The following tourist guide-recommended destinations offer a taste of Ottoman and Turkish culture and history but without the long lines and crowds. By Kaitlyn McInnis , Contributor.

Excavations in Elazığ, Turkey, reveal 6,000-year-old hearths and artifacts, offering new insight into ancient civilizations.

The event organizer said the event is a good way to get together and celebrate Turkish culture. “In the Ottoman era, they used it for decoration in their gardens and walls, and actually they ...

Professor Tadeusz Majda speaks about Tatars, Sarmatian fashion, highland dialect borrowings from Turkish, tobacco smoking, equine fairs and other influences of Turkic communities on Polish culture.