"Culture is the foundation of the Turkish Republic."

Mustafa Kemal ATATURK

As Ataturk said, Turkey was set up on its abundant culture. This culture has been affected by the geography and the history. Also Turkish culture affected many other civilizations around its land. Turkish culture covers cuisine, art, language, minstrel dervish literature, narratives, poetry, folk dances, puppet shadow play, costumes, architecture, music etc.

Detailed information relevant to above topics from the websites of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism or Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, Washington DC.

Puppet Shadow Play "Karagoz-Hacivat"		Turkish Folklore

Van Cat	Dervish Dance