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Holidays in Turkey - Kurban Bayramı

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Festival of Sacrifice In Turkey, bayrams are very important times. In terms of the emphasis put on the bayrams, you can compare them with the Christmas in Christian countries. However, their content and the way they are celebrated have some important differences from Christmas. In this article, I will try to give all the fundamental information you will need in order to understand what the Kurban Bayrami is all about and I will help you go through this four-day festival proving your Turkish friends how well you know their culture. We will start with covering the basics of this bayram, its origin and meaning. Then we will cover some customs common to both Kurban Bayrami and Ramazan Bayrami. The Turkish phrases you will need for the bayram and their meanings will be covered under this topic. After that, we will see the customs that are specific to the Kurban Bayrami. Basics - How did it Start? Bayrams are religious holidays, so their roots are in the religion, Islam. According to

What is DASK - TCIP insurance in Turkey?

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The History of TCIP - DASK Due to geologic and topographic structure and climate attributes of Turkey, it is frequently confronted with natural disasters that lead to immense losses of life and property. Natural disasters that affect Turkey can be put in order according to their severity; Earthquakes, land slides, water floods, falling rocks, fires, avalanches, storms and under ground water movement. Within the past 60 years, when we take into consideration statistics of structural damage caused by natural disasters in Turkey, it is observed that 2/3 of the damages occurs due to earthquakes. As a result, in Turkey when we mention natural disasters, the first thing that comes to peoples mind are Earthquakes. When looking at the seismic zone map that is in effect at the present time, 96% of the territories of Turkey are inside seismic zones that possess various risk ratios, and that 98% of our inhabitants are located in these areas. These ratios reveal quite dramatically t