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- The capital of Turkey is Ankara.
- Coffee drinking spread from Turkey to Italy and then to other countries of the world.
- Till 1934 Turkish citizens had no surname.
- St. Nicholas who is also known as Santa Claus was born in Patara, Turkey.
- The Turkish word for Lion is Aslan.
- The first Christian church was built in Antuioch, Turkey.
- The Trojan horse which was built for the movie “Troy” is in the city of Canakalle.
- The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is 540 years old and it has 4000 shops with more than 25.000 workers.
- It is believed that the Noah’s Ark landed on Mount Ararat in Turkey.
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- The famous words of Julius Caesar “Veni, Vidi, Vici” (I came, I saw, I conquered) were proclaimed when he defeated Pharnaces of Pontus in Turkey.
- Istanbul is the only city in the world built on two continents, Europe and Asia.
- The two of the Seven wonders of the ancient world are situated in Turkey, Ephesus and Halicarnassus.
- Only 3 percent of the Turkish territory lies in Europe.
- In Uluburun in Turkey, the oldest shipwreck in the world was found.
- Turkey produces about 600000 tonnes of hazelnuts and accounts for more than 80 percent of the world’s hazelnuts export.
- “Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine” is the longest word in the Turkish language and it has 70 letters.
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