1) The oldest known human settlement is in Catalhoyuk,Turkey( 7th Millenium BC.)
2)St.Nicholas,also known as Santa Claus,was born in Demre,on Turkey's South Coast
3)Noah's Ark landed on Mount Ararat (Agri Dagi ) in Eastern Turkey.
4)The famous Trojan Wars took place in Western Turkey around the site where the Trojan Horse rests today.
5)Ephesus and Halicarnassus (the places for the two of the 7 Wonders of the ancient world ) are in Turkey.
6)The last meal on Noah's Ark,a pudding of sweet and sour taste (asure) is still served throughout Turkey.
7)Turks introduced coffee to Europe.
8)Turks gave the Dutchs their famous tulips.
9)Cherry was first introduced to Europe from Giresun (Northern Turkey ).
10)The first church dedicated to Virgin Mary is in Ephesus.
11)Istanbul is the only city in the world built on two continents.
12)The first Ecumenical Council was held in Iznik(Nicea);Turkey.
13)The first Neolithic paintings found on man-made walls are in Catalhoyuk,Turkey.
14)The oldest tin mine was found in Goltepe, 60 miles south of Tours.
15)Anatolia is the birthplace of historic legends such as Homer(the poet),King Midas,Herodotus(the father of history)and St.Paul the Apostle.
16)Female goddesses like Cybele dominated the Central
Anatolian pantheon for thousands of years before this
supernatural powers were transformed to male gods.
17)The Hittites sold Abraham the cave where he burried his wife Sarah,when the Israelites came to Palestine.
18)Julius Caesar proclaimed his celebrated words :veni,vidi,
vinci(I came,I saw,I conquered)in Turkey when he defeated
the Pontus;a kingdom in the Black Sea Region of Turkey.
19)The house where Virgin Mary past her last years is in Ephesus.
20)Writing was first used by people in ancient Anatolia.The first clay tablets in the ruins of Assyrian Karum ( Mechant Colony) date back to 1950 B.C.
21)Turkey is noted for having one of the three most famous and distinctive traditional kitchens in the world.
22)Gordion's knot was untied by the young Alexander the Great in Turkey.
23)The world's first beauty contest between Hera,Athena and Aphrodite was held on Mt. Ida near Troy.
24)The mystic Mevlana and his order of twirling dervishes was born in Konya,Turkey.
25)The largest library in the ancient world(2nd century BC) was at Pergamon,Turkey.
26)The fourth largest cathedral in the world St. Sophia is in Istanbul,Turkey.
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