Turkey

Capital: Ankara

Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus. About two-thirds of its people live in Europe and the rest in Asia, and it is Turkey's largest city.
Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey has stone enclosures erected as far back as 9600 BC, making it one of the oldest known monumental sites.
Fairy chimneys in Cappadocia formed when erosion wore away soft volcanic deposits. Sunrise balloon flights over them are a famous experience.
The Library of Celsus at Ephesus was built around 125 AD and may have held about 12,000 scrolls. Its façade was rebuilt between 1970 and 1978.
Turkey is the fourth most visited country in the world, and it spans about 783,562 square kilometres across Asia and Europe.

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