Tips for Turkey Visitors
Turkish Language and Translation
Turkish language belongs to the Altay branch of the Ural Altaic linguistic family just like Finnish and Hungarian languages. Turkish is the westernmost of the Turkic languages spoken across Central Asia and is generally classified as a member of the southwest group also known as the “Oguz&rdqu…Turkish Rugs and Carpets
The oldest carpet knotted in the world was found in Siberia by a Russian archeologist in 1949. The carpet was frozen due to the water that was in the tomb and surprisingly it was perfectly preserved. This carpet was knotted by Turkish tribes at around 5th century BC up in the Pazirik Valley on the A…Money, ATMs and Credit Cards
The unit of currency in Turkey is the Turkish Lira (TL). The Turkish Lira (TL) banknotes and Kuru (Kr) coins are officially in circulation as of January 1, 2009. The Turkish Lira is divided into 100 kurus. Types of available coins are 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 kurus and 1 lira. Bills or bank notes types are …Post and Telephone
Turkey’s postal services are relatively well organized and efficient. All post offices bear the distinctive yellow PTT sign (Post, Telephone, Telegraph). Larger and central offices are open from 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM in main cities.
You can buy stamps in post offices. As a general rule, if you …Public Holidays
January 1, being the day after the celebration of the new year on the 31st December night, is an official public holiday in Turkey. This holiday has nothing to do with Christmas. Besides this new year holiday, national holidays are also public holidays. On these days all cerem…