2. TURKEY

3. THE OFFICIAL NAME OF TURKEY IS THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY. GEOGRAPHICALLY, TURKEY SITS IN TWO CONTINENTS, EUROPE AND ASIA. SERVES AS A BRIDGE. TURKEY IS SURROUNDED BY THE AEGEAN SEA, MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND BLACK SEA. THE TOTAL LAND AREA OF TURKEY IS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THERE ARE EIGHT COUNTRIES THAT SHARE A BORDER WITH TURKEY INCLUDING ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, IRAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, BULGARIA, GREECE, AND GEORGIA.

4. 17 FACTS ABOUT TURKEY THAT WILL SURPRISE YOU

5. THE SPECIES OF BIRDS CALLED TURKEYS GOT THEIR NAME FROM TURKEY (THE COUNTRY).

6. IT HAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST AND BIGGEST MALLS.

7. YOU MIGHT FIND CHICKEN IN YOUR DESSERT.

8. IN THE BIBLE, NOAH’S ARK IS SAID TO HAVE LANDED ON MOUNT ARARAT, IN EASTERN TURKEY.

9. THE EVIL EYE AMULET IS THE MOST BOUGHT TURKISH SOUVENIR

10. TURKEY HAS THE HIGHEST CONSUMPTION OF TEA PER CAPITA

11. SANTA CLAUS IS FROM TURKEY.

12. THE COLOR TURQUOISE REPRESENTS SOUTH TURKEY’S MEDITERRANEAN.

13. CITY OF TROY IS LOCATED IN TURKEY

14. COFFEE WAS INTRODUCED TO EUROPE BY TURKS

15. TURKEY GIFTED TULIPS TO THE WORLD (YOU’RE WELCOME, NETHERLANDS).

16. THE OLDEST RECOGNIZED HUMAN SETTLEMENT IS IN CATALHOYUK, IN CENTRAL TURKEY.

17. TURKISH DELIGHT LOKUM, IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SWEETS IN WORLD 500 YEARS.

18. ANTALYA HOLDS THE WORLD RECORD FOR HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF “BLUE FLAG” CERTIFIED BEACHES IN THE WORLD.

19. JULIUS CAESAR’S FAMOUS SAYING WAS SPOKEN IN THE BLACK SEA IN TURKEY.

20. ISTANBUL IS THE ONLY CITY IS PART OF TWO CONTINENTS, ASIA AND EUROPE.

21. ISTANBUL AIRPORT, INTERNATIONAL HUB IS THE LARGEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD, HANDLING THE MOST PASSENGERS

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