Where is Middle-Earth
Turkey
Introduction
Turkey is a beautiful country full of beautiful landscapes, culture, and language.Many people think that Turkey has many beautiful landscapes because of the positive energy that the land gives off, it's as if the whole land is like a flowing river of stress reliving energy. Their culture is very rich in variety and tradition that relates all the way back centuries. Also the official language of Turkey is Turkish and today it is spoken by 220 million people and is the world's 5th most widely spoken language.
Culture
In Turkish culture, it's all about the food. The reason why is because Turkish cuisine is renowned as the world's best. Some examples of Turkish cuisines are midye tava (fried mussels), Kalamar (calamari), and midye dolma (mussels with stuffed seasoned rice). Another thing about Turkish culture is their dance. The reason why many people like their dance is mostly because of how colorful and elegant it is and not only that ,but their dance is sort of like telling a story to other people but in a more fun way.
In my personal opinion I believe that Turkey is the best country to represent Middle-Earth, because everything there is a mystery and the landscapes are truly amazing and beautiful. Also there are cave like castles which are similar to the Mines of Moria because for the dwarves it was also like a castle or something they treasure so much because of all the riches the mine held.
My three pictures
The Shire
This land would represent the Shire because how the land is so green and filled with so much positive energy. Not only that but the scene has a lot of sunlight and flowers which makes this land feel as if it is filled with so much promise and pride.
Misty Mountains
This landscape would best fit the title "Misty Mountain" because the mountains look as if they are very high up and mysterious because of the fog and in this picture the mountains look very dangerous because how rocky they look.
Rivendale
I think that this picture of Turkey best represent Rivendale because even though it might not have the castle on top it still has the scenery that Rivendale would usually have. Another reason why I think that this picture would represent Rivendale is because this is how I would vision Rivendale as if it had a castle.
Conculsion
Now that you see, don't you think that Turkey would make the perfect Middle-Earth? I mean the scenery is perfect and the amount of mysteries that the country holds is unbelievable. Especially since Turkey has many weird yet beautiful buildings
The Shire theme(from the extended edition)