• The famous Trojan Wars took place in Western Turkey,around the site where the Trojan horse rests today.

• The first church built by man (St.Peter's Church)is in Antioch (Antakya),Turkey.

• The oldest known human settlement is in Catalhoyuk,Turkey(7.Mil.B.C.)

• Ephesus and Halicarnosus- two of the most famous places of the ancient world- are in Turkey.

• St. Nicolas, also known as Santa Clause, was born in Demre, on Turkey's Mediterian Coast.

• Noah's Ark landed on Mount Ararat (AÄ?rı DaÄ?ı) in Eastern Turkey.

• The last meal on Noah's Ark , a pudding of sweet and sour taste (asure),is still served throughout Turkey.

• Turks introduced coffee to Europe.

• Turks gave the Dutch their famous tulips.

• Istanbul is the only city in the world built on two continents.

• Tradition in Turkey says that a stranger at one's doorstep is considered "God's guest" for at least three days.

• Turkey is noted for haveing one of the three most famous and ditinctive traditional cuisines in the world.

• Writing was first used by people in ancient Anatolia.The first clay tablets-in the ruins of Assyrian Karum (Merchant Colony-date back to 1950 BC.

• The oldest tin mine was found in Goltepe, 60 miles south of Tarsus,the first Neolithic paintings found on man- made walls are in Catalhoyuk, Turkey.

• Anatolia is the birthplace of historic legends, such as Homer(the poet), King Midas.

• Heredotus (the father of history), and St. Poul the Apostle.

• Julius Caesar proclaimed his celebrated words, "Veni,Vid, Vici (I came ,I saw, Iconquered)" In Turkey when he the defeated the Pontus, a formidable kingdom in the Black Sea region of Turkey.

• Female glddesses dominated the Central Anatolian pantheon for thousands of years before these supernatural powers were transformed to male gods.

• The Hittites sold Abraham the cave where he burried his wife Sarah, when the Israelites came to Palestine.