Turkey is a very beautiful, historical, and interesting country with many ancient attractions. The culture of Turkey takes its roots from the Ottoman Empire. Straddling many countries, Turkey is the bridge between Europe and Asia. 75 million people live there. Turkey has many cities with ancient history, and largest and arguably the most beautiful city is Istanbul. Constantinople was the name of Istanbul a long time ago. One on the most famous attractions in Istanbul, the Hagia Sophia what is mean Holy Wisdom from Greek language. It is a great architectural beauty and an important monument both for Byzantine and for Ottoman Empires. Once a church, later a mosque, and now a museum, people from Turkey consider Hagia Sophia to be one of their most precious landmarks.