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DID YOU KNOW
ABOUT TURKEY?
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UNESCO declares
Istanbul, Pamukkale,
Mt. Nemrut, Great
Mosque of Divrigi,
Hattusa, Safranbolu,
Goreme Open Air
Museum, Hierapolis,
Troy, Xanthos and
Letoon as World
Heritages.
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The four bronze
horses of San Marco
Cathedral welcoming
the guest today in
Venice, were taken
from Istanbul
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The biggest Open - Air
temple of Ancient
world found in Urfa
- Gobekli Tepe.
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In the Middle Ages,
Istanbul had more
than 1400 public
toilets in the city
meanwhile there
weren't any even at
the palaces in
France and other
European cities.
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The first landscape
picture of the world
found on the wall of
house at Catalhoyuk,
depicted erupting
volcano (Mt. Hasan)
in Neolithic times
(6,500 BCE).
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The First University
in History is in
Harran, Turkey
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Istanbul, the
precious queen of
Turkey is the only
city on the world
spread in both Asia
and Europe
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The oldest known
human settlement in
Turkey is Catalhoyuk
(7th Millennium
B.C.)
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Hereke which is in
the world carpeting
literature with the
quality of the wool
and silk rugs is in
Izmit (Kocaeli)
Turkey.
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The first church
built by man (St.
Peter's Church) is
in Antioch (Antakya)
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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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The oldest sculpture
on the world found
in Urfa remains from
13 century BC.
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Kasikci diamond (86
carats) one of the
greatest pieces of
the world and is
displayed in Topkapi
Palace.
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Noah's Ark landed on
Mt. Ararat (Agri
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
throughout Turkey.
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Tarsus is the
birthplace of St.
Paul the Apostle.
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Crystal flakes can
seen with bare-eyes
in Erzurum-Kars
region
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The First Ecumenical
Council was held in
Iznik, 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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Ankara cat is famous
with two colored
eyes and white fur.
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Alexander the Great
cut the intricate
Gordian knot at
the Phrygian capital,
Gordion.
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Angora wool derived
from Ankara Goats
and Rabbits.
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The most valuable
silk carpet in the
world is in the
Mevlana museum in
Konya.
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Central Anatolia was
home to the capital
cities of 3 major
empires: the Hittite
Empire at Hattusa,
the Phrygian Empire
of King Midas at
Gordion, and the
Seljuk Empire at
Konya.
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The Million stone at
Sultanahmet square
Istanbul was the
zero point of the
world once upon a
time.
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Wine was produced in
the Cappadocia
region as early as
4,000 BCE.
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Three of the 10
remaining mobile
mosaic icons of the
world and according
to the belief of
Orthodox, Jesus
Christ's cross which
he was crucified are
in Greek Orthodox
Patriarchate
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Sarcophagus of
Alexander, First
peace treatment of
world are exhibits
in Istanbul
Archeology Museum.
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Hagia Sophia was the
biggest cathedral on
the world for
thousands years and
still it is the 4th
biggest one.
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First bridge of
Bosphorus made by
ships tied each
other in Persian
Invasion at 4th
century BC.
» Constantinople
was founded on seven
hills like Rome.
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The world largest
numbers of cave
churches are in
Cappadocia, many
with in-situ
frescos.
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The earliest
domesticated wheat,
Einkorn, can still
be found growing
wild in Cappadocia.
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Three of the
greatest fathers of
the Christian
Church, Saint Basil,
Saint Gregory of
Nazianzus, and Saint
Gregory of Nyssa,
were all
Cappadocians.
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Pottery has been
making in Avanos for
10,000 years.
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The most famous
Dradon Slayer, Saint
George was born in
Cappadocia and the
crusades spread his
fame to Europe on
their way back to
home.
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The Cappadocia
region has about 30
known underground
cities that could
safely hide 100,000
people in troubled
times.
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St. Nicholas, also
known as Santa
Clause, was born in
Demre, on Turkey's
Mediterranean Coast.
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The Best preserved
Roman Theater is
located in Aspendos
, Antalya.
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Virgin Mary's house
where she spent her
last days, situated
on the top of Bulbul
dagi (Ephesus), is
considered as a holy
place for all
religions.
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Some oft he historic
legends such as
Homer (the poet),
King Midas,
Herodotus (the
father of history)
was born in this
legend.
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The famous Trojan
Wars took place in
Truva town.
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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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Seven Churches of
Revelation are all
in Aegean Region in
Turkey (Ephesus,
Sardis, Tyatira,
Pergamon,
Philadelphia,
Smyrna, Collosae)
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The Color
"Turquoise" comes
from the clean see
color on the Aegean
Cost in Turkey.
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The world's greatest
amphora and glass
collection is in
Bodrum Museum in
Bodrum Castle.
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Virgin Mary's House
in Ephesus is
visited by Pope the
6th Paul and Pope
Jean Paul as well.
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Lydia which is one
of the greatest
civilization lived
in Anatolia has
still got some
remainings around
Salihli (Sardis) and
it's the first
civilization which
coined money.
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The philosopher
Aristotales lived in
Assos for three
years.
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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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On Black sea region
has more then 100
un-named and 200
different endemic
plants in flora.
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