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22 unusual facts about Turkey


Ali Haydar Saltık

He was Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1981 - 1983) and then Commander of the Turkish Army (1983 - 1985).

Anadol

Anadol was Turkey's first domestic mass-production passenger vehicle, and the second Turkish car after the ill-fated Devrim sedan of 1961.

Anadolu Agency

The history of the Anadolu Agency (AA) is almost identical to that of the Republic of Turkey.

It also struggled against submissive attitude of some foreign and Turkish newspapers in Istanbul.

The number of photographs at Anadolu Agency's digital archives has reached nearly 1.5 million as the biggest digital photo archive in Turkey.

AA is the first news agency in Turkey to employ a photojournalist holding a paragliding license and it is also the first that went 630 meters down below the surface in a coal mine in Zonguldak, Turkey, for photographing.

Avea

AveA (Aria and Aycell, AandA), the sole GSM 1800 mobile operator of Turkey, was founded in 2004 and has reached a nationwide customer base of 12.8 million as of the end of 2011.

Bekir Sami Kunduh

He was one of the founders of the Progressive Republican Party of Turkey.

He was present at the last term of the Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire as Amasya deputy and after the dissolution he went to Ankara and joined the newly founded Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Eastern Anatolia Development Programme

The Eastern Anatolia Development Programme is an integrative development programme financed by the European Structural Funds for the east of Turkey.

Erebuni Fortress

Van as a root is also present in numerous other placenames in historical Armenia, including the city Van, Lake Sevan, and Nakhichevan, so it is probable that the van in Yerevan is another direct translation of the root.

Foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey

The particular case of Hatay put apart, as of 1 June 2006, Antalya Province was in the lead in the number of foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey with 5566 lots sold, provinces of Aydın (3998), Muğla (3035), İstanbul (1463) and İzmir (722) occupying the following places.

Purchasing property in Turkey has become more popular with holiday home owners and investors around the globe.

The principles governing purchase of property by foreign (i.e. non-Turkish) nationals in Turkey is governed by the 1934 Property Act (Law Nr. 2644 dated 22 November 1934).

Füreya Koral

She had 32 expositions in several countries, including those in galleries such as Salon D'Octobre in Paris, Museum of Modern Arts in Ciudad de Mexico, Napstkovo Muzeum in Prague, Smitshonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and as well as various art galleries in Turkey.

Galatasaray Mobile

"Avea" (A ve (and) A: Aria and Aycell) is one of three GSM operators in Turkey.

İsmail Bilen

He was elected as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey in 1974.

John Mildenhall

On 7 June 1600 Mildenhall left Aleppo with an entourage of six hundred people and, travelling through Bir, Urfa, Diabekir, Butelis, Van, Nakhichevan, Julfa, Sultanieh, Kazvin, Kum, Kashan, Kirman, Sistan and Kandahar, he reached Lahore in 1603.

Lernanist

It is home to the descendants of Armenian settlers from Van who survived the Armenian Genocide.

Olba

Olba, a Roman Catholic see in the former Roman province of Isauria, in present Turkey

Orfeon Records

The first record company in Turkey, it was founded by the Blumenthal Family in 1912.

Uzman Konut TV Limited Coop

Uzman Konut TV was established in November 2010 on the facts of the promising growth of real estate sector in Turkey and now it is one of the leading local real estate agency.


1976 Cleveland Browns season

Third-string quarterback Dave Mays helped lead the team to that victory, while defensive end Joe "Turkey" Jones' pile-driving sack of quarterback Terry Bradshaw fueled the heated rivalry between the two teams.

2010–11 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season

Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2010–2011 season is the 20102011 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.

302d Fighter Squadron

With the transition of AFRES to Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), the squadron deployed several times since late 1992 to Turkey to help enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq and to Italy to support UN air operations in the Balkans.

Andrew Surmani

He has toured throughout the USA, Europe and Japan, and has performed in the Istanbul International Jazz Festival (Turkey), Jazz à Juan (Juan les Pins, France), Umbria (Italy), Wigan (England) and the Lake Biwa (Japan) jazz festivals.

