Top 10 Facts About Turkey
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1. Despite associations it may have, you won’t find any camels in Turkey
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| 2. Turkey’s largest city (Istanbul) crosses two continents! |
| 3. And previously known as Constantinople, it has previously been the capital of both the Byzantine and Ottoman empires |
| 4. If you like hazelnuts then you should be grateful to Turkey – where 70% of them are grown! |
| 5. The same goes for coffee lovers – the Turkish are responsible for first introducing Europe to Coffee |
| 6. There are around 9,000 species of flower in Turkey, 3,000 of them native |
| 7. And while the Dutch Tulip is called ‘Dutch’, it actually comes from Turkey too |
| 8. The Turkish town of Truva is where the historical Trojan Wars took place |
9. It was when he defeated the Pontus of Turkey that Caesar famously said ‘Veni, vidd, vici’, or ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’ as it is better known today
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| 10. Turkey could be proud for having two out of Seven Wonders of the ancient world: Ephesus and Halicarnasus. |
