Türkiye Hakkında İlginç Gerçekler
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Interesting Facts About Turkey
09/07/2011 00:00:00
Türkiye'ye birçok kültüre ev sahipliği yapmış olmanın verdiği ayrıcalıkla engin bir tarihe sahip. Türkiye hakkında bilmediğiniz gerçekleri öğrenmek için bu sayfa tam da size göre...
Over 71 million people live in Turkey.
Istanbul is the only city in the world built on two continents.
Turkey is noted for having one of the three most famous and distinctive traditional cuisines in the world.
The Temple of Artemis (Diana), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was in Ephesus.
The first church built by man (St. Peter’s Church) is in Antioch (Antakya), Turkey.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, in southwestern Turkey, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Turkey is the only secular Muslim country amongst all the Muslim countries in the world.
One of the oldest known human settlement in the world is located in Catalhoyuk Turkey, dating back to 6500 B.C.
The last meal on Noah's Ark, a pudding with nearly 20 ingredients, is still served throughout Turkey.
Leonardo da Vinci drew designs for a bridge over the Bosphorus, the strait that flows through Europe and Asia. It was never built.
Istanbul's Robert College (established in 1863), is the oldest American school outside the United States.
The Famous Trojan Wars took place in western Turkey, around the site where a wooden statue of the Trojan Horse rests today.
Turkey receives children from around the world each year on 23rd April to "honor and cherish the freedom and independence of all people".
Many archaeologists & biblical scholars believe Noah's Ark landed on Agri Dagi (Mount Ararat) in eastern Turkey.
Part of Turkey's southwestern shore was a wedding gift from Marc Anthony to Cleopatra.
Dalyan beach is well known for the Caretta Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtles) which have existed for 95 million years.
Anatolia is the birthplace of historic legends, such as Homer (the poet), King Midas, Herodotus (the father of history), and St. Paul the Apostle.
Julius Caesar proclaimed his celebrated words, "Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)" in Turkey when he defeated the Pontus, a formidable kingdom in the Black Sea region of Turkey.
The first church dedicated to Virgin Mary is in Ephesus.
The first recorded international treaty in the world was the Treaty of Kadesh between the Hittite and Ancient Egypt.
Türkiye Hakkında İlginç Gerçekler - Interesting Facts About Turkey
Türkiye'ye birçok kültüre ev sahipliği yapmış olmanın verdiği ayrıcalıkla engin bir tarihe sahip. Türkiye hakkında bilmediğiniz gerçekleri öğrenmek için bu sayfa tam da size göre...
Over 71 million people live in Turkey.
Istanbul is the only city in the world built on two continents.
Turkey is noted for having one of the three most famous and distinctive traditional cuisines in the world.
The Temple of Artemis (Diana), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was in Ephesus.
The first church built by man (St. Peter’s Church) is in Antioch (Antakya), Turkey.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, in southwestern Turkey, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Turkey is the only secular Muslim country amongst all the Muslim countries in the world.
One of the oldest known human settlement in the world is located in Catalhoyuk Turkey, dating back to 6500 B.C.
The last meal on Noah's Ark, a pudding with nearly 20 ingredients, is still served throughout Turkey.
Leonardo da Vinci drew designs for a bridge over the Bosphorus, the strait that flows through Europe and Asia. It was never built.
Istanbul's Robert College (established in 1863), is the oldest American school outside the United States.
The Famous Trojan Wars took place in western Turkey, around the site where a wooden statue of the Trojan Horse rests today.
Turkey receives children from around the world each year on 23rd April to "honor and cherish the freedom and independence of all people".
Many archaeologists & biblical scholars believe Noah's Ark landed on Agri Dagi (Mount Ararat) in eastern Turkey.
Part of Turkey's southwestern shore was a wedding gift from Marc Anthony to Cleopatra.
Dalyan beach is well known for the Caretta Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtles) which have existed for 95 million years.
Anatolia is the birthplace of historic legends, such as Homer (the poet), King Midas, Herodotus (the father of history), and St. Paul the Apostle.
Julius Caesar proclaimed his celebrated words, "Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)" in Turkey when he defeated the Pontus, a formidable kingdom in the Black Sea region of Turkey.
The first church dedicated to Virgin Mary is in Ephesus.
The first recorded international treaty in the world was the Treaty of Kadesh between the Hittite and Ancient Egypt.