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The Hospitable Mersin

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A modern Mediterranean Turkish city, Mersin is being informed in this video, giving insight about the Mediterranean Games, together with the power of the city involving: of its urban value (Turkey's 8th largest city with 1.7 million population living there having the most economical productive sea port of Turkey, also with agriculture and industry),  of its young population with 50% of population under the age of 24, of its deep history with heritage of many civilizations from the Hittites to Hellenistic Ages, later with Seljuks and Ottomans,  of hospitality, that have been hosting to Christians, Muslims and Jews side by side (which Europe can't do in current times),  of its nature with the turquoise of the Mediterranean and the gradient of green in its environment also with the orange of all types of citrus fruits that have been growing in the fertile lands of Mersin,  of its arts based on the international performances and on local Turkish cultures, of the peace,

Quotes about Turks

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The Flags of Turkish Nation “There are two merits that glorify a person: being courageous for a man and being virtuous for a woman. Besides these two, there is another merit that glorifies both man and woman: so much loving the homeland to an extent with being ready to sacrifice his/her life, if needed. Turks are such courageous and virtuous people. That is why you can kill a Turk but you can never defeat them.” - Napoleon Bonaparte “The greatest ornament of a Turkish woman is precisely being Turkish itself. They do not adorn themselves by using diamonds or emeralds; they honor diamonds and emeralds by putting them on. Each Turkish woman is an alive priceless jewelry herself.” - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu “Turks are heroes. They never hurt their friends. This honorable nation will not leave a hand that reaches to them, will not renege on their promises, and will not let their friends alone at the times of hardship. Whoever become friends with this amazing nation will have

Turks Originated from Trojans: Some Sayings from Historians

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"When Trojans had come to Europe, they separated into two ways. One of them was Francions, the predecessors of Franks and the other one was Turcoths, the predecessors of Turks. Franks had gone to Rhône area while others had stayed in Tisza area. The others did choose a king for themselves and named him as 'Turcoth', which later formed the name, the “Turks”, recent forms of nation known as recent Turkish countries..” Frédégaire - French "After Troy has fallen, Trojan armies were separated by two groups. One group had followed King Priamos's grandchild Francon from Hector, other group had followed King Priamos's grandchild Turkus from Troilus. Therefore there are two nations, originated from Trojans, their names have been known as "Franks" and "Turks" by the world currently." Vincent de Beauvais, writer of Speculum Maius (known with the encyclopedia of the Middle Age) "Turks' homelands are behind of th

Top Ten Places for Honeymoon in Turkey

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If you want to have unique and amazing place to enjoy your honeymoon, these places in Turkey are the best to have the peace while living the love with your heart-body. Oylat Hot Spring You can both enjoy the stunning gradient of green and the lively locals, still carrying the historical Turkish hospitality in this silent travel location. Oylat Hot Spring (Kaplıca), İnegöl, Bursa, Turkey Alaçatı If you are sportive couples want to enjoy the taste of wind surfing with tough waves, Alaçatı is your place to have your pleasant times of your honeymoon in Turkey. Alaçatı - Rüzgâr Sörfü (Wind Surfing) Blue Lagoon in Turkey (Ölü Deniz) Stunning nature and sea, that you haven't seen yet.. In the blue lagoon you can enjoy the most beautiful beach in the world while possibility to see the Butterfly Valley and to enjoy the paragliding from its mountain. Fethiye Blue Lagoon Islands of İstanbul Variety of close-by islands that you can enjoy th

Turkish Proverb - Accident Comes without Notice

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Proverb : "Accident comes without notice." - A Turkish Proverb  Original Form : "Kaza geliyorum demez." - Türk Atasözü Description : It is impossible to estimate the occurance time and place of an accident. This proverb encourages getting set for any unexpected accidents, that may be possible in our lives.

Turkish Proverb - Worse than Worst

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Proverb : "There is ever worse than worst." -  A Turkish Proverb  Original Form : "Beterin beteri vardır." - Türk Atasözü Description : This proverb points the weakness of humankind since most despair with one tribulation. However a person shall always consider being strong with raising his/her consolation by thinking of the worse situations that could be possible but luckily not experienced.

