Turkey, Come Explore...

Turkey is a vast and varied country boasting incredible landscapes and natural wonders bordered by four different seas. Well known as a great destination for relaxing beach holidays, it also offers many sporting activities, some of the world's most important ancient monuments, welcoming Turkish hospitality and a delicious and varied national cuisine. 

Events and Festivals
The Istanbul Music Festival, the first festival of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012. The 40th year special programme of the Istanbul Music Festival, which hosted more than 40,000 artists from Turkey and abroad with nearly 3,000 performances in 40 years, is announced at a press meeting on January 24. Istanbul Shopping Fest, being held between June 9th and June 29th, is bringing shopping and fun together again, with the setting of İstanbul's historical and culturel assets. The marathon is going to be run on a section of the Lycian Way, between 220 and 240 kilometers. The whole Lycian Way is 509 kilometers long between Fethiye and Antalya. The spectacular landscape of curious rock formations and mysterious subterranean cities provide the setting for this unique test of endurance: a challenging 200km run in the desert heat.

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News
3rd International Istanbul Ballet Competition a 5 days running (25-30 June 2012) Ballet Master Class will be held under the instruction of Mr. Mikhail Lavrovsky Globe to Globe - For the first time, 37 international companies present all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in 37 different languages in a kaleidoscopic. The Faces of Deportation Art exhibition is taking place to commermorate the roofing of the Crimcam Tartarsduring the Second World War by Stalin. Exhibition first start 17 May at 18.30 til 20.00 at the Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centre. Turkey celebrates official London Book Fair Market Focus handover from China to Turkey The London Book Fair 2013 takes place 15-17 April, Earls Court London.

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