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 Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 17:39
here are the answers! in case you still can't find the answers, here they are...  St Nicolas – the original Santa Claus – was born in Patara in Turkey and has a church dedicated to him in Demre.  The Virgin Mary spent her last days in Selcuk, İzmir, near the ancient city of Ephesus.  Julius Caesar proclaimed his celebrated words “Veni. Vedi, Veci” (I came, I saw, I conquered) in Turkey when he defeated Pontus, a formidable Kingdom in the Black Sea Region of Turkey.  Aesop – famous for his fables and parables – was born in Anatolia.  Part of Turkey’s south western shore was a wedding gift from Mark Antony to Cleopatra.  The famous Trojan Wars took place in western Turkey, around the site where a wooden model of the Trojan Horse has been erected at the site  The word "turquoise" derives from the French word for Turkish (Turquois), the beautiful colour of waters of the Mediterranean Sea on the southern Turkish coast.  The first coins ever minted were done so at Sardis, near İzmir, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Lycia, at the end of the seventh century B.C  One of the first most accurate world maps were drawn by the well-known Turkish cartographer and navigator Piri Reis in 16th century.  Contrary to popular opinion, tulip originated not in Holland but on the Asian steppes. The Turks first gave the Dutch their famous tulips that started the craze for the flower in England and the Netherlands. There is a period of elegance and amusement in 18th century is named "The Tulip Age" in Ottoman Empire.  The first man ever to fly was Turkish. Using two wings, Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi flew from the Galata Tower over the Bosphorus to land in Uskudar in the 17th century. and so my june destination is...  i'm so excited! Labels: holidays |