... تورک رسامی ایبراهیم بالابان نین ایستعدادینی زینداندا محکوم یولداش و مشهور تورک شاعیری ناظم حکمت طرفیندن کشف ائدیلدینه گوره، اونا «کندلی رسامیم» دئدی؟ (مئی ۱۰، ۲۰۱۴)
... that Yalçın Granit became the first Turkish basketballer to play in a European team when he went to France for his doctoral studies? (May 8, 2014)
... that the construction of the Deliktaş Tunnel, Turkey's longest railway tunnel, lasted almost four decades? (April 18, 2014)
... that Denis Legersky was allowed to play for the Turkish national ice hockey team in a friendly match in 2014, even though he is a Slovak citizen? (April 11, 2014)
... that سویوق ساواش-era spy Hüseyin Yıldırım, sentenced to life without parole in the United States, was later pardoned and secretly extradited to Turkey, where he stayed only one day in prison? (April 2, 2014)
... that Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu, nicknamed the "Screwdriver Killer", is the serial killer with the highest known victim count in تورکیه? (March 22, 2014)
... that 29 inmates escaped from Metris Prison in ایستانبول through a self-built tunnel while the prison was still under military administration? (March 20, 2014)
... that the 2011-opened Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Literature Museum Library in ایستانبول is housed in a building, which once served for عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو sultans to accept salutes during a military parade? (February 26, 2014)
... that former Turkish Minister of Customs and Monopolies, Tuncay Mataracı, was sentenced in 1982 to a 36-year term of imprisonment for bribery and abuse of power? (February 24, 2014)
... that one of the accused assassins of Turkish former government minister Gün Sazak later hijacked an airplane to Bulgaria with accomplices? (February 21, 2014)
... that Hakan Kıran, Turkish architect of the Golden Horn Metro Bridge, chose his profession because he was impressed by the concept of the town constructed by the French, in which he grew up? (February 14, 2014)
... that the Öküz Mehmed Pasha Caravanserai in قوش آداسی, Turkey was built in 1618 in the form of a small citadel with a battlement and merlons on its top? (February 9, 2014)
... that the Golden Horn Metro Bridge in ایستانبول is a cable-stayed bridge, which has a swing bridge on one side and features a metro station in the middle? (February 8, 2014)
...that following the assassination of دیاربکر police chief Gaffar Okkan in 2001, more than a hundred babies were named after him? (February 7, 2014)
... that following a corruption scandal in Turkey, PM رجب طیب اردوغان reshuffled his cabinet appointing ten ministers, among them nine new – Ala, Çavuşoğlu, Elvan, Güllüce, Işık, İslam, İşler, Kılıç and Zeybekci? (January 31, 2014)
... that women's football فورواردSeyhan Gündüz was capped 32 times internationally, scoring 12 goals, a rate of 0.375 a match? (January 28, 2014)
... that unlike other cemeteries in تورکیه that accommodate one religion only, Mersin Interfaith Cemetery includes graves of ایسلام, مسیحیت and یهودیلیک? (January 15, 2014)
... that, with its total installed capacity of 95 MW, the Kızıldere Geothermal Power Plant is the biggest of its kind in Turkey? (January 13, 2014)
... that Arzu Karabulut currently plays for both German and Turkish football teams? (January 7, 2014)
... that Leyla Güngör scored a goal against Spain in her first game as a member of the Turkey women's national football team? (December 23, 2013)
... that the female footballer Bilgin Defterli decided to go to آلمان because she saw no chance to play football in Turkey due to the dissolution of women's football leagues in 2003? (December 19, 2013)
... that the town of داتچا petitioned in 2008 to have the British Museum's Lion of Knidos(pictured) returned to تورکیه? (December 7, 2013)
... that the busts of Miklós Zrínyi and سلیمان قانونی, rivals at the Siege of Szigetvár in 1566, stand in the Hungarian-Turkish Friendship Park(pictured) side-by-side rather than confronting one another? (October 7, 2013)
... that Tahir Aydoğdu and his father Gültekin are both players of the qanun, an instrument of Turkish classical music? (July 8, 2013)
