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Today I want to give you another 10 facts you may not have known about Turkey.
Turkey is a country where for the first time in the world a woman became a judge of the Supreme Court.
Turks were the first in the history to create a system of state insurance covering the losses of their traders.
Despite 99% of the Turks are Muslims, Turkey has a very rich Christian heritage.
Mount Ararat, to which Noah's Ark had moored, is located in the east of Turkey.
The first university in the world was built in Turkey.
Turkey ranks first in the world in terms of the number of monuments of architecture and history (33,400 archaeological sites and 440,000 historical and archaeological sites).
Troy took place on the territory of modern Turkey, on its Aegean coast.
Jelly beans began as an American version of the “Turkish Delight” (lokum) confection.
Julius Caesar pronounced his famous words, “Veni, Vidi, Vici” (“I came, I saw, I conquered”) in the territory of modern Turkey when he defeated Pontus.
Most Turks drink 10 or more cups of tea per day, and the country has the highest per-capita consumption of tea in the world
Sources:
http://100-faktov.ru/100-interesnyx-faktov-o-turcii/
https://www.factretriever.com/turkey-facts