At Va'Ani

The song was performed twelfth on the night (following Belgium's Ann Christy with "Gelukkig zijn" and preceding Turkey's Semiha Yanki with "Seninle Bir Dakika").

Beldibi

Beldibi, Konyaaltı, a village in the district of Kemer, Antalya Province, Turkey

Beldibi, Alanya, a village in the district of Alanya, Antalya Province, Turkey

Caria

Lemprière notes that "As Caria probably abounded in figs, a particular sort has been called Carica, and the words In Care periculum facere, have been proverbially used to signify the encountering of danger in the pursuit of a thing of trifling value." The region of Caria continues to be an important fig-producing area to this day, accounting for most fig production in Turkey, which is the world's largest producer of figs.

Cryptocephalus virens

These beetles can be found in Southern and Central Europe from Italian Alps and Bavaria to Southern Poland, Russia, Turkey, East Palearctic ecozone and the Near East.

Dieter Zetsche

Dieter Zetsche (born on May 5, 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a German businessman and the Chairman of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars since 2006 as well as member of the company's Board of Management since 1998.

Dorina Neave

Apart from her books about Turkey, Lady Dorina has historical significance as the last of the "landed gentry" to live in Dagnam Park, before the policies of Britain's post-war Labour government constrained her to reside in her second home in Anglesey, owing to a compulsory purchase order made by the LCC.

Evdeizle

Evdeizle is the first and the biggest online DVD rental company in Turkey.

Foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey

Therefore, unlike many other European countries where most of the land area is privately owned, much of the land in Turkey is still held by the state.

Formula-G

The last race was done in Ankara, Turkey on 2007.The first and second positions in this year was held by the teams of Istanbul Technical University.

Geranium caespitosum

The Keres use roots crushed into a paste to treat sores, and the whole plant as turkey food.

Gökhan Özoğuz

Gökhan Özoğuz is one of the four jury members in the third season of the reality television singing competition O Ses Türkiye aired by Star TV, the Turkish version of the television show Voice.

Hagop Vahram Çerçiyan

Hagop Vahram Çerçiyan was a professor of mathematics, geography, and calligraphy at the Robert College of Istanbul, known for designing the signature of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey.

IEL

Istanbul High School, Istanbul (Erkek) Lisesi, a highschool in Istanbul, Turkey

Ilısu

Ilısu, Göynücek, a village in Göynücek district of Amasya Province, Turkey

İnönü

Second Battle of İnönü, fought between 26 and 31 March 1921 near İnönü in present-day Eskişehir Province, Turkey

İnönü, Eskişehir

The battles were named after the town, and İsmet İnönü, the Turkish commanding officer during the battles and future President and Prime Minister of Turkey, was given his surname in honor of his services during the battles.

İsmail Bilen

İsmail Bilen (1902 in Çinçiva village, Vija, Ottoman Empire – November 18, 1983 in East Berlin, GDR) was a Turkish politician.

Kerem Kabadayı

He was born on December 20, 1977, in Ankara, Turkey, to Ülkü (Yulku) Kabadayı and his wife Müjde.

Kesab

By the efforts of the Armenian community of Paris, Cardinal Krikor Bedros Aghajanian and the Papal representative to Syria and Lebanon Remi Leprert, many parts of Kesab inhabited by Armenians were separated from Turkey and placed within the Syrian boundaries.

Kibyra

Kibyra (sometimes also spelled as Cibyra) is an ancient city and an archaeological site in south-west Turkey, near the modern town of Gölhisar, in Burdur Province.

Küçükmenderes River

Küçük Menderes, "Little Meander"), Cayster River or Kaystros River is located south of İzmir, Turkey.

Kurt Krenn

Krenn argued against Turkey's entrance into the European Union, warning against the 'islamisation' of Europe and calling Islam a "very aggressive kind of religion" that will not easily allow for the political unity with the Christian faith.

Luther George Simjian

Born to Armenian parents, Luther Simjian grew up in Antep, Turkey, but he left his family, he went first to Beirut, later Marseille.

