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Turkey

  • Population: 73.3 million (UN, 2005)
  • Capital: Ankara
  • Area: 779,452 sq km (300,948 sq miles)
  • Major language: Turkish
  • Major religion: Islam
  • Life expectancy: 68 years (men), 73 years (women) (UN)
  • Monetary unit: New Turkish lira
  • Turkish Daily News – English-language
  • Zaman – English-language web version of daily

Road Junky has 5 Turkey articles. Scroll down to view.

Rumi's Tomb: Fever in Konya

A man was on his way to market when he passed a mosque. He realized it had been a long time since he´d been to pray and so he left ...

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Busking in Istanbul, Turkey

‘Excuse me, while I kill myself!’ My new Turkish friend apologised to me as he walked to the back of the airplane to refill his glass of whiskey. His dry ...

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Turks Can't Watch Youtube

As everyone knows, Turkey would like to join the EU.

Thing is, along with torture and repression of minority groups it’s also considered pretty European to have a sense of ...

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Turkish Star Wars, Superman, Batman and Rampage

How to make hit movies without your own film industry? Simple. Steal footage of other movies and mix in your own home made scenes with local actors.

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