Culture and Heritage


Culture and Heritage:

Turkey has a very diverse culture accumulated over the centuries as a result of successive civilizations, it is a mixture of different elements of the Oguz of Anatolia, and Ottoman which came after the Greek and Romanian, and today Turkish culture is a mix of traditional Islamic culture and modern Western culture. This mix originally began as a result of meeting of the Turks and their culture with those people on their way during their migration from Central Asia to the West.

Turkish music and literature are an example that reflects the mix of these cultural influences, which came as a result of the interaction between the Ottoman Empire and the Islamic world along with Europe, Therefore came the traditional literature and modern literature with the birth of modern Turkey.

Architecture in Turkey is also an evidence of the unique mix of traditions that have influenced the region over the centuries. In addition to the traditional Byzantine elements present in numerous parts of Turkey and many of the architectural masterpieces of the Ottoman Empire, with exquisite blend of local and Islamic traditions.