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Faith
Tourism in Turkey
Technological changes,
disregarding ali national boundaries, are sweeping the world
and bringing people closer together.Since the discovery of
writing, perhaps 9,000 or 10,000 years ago, certain places in
the world have been the stages for close contacts among
different cultures, civilizations and religions.Many sites in
the Mediterranean basin easily share these characteristics.
But
it is in one region in the Mediterranean that these forces have
lived together steadily without interruption.This is Anatolia.
Anatolia is the motherland of different faiths, it is the garden
where they have grown. It is also the homeland of the Turks. Anatolia
has been a junction, or meeting place of all cultures,
civilizations and beliefs since Neolithic times.
The most
striking synthesis of the three great monotheistic religions in
the so-called Fertile Cresent came about in this peninsula. Urban
civilization first took root in Anatolia. That the three
monotheistic religions chose Anatolia as a base to spread their
beliefs is an important signal. The faiths, having lived
together for centuries in this setting, left their traces
throughout this land.
The globalization taking place in the
information age had its ethical beginnings built on the
synthesis that took place in this region.
On
behalf of the Turkish Republic, we welcome all those travelers
to Turkey, seeking to find their roots while holidaying in the
land of faiths. In this web-site, we provide itineraries for seven different tours in
seven different regions of the country for those who wish to
spend their holidays in Turkey.
These tours will take you back
thousands of years and introduce those ancient sites to you.
This will give you the opportunity to experience traditional
Turkish hospitality at first hand.
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