... that visitors to the Ulucanlar Prison Museum who pay extra to be handcuffed and locked in an isolation cell for a limited time may not leave it before the agreed time is up? (April 26, 2013)
... that Monastery of the Transfiguration of Kinaliada is where Byzantine emperor دؤردونجو رومانوس was exiled after his eyes were gouged out? (April 9, 2013)
... that Krikor Apikoğlu founded Apikoğlu, the first company to mass produce meat products in Turkey? (March 9, 2013)
... that Tayyare Apartments in ایستانبول, originally built in 1922 for the victims of a fire disaster, house a five-star hotel today? (March 6, 2013)
... that Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus(pictured) in تورکیه, established in 1955, is the longest-serving member of the Hilton Hotels chain outside the آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری? (February 21, 2013)
... that due to a campaign in Turkey, speaking a language other than Turkish was illegal in many parts of the country? (January 15, 2013)
... that Israel expressed objections to the newly launched Turkish reconnaissance satellite Göktürk-2, fearing that high resolution imagery of Israel would eventually fall into the wrong hands? (January 15, 2013)
... that Mehmet Gürs, a تورکیه chef of Scandinavian descent, called his ایستانبول restaurant Mikla, which is derived from Miklagard, the وایکینقلر name of the city in the 10th century? (November 15, 2012)
... that as requested in his will, the grave of Turkish folk singer Neşet Ertaş was placed at the foot of his father's? (November 14, 2012)
... that in 2007 اؤزلم جکیج(pictured) became the first woman of Muslim immigrant background in the Danish Parliament? (September 27, 2012)
... that the Church of Saint Benoit in ایستانبول(pictured) is the oldest کاتولیک کلیساسی church in the city still in use? (August 21, 2012)
... that تورکیه swimmer Derya Büyükuncu is participating at the Summer Olympics for the sixth consecutive time? (July 30, 2012)
... that Hüseyin Özer went from living on the streets of آنکارا to owning a British restaurant chain and teaching at میدلسکس بیلیم‌یوردو? (May 24, 2012)
... that the prices of goods in the Phrygian city of Aizanoi were controlled by an edict of Roman emperor دیوکلسین? (May 18, 2012)
... that Ottoman architect معمار سینان erected a Koranic school and an elementary school near the Ese Kapi Mosque in Istanbul? (May 9, 2012)
... that the Balaban Aga Mosque in Istanbul, built in the بیزانس ایمپیراتورلوغو era, was demolished in 1930 because it stood in the way of a new road? (May 8, 2012)
... that the Toklu Dede Mosque(pictured) in ایستانبول, a former بیزانس ایمپیراتورلوغو Church, was destroyed with its frescoes by its owner in 1929? (April 30, 2012)
... that the remains of the Bogdan Saray in ایستانبول lie inside a tire shop? (April 13, 2012)
... that before its restoration the Kasim Ağa Mosque in ایستانبول was used as a shanty? (April 7, 2012)
... that the کاتولیک کلیساسیChurch of St. Mary Draperis in ایستانبول has been leveled by earthquake, forcibly demolished by the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو, and destroyed three times by fire? (March 24, 2012)
... that the Grand Bazaar in ایستانبول, one of the largest بازار in the world, attracts between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily? (March 19, 2012)
... that Iznik-tiled lunette panels believed to have been removed from ایستانبول's Piyale Pasha Mosque in the 19th century are currently on display in various museums such as لوور موزه‌سی and the V&A? (February 21, 2012)
... that the first uterus transplantation in the world with an organ taken from a cadaver was performed by Dr. Ömer Özkan and his team at the Akdeniz University? (February 8, 2012)
... that although banned in 1943, the Baklahorani carnival, in ایستانبول, revived after nearly 70 years? (January 19, 2012)
... that Varda Viaduct(pictured), a ۹۸ m (۳۲۲ ft) high railway viaduct at Taurus Mountains, will be a shooting location of the next James Bond movie اسکای‌فال? (January 5, 2012)
