Another in the "Flags of the World " series for my collection which is growing strongly now....This card is fro a swap in Turkey.Thank you Barak for my Australian flag card ..
Posted Konya : Turkey : 31 May : Arrived Sydney 09 June : Traveled 10 days.
Greetings from TURKEY :
TURKEY : Covers an area of some 783,356 KM 2.
POPULATION of Turkey is 79,463,663 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY : of Turkey is Ankara.
LOCATION.: Turkey is located both in Europe and Asia..
UNIQUE: to Turkey is The Historical Byzantium, Istanbul is the only City in the worls located in two continents Europe and Asia. Founded in 660 BC it has been the capital of Roman , Byzantine , Latin and Ottoman empires.
FAMOUS : The Tunel Railway line since 1875 it has been the oldest surviving underground railway line in Europe.
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul One of the longest and oldest covered markets in the world with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops.
HISTORY : Ottoman Empire : 1299 - 1923 .
The Anatolian Peninsula comprising most of modern Turkey is one of the oldest permanently settled regions in the world.
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