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Culture: Turkey

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Bilkent University (http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/)
The leading English Language private university in Turkey.

Bogazici University (http://www.boun.edu.tr/)
Istanbul's major English Language state funded university.

DMOZ Open Directory Project - Turkey (http://dmoz.org/Regional/Middle%5FEast/Turkey/)
Major website giving access to many important subject areas.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

Middle East Technical University (http://www.metu.edu.tr/)
A leading state funded English Language technical university in Ankara.

Ministry of Culture - Turkey (http://www.kultur.gov.tr/)
Official web site of the Turkish Ministry of Culture.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Turkey (http://www.mfa.gov.tr/)
Official web site of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ministry of National Education - Turkey (http://www.meb.gov.tr/)
Official web site of the Turkish Ministry of National Education, note this site is in Turkish.

Ministry of Tourism - Turkey (http://www.turizm.gov.tr/)
Official web site of the Turkish Ministry of Tourism.

Open Directory Portal Page on Islam (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds of citations on various aspects of Islam as practiced around the globe, as well as sites which contain the complete Arabic and English texts of the Koran.

RecipeSource (http://www.recipesource.com/)
A search by country in RecipeSource, the new website of SOAR: The Searchable Online Archive of Recipes, yields traditional recipes in English from countries around the world.

Turkish Daily News (http://www.turkishdailynews.com/)
An award winning English Language newspaper from Turkey.

Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (http://www.tusiad.org.tr/english/)
Web site of the leading association of large corporations in Turkey.

Turkish Kitchen (http://www.bigglook.com/biggmenueng/)
A web site featuring Turkish cuisine.

United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.

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