with a culture rooted in European and Asian
Influences as well as having some of the most breathtaking
scenery on the Planet and the home of many
Historical and religious sites we take a journey into the country of turkey the people of turkey are the very definition
Of patriotic often rallying together for a common goal despite any differences
That they may have thanks for tuning in to another episode of FTD facts
My name is Leroy, Kenton
And this video was by request viewers like Tarkin Oz can code or ell
Technical and she like secor all requested for us to do facts about turkey now before we officially begin this episode
I got two things first is a question
On a scale of 1 to 10 how patriotic are you to your country let me know down below?
One being the lowest and of course 10 being the highest and since we're taking a trip into the country of turkey
I needed a little bit of help with these facts
You meet conal she's a friend of fTD facts and she is like a turkish expert
Hi, my name is Kunal and my YouTube channel is my name
Not the most unique person when it comes to creating the name, but my name is Judy
I love turkey for three things food people and the soul of this city now first things first
Want to touch on where the name turkey came from it's believed that the name turkey came from the word turcica
And that's the word that the italians used to use for
Anatolia, which is the Asian portion of turkey and this usage goes back to early 12th century and the turks never used the name
Turkey for the name of their land until the republic of turkey was officially established in 1923
The name turkey by the way means land of the turks
but before the modern era of turkey
emerged
there were several hurdles that the turks had to go through so let's take a look at a brief history of the rise of the
Turkish nation in the year 1453 the Ottoman Empire had captured
Constantinople, which is a city that's located where than bull turkey currently occupies
This was during the reign of Sultan mehmed. II who ruled from
1451 to 1481 and during this period The Ottoman Empire had a massive amount of growth and
Conal has a little bit more information on just how wide the ottoman kingdom stretched at the peak of its rule the ottomans ruled over
The regions that currently make the countries of Greece
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria
Albania and Romania in the Balkans over the Eastern Mediterranean Islands as well
As what's known today middle East however as the ottoman Empire failed to hold their position of military and economic?
dominance they began falling way behind the developments of Europe with rebellions by the
Balkans of Eastern and Southeastern Europe that were being supported by other European powers as well as russia the ottoman Empire
Slowly began its fall by the time world war one rolled around in
1914 to 1918 the Ottoman Empire was defeated
officially in the year 1918
And that's when they were made to sign a document called the armistice mudras and what this document allowed was for British
Italians as well as others to occupy ottoman territory a man by the name of
Mustafa kemal Ataturk commonly referred to as the father of turkey he had become the leader and the public
spokesman for the Turkish National Movement which emerged as a response to these
Occupations of Ottoman territory the turks our in the land wanted their own
independence and their own territory they didn't want to share it with the British or the
Italians and they wanted absolutely no trace of the old ottoman empire
Whatsoever they wanted a land just for the turkish people that embraced more modern and progressive
Ideologies as a result the turkish national liberation war was fought and won the republic then was officially declared on
October 29
1923 for the first time in centuries the Turkish people were self ruled they had their independence
and Mustafa kemal ataturk
He was elected as the first president of turkey well now they have a little bit more insight on how the country of turkey
Emerged let's take a look at some interesting facts about the country assembled the most populous city in turkey
Spence - consul Istanbul is a chat sentimental city when the bosphorus strait running through it and that street actually
Separate Asia and Europe apart that lies in each side that's called and known and anatolia
It is commonly stated that this symbol is the oldest city in the world that is located in two continents
But in actuality that is not sure there's many other
Transcontinental things the largest one though of course is Istanbul turkey which is located on AsIa and Europe
Now Cornell just shared a little bit of information on IsTanbul however istanbul is not the capital of turkey despite popular belief
the capital of Turkey is actually Ankara in the year 1923 the city of
Ankara was to clear the capital of turkey in place of Istanbul now the hardest part the longest word in
Turkish language
Has seven letters?
wait for I
hate you
Revert back. Yes is less than a village it 11 is then missing is just a man by drone?
In English it pretty much translates into as of you're one of those who are not easily made
into the maker of unsuccessful ones
The translation is even as confusing as the word itself so question have you ever heard of the young turks
No, no
No
Not the YouTube news channel the young turks not enough the young turks was actually a political movement in the early
nineteen hundred's oh yes this fight the woman was made of students civil servants and army officers who fought to get Rid of
traces of Button Empires Rule and
Replace it with constitutional government and in the revolution that followed the young turks helped to establish the second
constitutional Era in 1908 and that started multiparty democracy
For the first time ever in the history of turkey. This is before. They became a republic now here
We have the church of st.. Peter. This is located near Antakya or antioch turkey
It's composed of a cave
Carved into the mountainside on mounts tereus and many people believe that this cave was used by the very first
Christians as well as is one of Christianity's
first-ever churches many traces back to the new testament of the Bible in the book of the acts of the apostles chapter
11 verse 26 where it says this the disciples were called Christians first in antioch
until this day, it's still a huge tourist attraction until the introduction of sterling law in
1934 as part of Ataturk's reforms
Turkish people didn't have last names the law requires of citizens of turkey to adopt an official journey
but before that they didn't have it so they were using their dad's name as a surname and they would just add the word o
which in Turkish translates into a son of
include their name or they would use a nickname that was associated to their
Family and they will put that before their birth date now this next place blew my mind here
We have Palma Collie meaning Cotton castle in Turkish
this is a natural site in Southwestern turkey which contains hot Springs as well as terraces of
carbonate minerals left from Flowing water the ancient City of Hierapolis
Was built on top of the white castle which is a total of eight thousand eight hundred and sixty feet long
1970 feet Wide and
520 feet high also another interesting fact about the land of
Turkey Involves Santa Claus Saint Nicholas was actually born in the land of turkey
He was born on the 15th of March in the year
270 in
Which was part of the Roman Empire and patara later was renamed to?
Arsenal it was a very rich and commercial city located in the Mediterranean
coasts of turkey now when it comes to sports
What?
Exactly is the national sport of turkey oil wrestling is actually the national Sport
And yes oil wrestling is exactly what it sounds like big, Ol burly men wrestling covered in grease
As a matter of fact the kirpan are oil wrestling tournament started in the 1300s, and it's the oldest continuously running
Sanctioned sporting competition in the world now the food in turkey is amazing
It's literally you can't go home with food there everything is delicious the service is amazing
It's literally the best place to be at now if you want to have an ideal vacation
For your family or even for yourself. Make sure to visit turkey because it's honestly amazing
It's a great place to explore the history
It's the great place to enjoy delicious food to meet the locals which are super super super nice and kind
So make sure to visit it and also make sure to visit my channel and my channel name is Kunal once again
So make sure to check it out. There's honestly not the unique name for the channel, but in turkish
It's pronounced as gunnin which translates into heart or soul, so it is pretty unique
Thanks, Coral so much for helping us out with these facts and just let you know guys
We have a link to Colonel's channel below in the video description. Thank you so much as a big package for having me
I had the funnest time making this video especially with the longest word with Beth back yet to /did evident
Then is just enough you thought you won't get me you did see you soon. Bye
Hope you guys getting a lot more insight on the land of turkey. Thanks for watching and we'll see you soon