"Dum tek tek" is the name of the song (I mean , pulease!) sung by a derivative popstrel named Hadise. It'll get to the final, but if it gets into the top 5 I'll never touch a donner again. Learn about it here.
It's a band call Mor vo Otesi, I didn't ike them much at first, but the song has grown on me, and it will no doubt ease into the final from Semi 2. Read about them here
Kenan Dogulu chose "Shake it up, Sekerim" to perform for Turkey in 2007. He sang all three potential songs on Turkish TV mid-week at lunchtime. As I was at work, I missed the extravaganza. And if the winning song is anything to go by, I can only thank the lord for small mercies. Read more here.
Sibel Tuzun, the superstar, will command attention for Turkey in 2006. Learn more about her show-womanship here

The Tourist Guide says

"Turkey is a paradise of sun, sea, mountains, and lakes that offers the vacationer a complete change from the stress and routine of everyday life. 
Turkey also has a magnificent past, and is a land full of historic treasures from 13 successive civilizations spanning 10,000 years. Even if you spend only a short time in Turkey, you can see a lot of this great past."
"There is no doubt that one visit will not be enough, and you will want to come back again and again as you discover one extraordinary place after another. All of them, no matter how different, have one thing in common: the friendly and hospitable people of this unique country."

Bern

"The seat of Turkey's government in the strategic heart of central Anatolia, Ankara is the city selected by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the republic's founder, to house the capital of the newly politically defined country."
"Dominating the modern part of the city, much of it constructed since Ankara's rise to prominence, is the imposing limestone Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Completed in 1953, this fusion of ancient and modern architectural concepts testifies to the power and grace of Turkish architecture".

A farmer's wife in Turkey has been taken to hospital after a cow was hit by a train and landed on top of her.
Nazmiye Serengil, from Mus, had taken her cows to graze on a field next to a railway track.
However, one of the cows wandered onto the tracks and was hit by a train.
The cow was hurled into the air and, according to daily newspaper Milliyet, landed on the woman, who was sitting a few metres away.
She was taken to hospital where she received treatment for a broken left foot.
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A Turkish petrol attendant who lost his mobile phone dialled the number to discover it had been eaten by his dog.
The man, from the province of Konya, could not believe his ears when his dog's stomach started ringing.
The dog had picked up the Nokia phone and swallowed it when his owner wasn't looking, reports the Anadolu news agency.
The man thought a customer must have stolen the phone as he filled up their car with petrol.
"I'm just glad my phone wasn't stolen after all," he said, adding that nature's course ensured he was reunited with his Nokia the next day.
to come

A Turkish mayor has announced plans to dig up the deceased in his local cemetery and rebury them standing up.
Lütfü Efe, mayor of the north-western town of Yahya in Susurluk, has altered his own will to make sure he is buried standing up when he dies.
He says it is the only way of dealing with a shortage of available land on which to bury the dead.The mayor has refused to withdraw the plan despite an angry reaction from some locals.

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Life expectancy

 76.98 men 82.89 women
Airports 65
Radios 1000 per 1,000 people
Internet Users 2,464.8 per 10,000 people
Railway Network 3,236 miles
Death Penalty abolished in 1992