... that the Gazi Race, named in honor of مصطفی کمال آتاتورک, the founder of the تورکیه, was won by racehorses owned by succeeding presidents عصمت اینونو and Celâl Bayar? (December 8, 2011)
... that in the 16th century the Church of St. Mary of Constantinople(pictured) in ایستانبول was the center of a quarter mainly inhabited by Italians deported from the city of فئودوسیا in Crimea? (December 4, 2011)
... that the Florya Atatürk Marine Mansion(pictured), built in 1935 as a summer residence for تورکیه president مصطفی کمال آتاتورک, is on the sea about ۷۰ m (۲۳۰ ft) offshore? (November 14, 2011)
... that the early Christian Martyrion of Saints Carpus and Papylus, which is part of the Church of Saint Menas complex in ایستانبول, currently houses two shops, an iron workshop and a car wash? (October 28, 2011)
... that the Church of St. George of Samatya in ایستانبول may have been given to the ائرمنیلر community because of the intercession of a favorite of Sultan Ibrahim? (October 22, 2011)
... that footballer Hasan Ahmet Sari left ایستانبول with his family after living through the 1999 İzmit earthquake? (August 18, 2011)
... that سلیمان قانونی supposedly gave İncili Çavuş a pearl to wear to distinguish him from other sergeants? (July 9, 2011)
... the Ionian University of Smyrna, established in Turkey by Greece during the occupation of Smyrna, was never opened due to latter's defeat in the تورک قورتولوش ساواشی باتی جبهه‌سی? (June 18, 2011)
... that in the early stages of ایکینجی دونیا ساواشی the steamer Refah from neutral Turkey was torpedoed by an unidentified submarine in the eastern آرالیق دنیزی killing 168 of the 200 people aboard? (May 30, 2011)
... that مصطفی کمال آتاتورک's state funeral took place twice, once immediately after his death in 1938 and then again in 1953? (May 1, 2011)
... that the Ottoman torpedo boat Sultanhisar attacked and seriously damaged the Australian submarine HMAS AE2 in 1915 but rescued all the crew before the submarine went down in the مرمره دنیزی? (April 12, 2011)
... that the largest oil field in Turkey lies near the باتمان and the Batman River? (March 1, 2011)
... that although the Nuri Demirağ Nu D.38 transport aircraft was completed in 1941, it was not flown until 1944? (January 24, 2011)
... that the house in تکیرداغ, تورکیه, where ماجاریستان national hero Francis II Rákóczi spent his last years, is a museum now and is regarded as a cultural bridge between the two countries? (January 16, 2011)
... that the Şeyh Süleyman Mosque in ایستانبول was almost certainly an annex of قسطنطنیه's Monastery of Pantokrator in the بیزانس ایمپیراتورلوغو? (December 8, 2010)
... that the Manastır Mosque(pictured) in ایستانبول is one of the few surviving بیزانس ایمپیراتورلوغو religious buildings of قسطنطنیه whose dedication remains uncertain? (November 9, 2010)
... that a hydro dam was built by a state agency within the borders of the Munzur Valley National Park in تورکیه, violating the existing laws for its protection? (October 28, 2010)
... that Morocco–Turkey relations started as early as the 16th century, with the expansion of the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو into قوزئی آفریقا? (October 26, 2010)
... that the 1993 Bayburt Üzengili avalanche in north-eastern تورکیه killed 59 people and 650 livestock, and caused the relocation of the village to a safe zone? (October 20, 2010)
... that the town of لیجه, was rebuilt ۲ km (۱٫۲ mi) south of its original location after the earthquake in 1975, with houses, shops, a school, a bakery and a mosque completed only 54 days later? (October 10, 2010)
... that Turkish Army's Güvercinlik Air Base was the first civil airport of آنکارا that served as such from 1933 until 1955? (October 6, 2010)
... that the broken top of the Aviation Martyrs' Monument in ایستانبول is to symbolize the incomplete status of the flight missions? (September 21, 2010)
... that, when completed, the Deriner Dam will be the tallest in تورکیه? (September 7, 2010)
... that اتیوپیn-born Meryem Erdoğan, impressed by her countrywoman Elvan Abeylegesse's success, illegally immigrated to تورکیه at age 16 in order to become a distance runner? (August 18, 2010)
