Turka - the regional center of the same district, Lviv region, the unofficial capital Boykivshchyna. For the most likely version of a city got from the original wild bulls - tours that were carried out in the surrounding woods. The city's name has nothing to do with the Turks. Turk is located 137 km south of the city on the left bank of the river Stry, also through the city rivers Jablonka and Litmyr. It is home to 7,114 people. Settlement area is 3 km. square. Turk has a very important position: once it was a place of passage "Rus path" - Neolithic trade route that connected the Turku through Western Europe to Hungary Semyhradschynoyu, Moldova and the Balkans, but today issues through contents are national transport communications, namely:

N Highway 13 - National Automobile path "Lviv - Sambor - Uzhgorod";

Railways' Lions - Sambor - Turk - Syanky - Uzhgorod - Chop - Solotvyno. "

Also through Turku passing electric commuter transit and passenger trains.

The first written mention of the city dates back to the 9th century. Then it was the ancient Ruthenian settlement, which was located at Ruska path. Since then, the territory of modern Turkivschyny passed into the possession of various owners. After World War II Turk again became part of the USSR, initially within Drohobych and then Lviv region. After the proclamation of independence in 1991, Ukraine city remains the administrative center Turka district.

City Turkabahate on monuments and architecture, including:

    Church of the transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas (1776);
    Church of St. Nicholas (1739);
    Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1750);
    St. Mary's Church (1780);
    Church of Saints Peter and Paul;
    Assumption Church (1778);
    Synagogue (XIX c.)
    An entrenchment (XIX c.)
    Market Square;
    Shevchenko Square;
    National Museum "Boikovshchina";
    "Museum Boiko books."

Turk brought the world many famous people:

    Jaworski Alex Klimentievich - Army lieutenant UGA and UNR;
    Igor Gerich - Ukrainian surgeon, MD, professor, member of the war in Afghanistan;
    Stephen Popiel-known chess player, multiple champion of Lviv and Paris;
    Yuri Tarnavsky - Ukrainian poet and novelist, one of the founders of the New York Group;
    Zygmunt Albert - Polish physician, pathologist, Professor of Medicine, Rector of Wroclaw Medical Academy (1950-1954);
    Theodore Rozhankovskyy-Ukrainian political and military leader, lawyer, first commander of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen;
    Abba Hushah - Israeli politician, mayor of Haifa (1951-1969);
    Charles Shane - Polish surgeon, professor of military surgery;
    Myron Yusypovych - chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of K & K Philharmoniker ADA Da Capo Musikmarketing Gmbh, Austria, choir director K & K Opernchor, Honored Artist of Ukraine;
    Adam Karpinski - Polish mountaineer, tatryst and himalayist, mechanical engineer, aircraft, pilot.