From sandy
beaches to historical ruins, Turkey has it all; history, culture, architecture,
food, crafts, beaches, boats and warm weather.
Turkey
has so much to offer her visitors; breathtaking natural beauties, unique
historical and archaeological sites, steadily improving hotel and touristic
infrastructure and a tradition of hospitality and competitive prices. Therefore,
it is not surprising that this country has recently become one of the world's
most popular tourism destinations.
Turkey is a huge open-air museum, a repository of all the civilizations nurtured by the soils of Anatolia. The huge amount of historical and archaeological wealth in Turkey seems more appropriate for an entire continent than a single country
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* The first coin was minted in Sardis, the capital of the Lydian Kingdom,
which neighbors with Salihli district of the present-day city Manisa.
* Anatolia is the birthplace of many historical figures such as the
Phrygian King Midas, the father of history Herodotus and St Paul.
* St Nicholas, rather known as Santa Claus, was born in Patara and served
as the Bishop of Myra on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
* The earliest settlement in the Neolithic Age, is located in Çumra
district of the present-day city of Konya (ancient Iconium).
* One of the first most accurate world maps were drawn by the well-known Turkish
cartographer and navigator Piri Reis in 1513.
* Troy where the Trojan was recounted in Iliad by Homeros were fought is
situated in Dardanelle (Çanakkale) in western Turkey.
* According to the Legend of Great Flood, after the withdrawal of the
waters, Noah's Ark landed on Mount Ararat in eastern Anatolia.
* Turkish women received the rights to vote and to be elected to office in
1934, earlier than Swiss, Greek, Italian and French women.
* St. Paul was born in Tarsus, southern part of Turkey and undertook most
of his missionary journeys in Anatolia (Asia Minor).
* The Seven Churches of Revelation are all located in Turkey; Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelpia and Laodicea.
* Two of the seven wonders of the world are in Turkey; - The Temple of
Artemis at Ephesus and The Mausoleum at Halicarnasus / Bodrum
