Türkiye is a nation situated on lands that have received immigration throughout human history. Anatolia, which is at a strategic point where two continents meet and the West meets the East, has been one of the main migration routes of human communities throughout history. Archaeological findings in Göbeklitepe, Harbetsuvantepe and Karahantepe, among the oldest discovered so far, show these lands being a refuge for human communities for at least 12,000 years.
Historical data show that long before the European continent formed a civilization, the first human communities settled in Anatolia and established the first civilizations. The first settled human communities came from far away and settled here, laid the foundations of the first civilizations here and brought civilization to all continents from this geography.
This interest in Anatolian geography continues today as well. It is a crystal-clear picture when we look at official statistics: While the…
