Civilization In Turkey

The history of Turkey stretches back at least 40,000 years, the majority of Asian portion of the country was called Anatolia; in which it was one of the first places on earth to develop agriculture and structures of human civilization. However, in Europe, turkey share borders with Greece and Bulgaria, in Caucasus region with Eurasian countries of Georgia and Armenia; in Asia region with Syria, Iraq and Iran. Turkey’s highest peak lies on its border with Iran at nearly 17,000 feet or more than 5,000 meters, that highest peak called Mountain Ararat. It’s known in Judeo-Christian tradition that Mountain Ararat is the place Noah’s Ark was said to have come to rest as a result of its strategic transcontinental location, the country was fought over

But these changes were too little too late to hold off disquiet among the Turks who had seen Europe and wanted a more modern free nation. During the First World War, the Ottoman sided with Germany and fought against allied forces at Gallipoli and against the Arabs on the Arabian Peninsula in a horrific war made famous by British officer come legend “Lawrence of Arabia”. Finally, on November first 1922, after six hundred and twenty-three years; the Ottoman era was consigned to history when a decree was signed abolishing the empire. “Mehmet VI” the 36th and the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire went into exile and the republic of turkey was born. At the Same time, the nation’s capital went to Ankara and Ataturk the man who’s responsible for creating the modern republic of turkey, insisted that Constantinople be known by its familiar name which is “Istanbul”. Ataturk reputation remains monumental and reaches a near cult-like status for many people in turkey; you can expect to see the great man’s image in one form or another whenever you go, variously portrayed as a warrior, civilian leader of the people, and educator. The image of Ataturk as an educator is especially notable; perhaps the most significant part of Ataturk’s radical program of reforms and modernizations in the 1920’s, it was the switch that sort Turkish drop the Arabic alphabet and writing from right to left in favour of European script from left to right. However, the father of the Turks status can even be found in Washington