Trivia in Turkey

Learn fascinating facts and trivia about this country

Asia / Western Asia/Middle East

National symbols

Flag: Red field with white crescent and five-pointed star

Turkey Flag

Emblem: National emblem with white star-crescent in red circle

Turkey Emblem

Trivia & facts

  • Turkish ice cream (dondurma) is sticky from goat milk and salep
  • Taught domestically as one of world's three major cuisines
  • Bosphorus Bridge can be crossed on foot one day every October
  • World's largest terminal 'Istanbul Airport' ranks among top passenger numbers globally for single-city airport
  • Turkish coffee grounds not drunk but used for fortune telling
  • Tulip breeding improved in Ottoman Empire before Netherlands
  • Red in flag said to symbolize blood of War of Independence
  • Yağlı güreş (oil wrestling) has over 650 years history
  • Market call "Buyurun!" means "please come"
  • Nazar boncuğu amulet hung on homes and cars as evil eye protection

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