• Most turks didn’t have sir names until 1934
  • Most journalists are imprisoned in turkey than any other country
  • Turkey is responsible for 80% of the world’s hazelnut exports.
  • Istanbul’s grand bazar has 64 streets, 4000 shops, and 25000 workers.
  • The first ever christen church to be built by a man was in Antioch Turkey.
  • The Turkish alphabet doesn’t include “X” or “Q” but has other letters such as dotless “i”

 

  • Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine, is the longest word in turkey, which means “as if you are from those we may not be able to easily make a maker of unsuccessful ones”
  • Turkey’s Istanbul tunnel is the world’s second largest underground railway. It began operation in 1875.
  • Turkey’s Black sea coastline stretches from 1650km. That’s the same distance as Paris to Berlin.
  • Istanbul is the world’s only city spanning two continents i.e Asia and Europe. And only 31% of Turkey is in Europe.
  • Tulips were first introduced to Europe by Turkish traders in the 16th century.