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20 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.

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

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

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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.

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.

Dalassenos

The family's name derives from their ancestral home, the city of Dalassa, modern Talas in eastern Turkey.

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.

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.

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

Galatasaray Mobile

Its competitors, Turkcell and Vodafone Turkey, have both been founded in 1994 and use the GSM 900 frequency range while Avea uses the GSM 1800 range.

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.

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.

Tourkia

Turkey, a country in southeastern Europe and western Asia

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.

2010–11 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season

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

2011 Turkish Cypriot demonstrations

The protests were heavily publicized in Turkey due to the aggressive chants that were made against Turkey and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

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.

Ahmet Taner Kışlalı

He got his PhD on "Çağdaş Türkiye'de Siyasal Güçler" (Political Powers in Contemporary Turkey) from the University of Paris, Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science.

Akarca

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

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

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.

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.

Ercüment Kafkasyalı

Ercüment Kafkasyalı (born 13 September 1985 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish football player.

Euchalcia emichi

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

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.

Gündüz Tekin Onay

There were several sports persons at his funeral such as UEFA vice presicent Şenes Erzik, former TFF president Haluk Ulusoy, Turkey manager Fatih Terim, Sivasspor chairman Mecnun Otyakmaz, and national footballer Emre Belözoğlu.

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.

IEL

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

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.

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.

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.

Latvia national under-17 football team

The following players have been called up for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship matches against Northern Ireland, Turkey and Luxembourg in Belfast and Dungannon in November 2013.

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.

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).

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.

Oktay Sinanoğlu

A book in which he was interviewed about his life and works, under the name The Turkish Einstein, Oktay Sinanoglu (Turkish: Türk Aynştaynı Oktay Sinanoğlu Kitabı) was edited by Turkish writer Emine Çaykara and published in 2001 in 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).

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.

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".

Shana Cox

Competing in her first major competition for Great Britain, Cox won a gold medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a team that also included Nicola Sanders, Christine Ohuruogu and Perri Shakes-Drayton.

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.

TAI/AgustaWestland T129

On 17 August 2011, Turkish Aerospace Industries announced the first successful flight of the T129 prototype "P6", that was produced at its facilities in Ankara, Turkey.

Taulant Xhaka

He was part of the Swiss U-17 squad that played in the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Antalya, 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.

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.

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.

Yılanlı

Yılanlı, Çamlıdere, a village in the district of Çamlıdere, Ankara Province, Turkey

Yolpınar

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