Mirsad Türkcan

His sister Emina Jahović (known as Emina Sandal in Turkey) is a famous pop singer in southeastern Europe and the wife of a famous Turkish singer, Mustafa Sandal.

Mithridates II of Cius

Mithridates of Cius (in Greek Mιθριδάτης or Mιθραδάτης; lived c. 386–302 BC, ruled 337–302 BC) succeeded his kinsman or father Ariobarzanes II in 337 BC as ruler of the Greek town of Cius in Mysia (today part of Turkey).

Mount Nif

But the name "Mount Nif", deriving from "Nymphaion", the name of the region during the Byzantine period when it was an important and imperial center especially at the time of the Nicaean Empire, is the more common appellation in Turkey as well.

Muhammed al-Ahari

During September 2005 he attended the First Alevi-Bektashi Conference in Isparta, Turkey, where he presented a paper on links between Freemasonry and the Bektashi community.

Mustafabeyli

Mustafabeyli, Adana, a town in Ceyhan district of Adana Province, Turkey

Northern Tier

During the Cold War, in England and the U.S., it refers to the Four Middle Eastern members of the Central Treaty Organization: Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan.

Nurhan Çınar

She played in the Turkey U18 girls' national team, and won the bronze medal at the 2011 EuroHockey U18 Girls' Championship III held in Smolevichi, Minsk, Belarus.

OFK Grbalj

The second round draw was not so favorable for the Montenegrins, facing them off against an ambitious Sivasspor of Turkey, yet it was in these two games that the motivated Grbalj side produced the most breathtaking displays of football.

Once a week

The Once a Week Show (2007–2008), an Irish television series presented by Dustin the Turkey

Polyplex

With its headquarters in NOIDA, adjoining New Delhi the company has four PET Film manufacturing facilities–one in Khatima and one in Bajpur, in the state of Uttarakhand, India, one in Rayong province, Thailand, and one in Tekirdağ, Turkey (owned and operated by Polyplex (Thailand) Public Company Ltd. and Polyplex Europa Polyester Film Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. respectively, its wholly owned subsidiaries).

Robert John Braidwood

The expedition to the Amuq Plain (in the state of Hatay, Turkey) was one of the first scientific archaeological surveys, involving the rigorous dating of artifacts through careful mapping and record-keeping.

Shady Lady

The song competed in the second semi-final on 22 May, performing 4th in the running order, preceding Turkey's Mor ve Ötesi with "Deli" and preceding Lithuania's Jeronimas Milius with "Nomads in the Night".

SS Taroona

Hellas remained laid-up at Elefsina bay until May 1989 when she was towed out of the bay to Aliağa in Turkey and scrapped.

Süngütaşı railway station

The Süngütaşı Railway Station is a railway station in the village of Süngütaşı in the Kars Province of Turkey.

Turkish Grand Prix

As part of the podium ceremony after the 2006 race, the winner's trophy was presented by Mehmet Ali Talat, who was introduced to television viewers via the captions as the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a state which is recognised only by Turkey.

Turunçlu

Turunçlu, Kozan, a village in Kozan district of Adana Province, Turkey

Vahe Vahian

Vahe-Vahian (Armenian: Վահէ-Վահեան), born Sarkis Abdalian (22 December 1908, Gürün Turkey, died in 1998, Beirut, Lebanon), was an Armenian poet, writer, editor, pedagogue and orator.

Vyacheslav Molotov

In January 1941, the British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden visited Turkey in an attempt to get the Turks to enter the war on the Allies' side.

Wilhelm Röpke

Röpke's opposition to the German Nazi regime led him (with his family) in 1933 to emigrate to Istanbul, Turkey, where he taught until 1937, before accepting a position at the Institute of International Studies in Geneva, where he lived until his death, in 1966.

Yedi Kule

the Yedikule neighborhood, where the fortress is located, in the district of Fatih in Istanbul, Turkey.

Yekta Uzunoglu

Yekta alleges that the police charges against him were part of a conspiracy orchestrated by the Turkish government under Tansu Çiller and former communists including foreign minister Jaromin Johanes who now lives in Turkey.

Yolpınar

Yolpınar, Suluova, a village in the district of Suluova, Amasya Province, Turkey