1. The full name of Turkey is the Republic of Turkey. It is a country that straddles Asia and Europe, but its actual political culture belongs to Europe, and it is a candidate country for the European Union and a member of NATO. The capital Ankara, with a land area of 784,000 square kilometers, is slightly larger than the mainland Qinghai Province, with a population of 83.15 million.
2. The legendary docking place of Noah's Ark is in Turkey. Mount Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey at 5,165 meters above sea level, and it is also the last anchoring place of Noah's ark recorded in the biblical Book of Genesis, so it is also called a holy mountain by Christianity.
3. Turkey also has the Chinese zodiac. Turks use the Chinese zodiac for the lunar calendar, using each animal to represent the month. The twelve zodiac signs in Turkey are: rat, cow, tiger, rabbit, crocodile, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, pig, dog. Except for the replacement of dragons with crocodiles, the other eleven zodiac signs are exactly the same as the mainland.
4. Women in Turkey don't have to wear a headscarf when they go out. Although Turkey is an Islamic country, the religious atmosphere is relaxed. Women can go out without headscarves or robes, shake hands with men and drink alcohol.
5. Turkey has a real underground city. Said to have been built to escape enemy invasions, the Drinkuyu Dungeon is more than 3,000 years old, with more than 1,200 rooms and hiding up to 20,000 people. There are rooms with different functions, with storage rooms, wine cellars, kitchens, toilets, churches, tombs, schools, and even places for raising animals.
6. Turkey has the custom of bathing together for men and women. Turkey is a Muslim country with a total of 82,693 mosques in the country. Locals who practice Islam consider bathing together for men and women to be a very sacred thing.
7. The Turkish industry is legal. Although the Turkish state religion is Islamic, the industry here is legal. In Istanbul there are beautiful women from all over the world that attract countless men to buy spring here every year.
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