Rumi the master of tolerance seven centuries ago wrote:

"humanity will drink from the flow of my poetry"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfUFskuN9es&mode=related&search=

Have a look and enjoy the Rumi music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wEUzuxwtCo&mode=related&search=

Hope this helps. My husband is a champion in Backgammon.
http://www.bkgm.com/rules.html

Pavarotti's student Hakan Aysev, known as “Turkey's Pavarotti,” said that Pavarotti's death is a loss for humanity. “He is a legend. He was a great person,” said Aysev.

http://www.greatcommission.com
/turkey/tour/TurkeyAndTheSevenChurchesOfRevelation_files/frame.htm

Tattooed hands in Oman: http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/gallery/oman_lailat-al-henna-wedding.html

The patience of the masters who can make wood listen is reflected today in the examples of kündekâri that adorn the most beatiful buildings

http://www.thy.com/en-INT/corporate/skylife/article.aspx?mkl=483

thanks for sharing this link, sorry, do not understand the written Turkish words

http://www.ergir.com/last_anatolian_panther.htm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,2154288,00.html