Samarqand branch of the

Flora

The flora of Turkey includes a about 6,700 species plants, more than a third species are very ancient and nowhere but Turkeysome astragalus, balsam wood. Black Sea the coast is covered dense forests armenian oak, oriental beech, hornbeam, beautiful maple, plane tree In the Mediterranean regions bushes predominate - strawberry tree, laurel, myrtle, pistachios, oleander. Above forests begin with the rarest Lebanese cedar, Cilician

fir, black pine, juniper, noted abundance of oak, carob, olives, almonds, walnuts

Population of the country
The main population of the country is Turks. It should be noted that the self—designation before the proclamation of Turkey as a republic in 1923 was the Ottomans.The rapid growth of the population, which exceeded 70 million in 2005, remains an important problem of the country.The distribution of residents across Turkey is extremely uneven. The coasts of the Marmara and Black Seas, as well as the areas adjacent to the Aegean Sea, are most densely populated. The most densely populated city is Istanbul and the most sparsely populated area is Hakkari.
Hakkari is the most sparsely populated area

Holidays in Turkey

• January 1 is the New Year.
• April 23 is National Independence Day.
• May 19 is Youth Day.
• August 30 is Victory Day.
• October 29 is Republic Day, the main state holiday (parades, speeches).
• November 10 is the day of Ataturk's death (1938) On this day, at 9:05 in the morning, the whole country freezes in silence, passers—by stop for a minute (and you will have to do it too), sirens are buzzing and cars are honking. On the eve of this day, TV and radio programs are full of facts and memories about the life of Ataturk.
• Ramadan - January 10–February 8 is the holy month (fasting).Eid al-Adha (feast of sacrifice) is the main religious holiday of the year, lasts for 4 days Ramadan in turkey

Ramadan in turkey