House of travel Spain, Portugal, Greece & Turkey 2017 | Page 38

Experience
Turkey
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Fast Facts
Country Name: Turkey
Population: 74 million
Capital: Ankara
Currency: Turkish Lira
Time Zone: 10 hours behind New Zealand
(except during daylight saving)
Electricity: Current is 220V,50HZ
Plug is a 2 point round-pin adaptor
Festivals and Events 2017
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Mid Apr Istanbul Film Festival
25 Apr Anzac Day, Gallipoli
Sep SunSplash Festival, Bodrum
early Jul Istanbul Jazz Festival
Aug/Sep Cappadocia Avanos International
Tourism and Handicrafts Festival
Sep/Oct Grape Harvest Festival in Urgup,
Cappadocia
ast meets west in Turkey in a fascinating, exotic collision of cultures and religions,
ancient and modern. Combined with its reputation for good value for money,
this makes Turkey “hot”. Turkey’s strategic location, straddling the continents of
Europe and Asia, guarding the waterway between the Mediterranean and the Black
Sea, means it has already had a major role to play in world events. From Turkey rose
the Byzantine and Ottoman empires and in Turkish soi