A few days ago, a post about Istanbul came out. Considering that I created the site, categories, articles, literally everything, I am very satisfied and proud of myself and my efforts. So I tell you, believe in yourself and your dreams; you will succeed!
But today we have a great post about Turkey – Interesting facts about Turkey! I hope you enjoy it, that you enjoy reading as much as I did in creating this post!
1.Turkey has one of the largest shopping malls in the world. It is Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, known as the Grand Bazaar, which dates back to 1455 and was built soon after the Ottomans conquered then-Constantinople. The great bazaar has changed over the years, but it has always survived, today you can find an incredible 3,000 shops in it, spread across 61 streets.
2.Hundreds of years ago, women in Turkey could legally investigate from their husbands if I didn’t make them as much coffee as they wanted.
3.Newborns in Turkey are protected, among other things, by “salting” babies. This custom means that the baby is rubbed with salt on the body, because it is believed that this will protect her from anything that could harm her.
4.It may sound unbelievable, but there are as many as 82,693 mosques in Turkey. Given that Turkey has a population of 82 million, this means that for every 1,000 inhabitants, there is one mosque.
5.Although Turkish may not seem too difficult to some, the longest word in Turkish has as many as 70 letters. It is the word uvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine, which in translation means “acts as if you are one of those we will not be able to learn to create unsuccessful.” Whatever that means.
6.As many as 77 percent of all hazelnuts exported to the world come from Turkey.
7.In addition to these 13, there are 2 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world in Turkey. These are the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, built between 353 and 350 BC.
8.Interestingly, Turkey is considered one of the countries with the youngest population in this part of the world. Namely, more than half of the country’s population is less than 30 years old, and about 24% of the population is less than 14 years old. Only 8.5% of the population is older than 65 years.
9.Believe it or not, there is a city in Turkey named Batman. However, it is not a small town but a place with about 350,000 inhabitants.
10.Until 1934, most Turks did not have a surname. Like many other things, this one was changed by the reforms of the ‘greatest father of the Turkish people’ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk!
11.The blind poet Homer was born in the city of Izmir on the west coast of Turkey. In his epic Iliad, he placed Troy, in a place located north of Izmir.
12.The famous bridge on the Bosphorus, which connects the two continents, originated as an idea in the Middle Ages. According to historical sources, the greatest genius of that time, Leonardo da Vinci, made plans in 1503 to build a bridge over the Bosphorus, which were never realized, due to the impossibility of making such a construction at that time.
13.Veni, vidi, vici’ said Gaius Julius Caesar on one occasion. And do you know that these words were uttered precisely in the area of today’s Turkey?
14.Or that Alexander the Great drove the Gordian knot in one place in Ankara.
15.Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the father of all Turks and the first president of the modern Turkish Republic, stands out as the national hero of the country without a doubt. once an almost destroyed empire, he created a powerful and independent country. He abolished the function of sultan and discrimination against women. He reduced the role of religion in decision-making, and opened a very large number of free schools throughout the country, and in a very short period of time, from a mostly illiterate population of one country, he created one very educated and educated.
16.Turkey’s national sport is oil wrestling.
17.The country has one of the largest populations of Facebook users. As many as 97% of the population admitted to using Facebook.
18.We continue our interesting facts about Turkey with the fact that Istanbul is the only city in the world located on two continents.
19.Gobekli Tepe, still a rather unknown site in the town of lianlıurfa (Urfa) is the oldest place of worship ever discovered. Namely, it is believed that the complex dates back to 7500 – 6000 BC.
20.In Turkey, a woman who does not work and is not married (or divorced) can receive a pension from her father for the rest of her life if she has died. This goes so far that some women even intentionally divorce on paper, and live neatly with their husbands to receive their father’s pension.
21.Ahmed leelebi, a native of Turkey, is known for making wings from bird feathers and flying with them from Galata Tower to Üsküdar. This is considered the first flight of this kind in history, if we do not count the legend of Daedalus and Icarus.
22.The Turks gave the Dutch their famous tulips. Tulips were first grown in the Ottoman Empire. The seeds of Dutch love for tulips were sown when the Dutch ambassador met at the court of Suleiman the Magnificent from the 16th century and brought tulip bulbs to Amsterdam.
23.The flower, the black rose, grows only in Turkey, in the city of Halfeti.
24.One of the most interesting facts about Turkey is the number of languages spoken there. Although the official language in the country is Turkish, over 30 minority languages are spoken throughout the country, including Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish), Mesopotamian Arabic and Zazaki.
25.Mustafa Kemal Ataturk banned the fez in the 1920s, because it seemed to him that they symbolized the Ottoman Empire. The law has never been repealed, although you probably won’t be arrested for it if you wore it.
26.The metro was opened in 1876 and is the oldest metro in continental Europe, connecting the Istanbul districts of “Karaköy” and “Beyoğlu”. The only older subway in the world is the London Underground built in 1863.
If you want more interesting things Youtube channel 101 Facts has a great video about interesting things about Turkey! Be sure to check it out!
•We have come to the end of this article. I hope you enjoyed reading interesting facts about Turkey. Which one is most interesting to you? The 2nd fact is very interesting to me, as well as the 5th. And after discovering the fact about the number of mosques in Turkey, I was very surprised. Still, that’s a big number. Thank you for reading! As a sign of support, follow my work on the blog and Pinterest account!
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