some facts tentang negara turki

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1. the famous trojan wars berlokasi di western turki., disekitar situs terdapat patung trojan horse.

2. Gereja pertama kali dibangun (st. peter's church) berada di antioch (antakya), turki

3. permukiman tertua berada di catalhoyuk, turki (7^th millenium BC)

4. ephesus dan halicarnasus (tempat dimana dua dari 7 seven wonders berada) adalah di turki.

5. st. nicholas atau dikenal dengan santa claus lahir di demre, on turkey' mediteranian coast.

6. Kapal nabi nuh landed di mount ararat (ağrı dağı) di eastern turkey.

7. The last meal di kapal nabi nuh, yang disebut asure masih tetap disajikan di seluruh daerah di turki.

8. Turks memperkenalkan kopi pada eropa

9. Turks gave the dutch their famous tulips

10. istanbul adalah satu2nya kota yang dibangun di antara dua benua

11. tradisi di turki mengatakan bahwa a stranger at one's doorstep is considered “god's guest” for at least 3 days

12. turkey is noted for having one of the three most famous and distinctive traditional cuisines in the world

13. The First Ecumenical Council was held in Iznik, Turkey.

14. Writing was first used by people in ancient Anatolia. The first clay tablets in the ruins of Assyrian Karum (Merchant Colony) date back to 1950 B.C.

15. The oldest tin mine was found in Göltepe, 60 miles south of Tarsus.

16. Lukisan neolitikum pertama ditemukan di catalhoyuk, turki

17. anatolia adalah tempat lahir dari legenda2 seperti: homer (the poet), king midas, herodotus (the father of history) dan st paul the apostle

18. julius ceasar memproklamirkan “vini, vidi, vici (saya datang, saya melihat, saya menang)” di turki ketika mengalahkan the pontus, kerajaan yang kuat di daerah laut hitam turki

19. female goddesses seperti cybele yang menguasai central anatolian pantheon selama ribuan tahun sebelum kekuatan supranatural mengubahnya menjadi male gods

20. The Hittites sold Abraham the cave where he buried his wife Sarah, when the Israelites came to Palestine

21. geraja pertama dedicated untuk bunda maria berada di ephesus

22. buah chery pertama kali diperkenalkan pada eropa dari giresun (northern turkey)

23. turki mempunyai ratusan pantai dan marina which have the blue flag (an european award untuk best clean water) di mediteranian dan aegean

24. The first recorded international treaty in the world was the Treaty of Kadesh between the Hittite and Egyptian Empires, Hattusilis III and Ramses II, in c.1275 BC.

25. The oldest known shipwreck on Earth was found and excavated in Uluburun near Kas, in the Mediterranean region of Turkey.

26. Pada 640 BC, untuk pertama kalinya dalam sejarah, coin terbuat dari electrum digunakan oleh the lydian king croesus di sardis, aegean region turki

27. King Midas lived in Gordion, capital of Phrigia.

28. Alexander the Great cut the Gordian knot near Ankara. The double knotting technique used in Turkish rugs is also called as Gordian Knot.

29. The Garden of Eden in the Book of Genesis was said to be watered by a river which separated into four streams as it left the garden; two of them the Tigris (Dicle) and Euphrates (Firat) rise from the mountains of Eastern Turkey.

30. Early Christians escaping from Roman persecutions found shelter in Cappadocia.

31. 7 gereja of apocalypse semuanya berada di aegean region of anatolia: Ephesus, Smyrna (Izmir), Pergamum, Thyatira (Nazilli), Sardis, Philadelphia (Alasehir) and Laodicea.

32. Sultan Beyazit II dispatched the Ottoman Navy to bring the Jewish people who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and they were brought safely to the Ottoman lands.

33. Istanbul has the historical building of Sirkeci Train Station. This was the last stop of the Simplon-Orient Express - "kings of trains and train of kings" - between Paris and Constantinople (Istanbul) from 1883 to 1977. Agatha Christie was one of the passengers of this famous train.

34. The number of species of flowers in Turkey is approximately 9,000, of which 3,000 are endemic. In Europe for instance there are 11,500 species. This shows the richness of flora and fauna in Anatolia.

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