Turkish Apothegm - Moral Values

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Apothegm : "A nation can't be evaluated with the wealth level but with the moral values." - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk  Original : "Bir millet, zenginliğiyle değil, ahlak değeriyle ölçülür." - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Description : Atatürk points in his word, that moral values can form the unity of a nation while preventing individualism, and when formed, which will guide that nation to welfare, freedom, and improvement.

Armenian Genocide, a Big Lie

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Attacks of Armenians, which should have been called as 'massacre of Turkish civilians', are entitled as 'genocide' which is an obvious lie, as formulated to befool the world with the aim to fine a pretext to invade the lands belonging to, formerly, the Ottoman Empire and now the Turkish Republic..  The Armenians were located in Anatolia with the authorization of the Ottoman Empire at the 15th century. This authorization cost a lot for Turkey: Mass-Graves with dead bodies of Turkish Civilians (Click!) Most of the historians call attention to the point that the facts of the history straggled behind what the reality is due to the politicians, and rancor of the Armenian Diaspora who has been focusing on one aim, acquiring the lands of current Turkish Republic.  Discovering the unknown must not be one sided! Don't decide "what the truth is" without listening both sides! If you don't listen, don't believe in any thing!   Just only the blue bo

Istanbul, the Capital of Civilizations

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İstanbul, the multicultural metropolitan city with full of history, rich art and music variety.. The beauty of İstanbul comes from its history involving multitude of religions and languages, from the Bosphorus Sea, the dividing line between two continents Asia and Europe, and from hospitable Turkish society. Some Sayings about İstanbul "If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul." - Alphonse de Lamartine "İstanbul is a magical seal which unites Europe and Asia since the ancient times. Without a doubt, Istanbul is certainly the most beautiful place of the world." - Gerard De Nerval "People were right when they say there is no other place on earth as beautiful looking as Istanbul." - Chateaubriand   "If the earth was a single state, Istanbul would be its capital." - Napoleon Bonaparte   "On the meeting point of two worl

Mathematics and Nature

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The creation of Hz. Allahü Teala: the nature involves colorful rainbows, perfectly constructed spider webs, faultless form of the snail shell etc., Each of them in its deep basis reveals mathematics in several forms such as numbers, formulations etc.  An amazing animation video "Nature by Numbers", prepared by Cristóbal Vila, shows us some examples pointing the cross-bond between mathematics and nature. Please watch this artful animation movie with the melody of "Often a Bird" by Wim Mertens (from the album Jardin Clos, 1996). More Examples: Fractals - Patterns of Mathematics World Mysteries Math is Fun Golden Ratio

Money has a Warm Face

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Proverb : "Money has a warm face." - A Turkish Proverb  Original Form : "Paranın yüzü sıcaktır." - Türk Atasözü Description : The proverb refers to the fact that any person can be taken in hand to have him/her make something asked, by use of money. The point is directed, more specifically, to the power of money in our daily lives.

Friendship of Baby and Dog

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Past Experiences

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Proverb : "One, with his mouth burned from hot milk, eats yogurt by cooling it down." - A Turkish Proverb  Original Form : "Sütten ağzı yanan, yoğurdu üfleyerek yer." Description : The proverb refers to a person showing unnecessary graveness to everything due to past experience of a big fault.  Thanks to r7raul for the idea of presenting Turkish proverbs.. 

Stolen Heart

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The Hidden Facts Behind Saying "Fine"

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The Solution to Oversleeping

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Mann Cornet - The solution to oversleeping

First Unpowered Flight in History

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Hezarfen from Hezarfen on Vimeo . Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi is the Ottoman aviator known to be the first person sustained unpowered flight, the statement brought up to nowadays by the writings of Evliya Çelebi . He succeeded in his dream of flying by using eagle wings to advantage only the wind power and could managed his unpowered flight in a distance of 3.4 km while crossing the whole Bosporus. A  world class animation with stunning details of art by technical director Tolga Arı and art director Romain Blanchet - For more information of the animation movie and the team: Hezarfen the Movie (Click) .  Here is the online movie of this historical event: To Online-Watch The Full Movie with English Subtitle:

Do You Have Time?

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Those who have time will all the time have luck of catching the chances..  Those who don't have time stand all the time in lines, since they miss the chances while trying to be quick!