Sunday, November 15, 2015

Interesting Facts about Turkey

Interesting Facts
      1) Turkey isn't actually called Turkey it is called Republic of Turkey since 1923. 
2) The first Christian church was built by man in Antioch, Turkey. 
3) Most Turks didn't have surnames until 1934. 
4) Saint Nicolas or better known as Santa Claus was born in Patara, Turkey. 
5) "cekoslovakyalilastiramadiklarimizdanmissiniz" is the longest word in Turkish. 
6) The Turkish alphabet doesn't include the letters "x" or "q" but it does include the dotless i. 
7) Tulips were introduced to the Europeans by Turkish traders in the 16th century.
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