turkey Country Turkey is an ancient Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine Empire, the State across the Eastern Europe and West Asia in the cultural connection of the Ottoman Empire. Cosmopolitan Istanbul, the Bosphorus Strait, the soaring dome and Christian mosaics, large-scale 17th-century Blue Mosque and around - 1460 Topkapi Palace, in front of the house of the Sultan, is home to the iconic Hagia Sophia. Ankara is a modern capital city of Turkey.
