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The famous Trojan Wars took place Western Turkey, around the site where the Trojan horse rests today. |
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The first church built by man, St. Peter’s Church is in Antioch (Antakya), Turkey |
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The oldest known human settlement in Turkey is Catalhoyuk (7th Millennium B.C.) |
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The first Neolithic paintings found on man-made walls are in Catalhoyuk. |
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Ephesus and Halicarnassus – two of the most famous places of the ancient world are both in Turkey. |
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St. Nicholas, also known as Santa Clause, was born in Demre, on Turkey’s Mediterranean Coast. |
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Noah’s Ark landed on Mount Ararat (Ari Dagi) in Eastern Turkey. |
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The last meal on Noah’s Ark, a pudding of sweet and sour taste (Asure), is still served in Turkey. |
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The Turks were who introduced coffee to Europe. |
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The famous Dutch Tulip comes from Turkey. |
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Istanbul is the only city in the world built on two continents. |
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Turkey is noted for having one of the three (together with French and Chinese) most famous and distinctive traditional cuisines in the world. |
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The First Ecumenical Council was held in Iznik, Turkey. |
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Anatolia is the birthplace of historic legends, Homer (the poet), King Midas, Heredotus (the father of history), St. Paul the Apostle and Santa Claus. |
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The Hittites sold Abraham the cave where he buried his wife Sarah, when the Israelites came to Palestine. |
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Julius Caesar proclaimed his celebrated words, “Veni, Vidi Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)” in North Anatolia when he defeated the Pontus, a formidable kingdom in the Black Sea region of Turkey. |
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The color “Turquoise” comes from the clean see color on the Aegean Cost in Turkey. |
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Female goddesses dominated the Central Anatolian Pantheon for thousands of years before these supernatural powers were transformed to male gods. |
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In Antalya, in the spring time you can both ski in the mountains & swim on the coast. |
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Virgin Mary’s house where the she spent her last days, situated on the top of Bulbuldag (Ephesus), is considered as a holy place for all religions. |
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The number of species of flowers in Turkey is approximately 9.000 (in Europe 11.500), of which 3.000 are endemic… This shows the richness of flora and fauna in Anatolia. |
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UNESCO declares Pamukkale and Zelve Open Air Museum as world heritages. |
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Three of the 10 remaining icons of the world and according to the belief of Orthodox, Jesus Christ’s cross which he was crucified are in Hagia Yorghi church. |
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Homeland of Iskender Doner (Shorma / Gyro) which is very famous all around the world is Bursa. |
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The philosopher Aristotle lived in Assos for three years. |
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Lydia which is one of the greatest civilization lived in Anatolia has still got some remaining around Salihli (Sardis) and it’s the first civilization which coined money. |
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The world’s greatest amphora and glass collection is in Bodrum Museum in Bodrum Castle. |
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The Best preserved Roman Theater is located in Aspendos Antic City, Antalya, Turkey. |
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The First University in History is in Harran, Turkey. |
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Writing was first used by people in ancient Anatolia. The first clay tablets in the ruins of Assyrian Karum (Merchant Colony) date back to 1950 B. C. |
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Alexander the Great cut the Gordian knot near Ankara. The double knotting technique used in Turkish rugs is also called as Gordian knot. |
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The Garden of Eden in the Book of Genesis was said to be watered by a river which separated into four streams as it left the garden; two of them the Tigris (Dicle) and Euphrates (F¦rat) rise from the mountains of Eastern Turkey. |
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The Seven Churches of Apocalypse are all situated in the Aegean region of Anatolia; Ephesus, Smyrna (Izmir), Pergamum, Thyatira (Nazilli), Sardis, Philadelphia (Alasehir) and Laodicea. |
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Sultan Beyaz¦t II dispatched the Ottoman Navy to bring the Jewish people who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and they were brought safely to the Ottoman lands.. |
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Historical Sirkeci Train Station was the last stop of the Orient Express-“kings of trains and train of kings”- between Paris and Constantinople (Istanbul) from 1883 to 1977. Agatha Christie was one of the passengers of this famous train. |
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Turkey has hundreds beaches and marinas which have the “Blue Flag” (an European award for the best clean water) on the Mediterranean and Aegean. |
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The first recorded international treaty in the world was the Treaty of Kadesh between the Hittite and Egyptian Empires, Hattusilis III and Ramses II, in c 1275 B.C |
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The oldest known shipwreck on Earth was found and excavated in Uluburun near Kas, in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. |
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In 640 BC, for the first time in history, coins made of electrum were used by the Lydian king Croesus in Sardis, in Aegean region of Turkey. |
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