Brown bears live alone, except for mothers with cubs. A mother bear usually has two or three cubs at once. The cubs are tiny when they are born - about the size of a baby rabbit - and stay with their mum for around two years, learning where to find food.
They eat almost anything. Most of a brown bear's diet is plants: berries, fruit, roots and nuts. They also love honey and will climb trees to reach a wild beehive, ignoring the bee stings. In autumn, they eat as much as they can, putting on weight for winter.
In the coldest months, Turkish brown bears go into a long deep sleep called hibernation. They find a quiet cave or dig a den, curl up, and sleep for several months. Their heart slows right down. They live off the fat they have built up in autumn. When spring comes, they wake up - thinner, hungrier and ready to forage again.
Bears are very strong but, surprisingly, they are also very gentle with their cubs. A mother bear will lift her tiny cub carefully with her huge paw and groom it like a cat with a kitten.