Valentine's Day Legend
Legend says that Saint Valentine was a priest who served in third century, Rome. Emperor Caludius II wanted to maintain a great army. For this he decided that more men would be willing to join, fight and die for Rome. Because they didn't want to leaved their wives and children to join in army, Emperor Caludius II outlawed marriage. Valentine defied the Emperor by performing marriages in secret, of course, thus bringing young couples in love together. When his traitorous actions were discovered, he was imprisoned, and put to death. He was subsequently declared a Saint by the Catholic church.Valentine's Day definition
Valentine's Day is a lovers day and is celebrated on February 14 as fees tidal of romance and affection. People send greeting cards called valentines to their sweethearts, their friends and members of their families. In Mongolia some schools the children hold a Valentine's party and place all the valentines in a box that they have made. At the end of the day, the teacher or one child distributes the valentines. Some students enjoy Valentine's Day dances and parties. Men often send their wives or sweethearts flowers or boxes of candy (sometimes they give presents instead of valentine greeting cards). February 14th, celebrated in various American and European countries by the exchange of valentines or love tokens.Valentine's Day in Turkey
Celebration of Valentine's Day in Turkey is in February 14th and is celebrated by young couples. These couples spend the whole day with each other. All day long is for they that mean during the day, they go to an amusement park or a cinema and have dinner together. They begin to do shopping two weeks prior to Valentine's Day because at the end of the day, they give each other gifts and also flowers, especially red roses, because a red rose has special meaning for love.
