Culture and Customs of Turkey

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Culture and Customs of Turkey

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With exhaustive coverage on one of the world's most diverse and exciting countries, Culture and Customs of Turkey is an essential addition to high school and public library shelves. Illustrative accounts of past traditions help readers to understand contemporary culture today, covering such customs as religious beliefs, folklore, gender issues, art, performing arts, cuisine, and festivals. Students will learn how Turkey has become culturally rich and diverse, mixing Western and Eastern traditions to form a unique bridge between Europe and Asia. This latest volume in the Culture and Customs of Europe series is a must-have for high school students studying world history and culture, as well as for general readers interested in global hotspots.

Swirling with both Western and Eastern traditions, sitting on the edge of the war in the Middle East, Turkey is one of the world's cultural and political hotspots.With exhaustive coverage on one of the world's most diverse and exciting countries, Culture and Customs of Turkey is an essential addition to high school and public library shelves. Illustrative accounts of past traditions help readers to understand contemporary culture today, covering such customs as religious beliefs, folklore, gender issues, art, performing arts, cuisine, and festivals. Students will learn how Turkey has become culturally rich and diverse, mixing Western and Eastern traditions to form a unique bridge between Europe and Asia. This latest volume in the Culture and Customs of Europe series is a must-have for high school students studying world history and culture, as well as for general readers interested in global hotspots.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliterations
1. Land, People, and History
2. Thoughts and Religions
3. Folklore and Literature
4. Media and Cinema
5. Performing Arts
6. Visual Arts
7. Architecture
8. Gender, Courtship and Marriage
9. Festivals, Fun and Leisure
Glossary
Bibliography

Product details

Published Mar 05 2009
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 210
ISBN 9780313342158
Imprint Greenwood
Illustrations 31 bw illus
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series Culture and Customs of Europe
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Rafis Abazov

RAFIS ABAZOV is Adjunct Assistant Professor, Schoo…

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