1. The Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti; English: The Republic of Turkey), abbreviated as Turkey, is a country spanning both continents of Eurasia, bordering the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Syria and Iraq to the southeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, Greece and Bulgaria to the east, and Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east.
2. Turkey implements the European model in the political, economic, cultural and other fields, is a candidate country for the European Union, the Constitution stipulates that Turkey is a country with democracy, separation of church and state and the implementation of the rule of law; Turkey's diplomacy focuses on the West, and strengthens relations with European countries while maintaining a traditional strategic partnership with the United States.
Turkey is a member of NATO, a founding member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and a member of the G20. With a strong industrial base, it is one of the emerging economies in the world and one of the fastest growing countries in the world.
4. Between the Anatolian Peninsula and the Eastern Thrace region is the Turkish Strait, consisting of the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles, which is the only shipping route connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
5. With a coastline of 7,200 km and a land border of 2,648 km, Turkey's geographical location and geopolitical strategic significance are extremely important, and it is a crossroads connecting Europe and Asia.
6. Turkey is rich in mineral resources. There are mainly boron, chromium, iron, copper, bauxite and coal. Boron trioxide and chromium ore reserves are among the highest in the world. The forest area is vast, the lake is rich in fish and salt, and the Anatolian plateau has vast pastures. Hydropower resources are also abundant, damming and reservoirs in the canyons of major rivers, and developing hydropower and irrigation.
7. Turkey has 1738 km of tubing, 708 km of gas pipeline, Baku-Tbilisi-Tubing is the second longest tubing in the world, and began operation on May 10, 2005.
8. The capital of Turkey is not Istanbul, but Ankara. (The capital has no sense of existence); and Istanbul, right on the border of Eurasia, is the only city in the world that spans two continents.
9. Turkey has the smallest sea in the world, the Sea of Marmara.
10. Turkey's hazelnut exports account for 80% of the global market.
11. China is Turkey's third largest trading partner (after Germany and Russia) and turkey's largest source of trade surplus.
12. Turkey's TV series is equivalent to a two-hour movie and the plot is protracted, but their TV series are exported to more than 140 countries and regions, and they are the second largest tv drama exporter in the world after the United States.
13. Turkish ice cream can be said to be the world's super hard ice cream, the only ice cream that can be eaten with a knife and fork. (Remember the guy who bought ice cream on Douyin to tease tourists?) [Sneaky laugh])
14. Padocchia in Ka turkey, with its magical honeycomb-like landform, is known as the "most moon-like place" on Earth, where the most romantic hot air balloons are everywhere, and has been voted "one of the top ten beauties of the earth".
15. Tulips were found in Turkey, but the Dutch grew it.
16. Turkish carpet is a class of wool textiles native to Turkey, is one of the representative folk artworks of Turkey, and occupies an important position in international carpets, Saudi Arabia is the largest export destination of Turkish carpets, accounting for 14.7% of Turkey's total carpet exports in 2013. The United States is the second largest destination for carpet exports from Turkey.
17. The Ancient Theater of Aspendos, founded in 155 AD, located in Manavgat, southern Antalya Province, Turkey, is the best-preserved and still in normal use of the Ancient Roman Theater in the world.
18. Turkey is a country where all people are religious, with 99% of the population practicing Islam and 1% practicing Armenian Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodoxy, Judaism, Catholicism and other religions.
19. Istanbul's Grand Bazaar is the largest indoor bazaar in the world, with 65 streets, more than 4,000 shops and more than 25,000 staff.
20. Istanbul's first metro, built in 1910, is the shortest metro in the world. It is only 600 meters long.
21. According to the Bible, the landing place of Noah's Ark after the Great Flood was in Turkey, where it is the highest point in Turkey, Mount Ararat, which is actually a dormant volcano and the highest peak in Turkey (5166 meters above sea level).
22.The small town of Nak in southern Turkey is the only women's town in the world, with residents all women and children, and no adult men to be seen.
All the staff in the town were monopolized by women, and men over the age of fifteen were sent out and could only return home from July 1 to 14 every year.
23. The flag of Turkey is a rectangular flag with a length-to-width ratio of 3:2, the flag is red, and there is a white crescent moon and a white five-pointed star in the middle to the left. Among them, red symbolizes blood and victory, and the crescent moon and pentagram symbolize the intention of driving away the darkness and welcoming the light.
24. Turkey has a vast cultivated land area, is the world's largest producer of figs and cherries, and the world's second largest producer of watermelon and papaya. The annual export volume of vegetables and fruits is as high as more than 2 billion US dollars, ranking among the top five in the world.
25. The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, is one of the four largest mosques in the world and the only six-pagoda mosque.
26. The word "Turkey" evolved from "Turkic". In Tatar, "Turk" means "brave" and "Turkey" means "brave country.".
27. The world's earliest yogurt was inadvertently discovered by nomadic peoples living in the Turkish highlands 5,000 years ago, and yogurt technology was spread to other parts of Europe by the ancient Greeks and gradually became popular around the world.
28.The average age of Turks is 31 years, which is the largest number of young people in all European countries.