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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.

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 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.

Energy in Turkey

Hydroelectricity in Turkey is the largest renewable source of electricity however solar power looks likely to increase rapidly.

Evbazar

com is an internet company created to provide a Multi Listing Real Estate service to Turkey.

Evdeizle

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

Evdeizle's subscribers can choose their DVDs from a wide range of DVD titles which are released in Turkey.

Foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey

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.

İhlas News Agency

IHA has 78 Data link Stations in Turkey, all of which are equipped with Betacam SP/SX and digital editing facilities, A/B Roll as well as post production suits.

İsmail Rüştü Aksal

İsmail Rüştü Aksal was a civil servant and politician in Turkey.

In the 18th government of Turkey (16 January 1949 – 22 May 1950) he served as the Minister of Finance.

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.

Peace at Home, Peace in the World

In Turkish, "Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh" was first pronounced by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on 20 April 1931 to the public and later accepted as the policy of the Republic of Turkey in foreign relations.

Scouting and Guiding in Armenia

The first Armenian Scouting groups were organized in 1910 in orphanages in Van, present day Turkey.

Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği

Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği (TYB - Turkish Authors' Association) is an association for writers in Turkey.

Türkiye Yazarlar Sendikası

Türkiye Yazarlar Sendikası (TYS - Turkish Writers' Union) is a trade union for writers in Turkey.


2010 Men's European Volleyball League

In the final four tournament, the semi-final matches featured Portugal and Spain defeating Romania (3–2) and Turkey (3–0), respectively, to produce a rematch of the 2007 final.

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.

A. Thomas Kraabel

The interest continued in his experience as a field archaeologist, in 1966, for the Harvard-Cornell Archaeological Exploration of the site of ancient Sardis in Turkey.

Akdoğan

Akdoğan, Kastamonu, a village in the district of Kastamonu, Kastamonu Province, Turkey

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.

Arkadaş Association

Arkadaş Association is an Israel-Turkey friendship organization located in Yehud, Israel.

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").

Ballıca

Ballıca Cave, a cave in the district of Pazar, Tokat Province, Turkey

Beldibi

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

Buffalo Turkey Trot

The race is partially a serious competition and partially a fun run; participants in the Turkey Trot have been known to wear unusual costumes (comparable to those used by the contestants in the game show Let's Make a Deal) such as turkey suits, hockey uniforms with mullets, whole canoes, Chewbacca outfits, or formal wedding wear while racing.

Çamlıbel

Çamlıbel, Silifke, a village in Silifke district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Çamlıdere

Çamlıdere, Mersin, a village in Toroslar district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Čardak

Çardak, a town and a district in Denizli Province, Turkey

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.

Çukurbağ

Çukurbağ, Mut, a village in Mut district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Dariush Homayoon

Fifteen months later, he left Iran through the border with Turkey and went to Paris.

Euchalcia emichi

The larvae had been recorded in Turkey on a yellow flowered Nonea sp.

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.

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.

Gülhan Şen

Şen graduated from Muhsin Adil Binal Ilkogretim Okulu (secondary school) and Kabatas Erkek Lisesi (high school) in Turkey, and studied radio and television at Istanbul University Communication Faculty.

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.

Harun Tekin

Sami Harun Tekin (born 28 June 1977 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish singer, musician, and poet.

Ibrahim Sirkeci

He authored several books including Cultures of Migration published by University of Texas Press in 2011, and The Environment of Insecurity in Turkey and the Emigration of Turkish Kurds to Germany, was published by Edwin Mellen Press in 2006.

Ilısu

Ilısu, Göynücek, a village in Göynücek district of Amasya 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.

John Burgon

Burgon was born at Smyrna, the son of an English merchant trading in Turkey who was also a skilled numismatist and afterwards became an assistant in the antiquities department of the British Museum.

Kavaklıdere

Kavaklıdere, İzmir, a village in Bornova district of İzmir Province, Turkey

Kerem Kabadayı

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

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.

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.

M. K. Perker

Kutlukhan Perker (born November 2, 1972, Istanbul) is one of the most prominent and internationally recognized artists of his native Turkey.

Memić

Gizem Memiç, Turkish beauty pageant contestant from Gaziantep who won Miss Turkey 2010

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.

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.

Once a week

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

Orfeon Records

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

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).

Recep Altepe

Recep Altepe, (born 1959, Bursa, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and the current mayor of Bursa.

Senir

Senir, Gündoğmuş, a village in the district of Gündoğmuş, Antalya Province, Turkey

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".

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.

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

Yoncalı

Yoncalı, Şavşat, a village in the district of Şavşat, Artvin Province, Turkey