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Information Panel – Interesting Facts About Turkey

The modern Republic of Turkey was among the few countries not only in Europe but in the world to give woman their right to vote & to be elected in 1934. - Istanbul is the only city in the world located on two continents, Europe & Asia. In its thousands of years of history, it has been the capital of three great empires - Roman, Byzantine & Ottoman. Istanbul changed hands through out history but it served as capital city for 1900 years to various Empires. - The millennium stone at Sultanahmet Istanbul was the zero meridian point of the world during Roman & Byzantine eras & distances to various places around the world were measured from this origin point. - Turks introduced coffee to Europe. - Two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World stood in Turkey - the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus & the Mausoleum of Halicarnasus in Bodrum. - The word "turquoise" comes from "Turk" meaning Turkish & was derived from the beautiful colour of the Mediterranean Sea on the southern Turkish coast.
St. Nicholas, known as Santa Claus today, was born & lived in Demre (Myra) on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. The village contains the famous Church of St. Nicholas with the sarcophagus believed to be his tomb. - Turkey houses more Roman sites than Italy & more Greek ruins than Greece. - Turkey is noted for having one of the three most famous & distinctive traditional cuisines in the world.

Source: Exclusive Travel Turkey