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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The historic palette of Turkey is traced to </span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Age" rel="wikipedia nofollow" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> settlements constructed in </span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_millennium_BC" rel="wikipedia nofollow" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank" title="8th millennium BC">7500 BC</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, and here, today, unforgettable names like Troy and the </span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War" rel="wikipedia nofollow" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank" title="Trojan War">Trojan War</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, Homer, </span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great" rel="wikipedia nofollow" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank" title="Cyrus the Great">Cyrus the Great</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, Alexander the Great, the </span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" rel="wikipedia nofollow" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and the </span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades" rel="wikipedia nofollow" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank" title="Crusades">Medieval Crusades</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> leap from the pages of its ancient history, and many relics and ruins of same still stand for all to view. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Overrun, conquered, and eventually lost by a litany of forces over eons of time, the modern country of Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" rel="wikipedia nofollow" target="_blank" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> by its national hero <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk" rel="wikipedia nofollow" target="_blank" title="Mustafa Kemal Atatürk">Mustafa KEMAL</a>, later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Under his authoritarian (and rather effective) leadership, the country adopted wide-ranging social, legal, and political reforms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In 1950, an experiment with multi-party politics led to election victory of the opposition Democratic Party and the peaceful transfer of power. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since then - as in many new democracies - there were periods of instability and intermittent military coups, which in each case resulted in the return of political power to civilians. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Through it all the unflappable spirit of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_people" rel="wikipedia nofollow" target="_blank" title="Turkish people">Turkish people</a> has prevailed, and in recent years the government has undertaken many reforms to strengthen its democracy and economy, so it can eventually join the European Union. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Turkey is geographically, politically and officially part of two continents - Europe and Asia. The smaller northwestern portion (Thrace) is part of Europe, while the larger portion (Anatolia) is part of Asia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As exotic and riveting tourism destinations go, some say it has no peer. Why not find out for yourself?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Learn more about the history of Turkey </span><a href="http://www.turkishodyssey.com/turkey/history/history.htm" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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