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Lebanon and Turkey

        As we all know every country has its own culture that makes it different and unique from every other country. I visited turkey many times and I was fascinated by their culture. That’s why I chose to talk about this country and illustrate its differences and similarities with my beautiful country, Lebanon

Turkey



Historical places

Turkey is known as the home of historic landmarks. You cannot visit this country without going to its famous historical places. Some of the places I  visited

      The glorious Hagia Sophia: as a former church, mosque, and now museum, this place unit the two religions. We can see on its wall scenes from the bible and Islamic calligraphy art





     The majestic Blue Mosque: it is one of the best historical places in turkey. Its is famous for its six minarets, only one of two mosques in turkey to be build in this style







      The Topkapi Palace: The palace is 
known as the home of Sultans








     
Galata Tower: This tower is the 
pathway to an amazing panoramic view of the city of Istanbul, the capital of turkey


:Language
The official language is Turkish, is the first language spoken by 90% of the population. Minority languages include Kurdish, spoken by 6% of the population and Circassian spoken by more than 0.09%. Arabic is spoken by 1.2% of the Turkish speakers.  The language was influenced by Persian and Arabic after the ninth century, when Turks began moving into the middle east and converting to Islam

:Food
You can find a great variety of mouth watering dishes in Turkish cuisine, which is mostly the heritage of Ottoman cuisine. It is impossible to fit  Turkish cuisine into a short list

:But I will try to show you some of their best dishes

 Döner



Mantı                                                       
Bulgur Pilavı
        









Traditions
     If a guest is invited to someone’s house, he must not enter wearing shoes. He is given slippers
 
       During wedding, the bride writes the name of her single female friends on the soles of her wedding day shoes. At the end of the evening, the ladies check the soles to see whose name have worn away and whose name have not. If your name has worn away, you’re destined to marry soon, but if your name still appears, a wedding is not in your immediate future







Artists


Bedri Baykam, painter


Tarkan, singer







Lebanon

 : Historical places
There are so many places in Lebanon that attracts tourist from different 
cultures like
    

   Baalbeck: Lebanon’s greatest roman treasure












       Moussa castle: castle built by one man, over a lifetime












       Byblos castle: build by crusaders in the 12th century

:Food
I have visited many countries but I couldn’t find a country that has dishes as delicious and healthy as our country.  Here are some dishes that every Lebanese restaurant serve

       Tabouleh
   
       Mashewe
       Hommos  






:Language
The national language in Lebanon in Arabic but French and English are widely spoken

:Traditions
Dabke: It is more than just a dance. It is, in fact, the expression of the -
Lebanese culture

    

 When a child is born, they make “meghle”, a dessert that is distributed-
family and friends

       Most of first born boys are named after their grandfather-


:Artists
    In literature, Khalil Gibran who achieved international success through his book The Pophet (1923), which has been translated into more than twenty

different languages

       Fairuz, widely known and appreciated in Lebanon and in the Arab world



:Similarities between Lebanon and Turkey

To show the similarities between the two countries, I made this small video. Hope you like it



https://youtu.be/r1ILhUHGQEg


       As we can see there are so many things in common between Lebanon      and Turkey. However, these similarities reinforce the interaction between these two different cultures. In other words, it enhances their intercultural communication skills. To strengthen these skills, people should first accept, respect and embrace cultural differences and learn more about them in order to communicate with people from around the world  



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