Sweet facts about Turkey, you probably may not know it!

Istanbul is not the capital

When it comes to Turkey, the city that many people think of first is Istanbul, but it is not the capital. The capital of Turkey is Ankara. But because Istanbul is the fifth largest tourist destination in the world,it is the most famous and most valuable for investment. So when it comes to Turkey, many people will automatically regard Istanbul as the capital of Turkey.

Turkey = Turkey?

Is Turkey famous for turkey? In fact, it is not. Turkey is called turkey for a variety of reasons ,the most famous one is that in the 15th century, Turks from the commercial center of Constantinople sold wild guinea fowl from West Africa to the European market.

So the British at the time called these African guinea fowls "Turkey's chickens" or "Turkey's birds", and later these guinea fowls were called "Turkey" for short. When the British colonists arrived in Massachusetts, they referred to the birds they saw there as "turkey", even though the birds they saw on the American continent and the guinea fowls from Africa were not the same species.

A widow town

Nak, a small town in southern Turkey, is the only town in the world where women and children live and cannot see adults.
All the staff in the town are exclusively owned by women. All men over the age of fifteen are deported . They can only go home and live from July 1 to 14 each year. Therefore, the town is open from July 12 to 14 In the three-day celebration meeting, the man went out to work again after leaving his savings for a year to his wife and children.

Young country

In Turkey, 23.4% of the population is under 14 years old, 50% of the total population is under 30 years old and 8.5% is under 65 years old. The average age is 31 years old, which is the largest population of young people in all European countries, and the peak of spending power is in the 40s, which shows that Turkey's development prospects are worth looking forward to.

The origin of Santa Claus

Santa Claus, wearing a big red cap, a big red jacket and a white beard, is not actually European. This old man who drove a reindeer from house to house to give children New Year gifts was based on the bishop Nicholas of Izmir, a port city in western Turkey. He lived in the 4th century. He was kind and generous, a rich man, very kind to children.It wasn't until the 17th century that Dutch immigrants brought the legend of Nicholas to the United States, and later the image of Santa Claus became popular around the world.

It should be the most cost-effective country to buy real estate

As a quasi-EU Turkey, coupled with the blessing of Istanbul, a famous city in the world, the real estate market already has its own investment aura. Young locals with a large number of just-needed locals and an investment of 250,000 US dollars can get the Turkish passport policy blessing , Attracting a large number of domestic and foreign investors, it can be regarded as a country with a very high cost-effective investment property.

The amount of tea drinking is among the best in the world

In Turkey, more than 96% of people drink no less than a cup of tea a day. According to statistics, a Turk consumes an average of 3 kg of tea per year.

The "Birthplace" of Coffee

Although Ethiopia in Africa is the real "cradle" of coffee, in fact, as early as the 16th century, the Turks first introduced coffee to Europe, and thanks to them, the "coffee culture" became so popular in Europe. Hundreds of years ago, if the husband did not provide his wife with sufficient coffee, Turkish women could legally divorce their husbands.

Turkish salty yogurt

Turkish yogurt is salty by default. You heard it right, salted! There are not only basic salted yogurt, but also hot and sour milk with garlic, olive oil, and chili oil. It is recommended to go to Turkey to try this sourness!


Turkey is not an Islamic State

Many people think that Turkey has a lot of Islam, but in fact, Turkey does not regard Islam as the state religion, but has been a secular state since 1927 . The modern Turkish "father" Mustafa Kemal, He abolished alcohol prohibition, abandoned the Islamic calendar, switched to the Roman alphabet, and transformed modern Turkey into a secular country through a series of reforms.

Turkish men and women have a long history of equal rights

As early as 1,000 years ago, Turkey had a sense of equality between men and women, and modern Turkish women's voting rights also came earlier, much earlier than most parts of Europe and America.