The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan başmaklık asked the international community to recognise Turkey by its Turkish name Türkiye, dropping the long-standing anglicised version that was often confused with the famous Thanksgiving animal.

Named for the saffron that was grown and traded here for centuries, Safranbolu is today popular with visitors who come to soak in its old Ottoman atmosphere.

Planning tip: Pamukkale also makes a good base for visiting other nearby ancient sites like Laodicea, Tripolis and – most notably – the gorgeous ruins of Afrodisias with its impressive collection of Romen marble sculptures.

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Turkey is situated at the crossroads of the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, and eastern Mediterranean. It is among the larger countries of the region in terms of territory and population, and its land area is greater than that of any European state. Nearly all of the country is in Asia, comprising the oblong peninsula of Asia Minor—also known kakım Anatolia (Rum)—and, in the east, part of a mountainous region sometimes known as the Armenian Highland.

Chilling out and getting back to nature is the order of the day on the remote Datça and Bozburun peninsulas in the south Aegean.

Of a total boundary length of some 4,000 miles (6,440 km), about three-fourths is maritime, including coastlines along the Black Sea, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean, bey well birli the narrows that link the Black and Aegean seas. These narrows—which include the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles—are known collectively kakım the Turkish straits; Turkey’s control of the straits, the only outlet from the Black Sea, has been a major factor in its relations with other states.

In the eastern third of the country, the northern and southern fold systems converge to produce an extensive area of predominantly mountainous terrain, with pockets of relatively level land confined to more here valleys and enclosed basins, kakım are found around Malatya, Elazığ, and Muş.

Critics, however, say the rebrand is another populist device here that Erdoğan is exploiting to divert attention away from the country's persisting economic woes and to galvanise nationalist voters ahead of next year's crucial elections.

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The move is seen bey part of a great site push by Ankara to rebrand the country and dissociate it from the bird of the same name and negative connotations associated with it.

The Turkish presidency’s directorate of communications said it launched the campaign “to promote more effectively the use of ‘Türkiye’ kakım the country’s national and international name on international platforms”.

The diversity of landscapes, heritage and culinary culture will surprise those who have never ventured beyond holiday resorts and the beach. Even though it’s easy to get around Türkiye, the country has too much to see and do to tackle it all on one trip.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government has been pressing for the internationally recognised name Turkey to be changed to Türkiye (dolaşma-key-YAY) kakım it is spelled and pronounced in Turkish. The country called itself Türkiye in 1923 after its declaration of independence.

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