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Institutional AffiliationNameTutorDateTurkish CultureTurkeyTurkey is an attractive place because of its rich history and historical significance, as well as its world-renowned cuisine. There is a lot about Turkey that makes it an appealing country.ArchitectureTurkish architecture began to take unique shape in the fourteenth century in Bursa. Arabesque features and other Muslim aspects influenced it heavily. This made it a very rich cultural architecture. There is persistent evidence that the church of Hagia Sophia influenced the design of many mosques in Turkey (Stoneman, 2011). The Ottoman Empire was riddled with architectural influences from the byzantine, Mediterranean, and Iranian architecture. There is a unique manner in which the Ottoman architecture described spaces by achieving a perfect harmony between interior and exterior spaces. In essence, the appeal of Ottoman architecture lay in its ability to fuse different aspects of space and religion. The mosques got a hitherto unheralded transformation into works of art as well as worship. The massive structures they built were accentuated with huge domes that reflected a mastery of architecture (Stoneman, 2011). The fact that Turks used to live in dome-shaped ten...