 48.54 China 43.75 France 38.96 Italy 27.87 Japan 25.18 Canada 24.39 Russian Fedration 20.810 Netherlands 20.7

US $ billion

The Top Revenue Earners 20101  United States 94.22  Spain 53.23  France 48.74  Italy 40.25 China 39.76 Germany 34.77 United Kingdom 30.18 Australia 28.69  Turkey 21.310 Austria 21.8

US $ billion

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POLAND

Turkey in Polish Market -2008

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