... that the lighthouse Rumeli Feneri was built in 1855 in order to provide safe navigation for the فرانسه and بؤیوک بریتانیا war ships entering the Istanbul Strait from قارا دنیز during the کریمه ساواشی? (June 14, 2010)
... that the 1903 Turkey earthquake killed 3,500 humans and 20,000 animals and registered a magnitude of 7.0? (May 9, 2010)
... that several families of land gastropods reach a maximum of biodiversity in Turkey? (March 3, 2010)
... that the sports hall of اوروپا's largest prison complex in Istanbul was converted into a courtroom because the existing one was not big enough to accommodate the hearings of the Ergenekon trial? (February 11, 2010)
... that Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the head of the تورکیه delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, is also a member of parliament from آنتالیا اوستانی? (January 24, 2010)
... that in 1983, Yıldırım Aktuna, a neuropsychiatrist and later a politician, founded تورکیه’s first alcohol and drug rehabilitation center at the country's largest psychiatric hospital in ایستانبول? (December 31, 2009)
... that the Battle of Wawon is considered to be تورکیه's first real combat action since the end of بیرینجی دونیا ساواشی? (December 1, 2009)
... that when تورکیه gave out personal identification numbers to their citizens in 2000, they chose to number all 120 million people born since 1840, living or dead? (November 11, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 250
... that female کاراتهYıldız Aras holds more World, European, and Mediterranean Games champion titles than any other تورکیه sportsperson? (November 8, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 250
... that the 1976 crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 452, resulting in the death of 154 people, is the all-time worst aviation accident in تورکیه? (October 8, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 249
... that Trabzonspor were the first تورکیه soccer team entitled to participate in the UEFA Women's Champions League? (September 19, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 248
... that a total of 441 military and civilian personnel of the تورکیهNaval Base Gölcük, among them a rear admiral, were killed by the 1999 İzmit earthquake? (August 9, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 247
... that the third officer of the MV Horizon-1, a cargo ship recently hijacked by Somali pirates, is a 24-year old تورکیه woman? (July 27, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 246
... that the mineral erionite is a carcinogen, and chronic exposure to this mineral has been linked to excess mortality from mesothelioma in a number of villages in تورکیه? (July 22, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 246
... that فاطمه عالیه توپوز (1862-1936), whose portrait illustrates the reverse of the current 50 تورک لیره‌سی banknote, is credited as the first female تورکیه and موسلمان writer? (May 5, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 244
... that تورکیه political parties cancelled their rallies ahead of the local elections in respect of the death of Yazıcıoğlu, leader of the Great Union Party, in the 2009 Medair TC-HEK helicopter crash? (April 17, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 243
... that human rights activist Ayse Nur Zarakolu, an Amnesty International "prisoner of conscience", was arrested 30 times and jailed four for violating censorship laws in Turkey? (March 13, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 242
... that Levantine architect of فرانسه descent Raymond Charles Père (1854-1929), who designed the landmark of Izmir (pictured) in تورکیه, was a native of ایزمیر? (February 18, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 241
... that according to US and تورکیه officials, the MV Kısmetim-1 was deliberately sunk in December 1992 by its crew in order to prevent the capture of the illicit drug load? (February 1, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 239
... that Istanbul Hezarfen Airfield hosts around 30,000 music fans every September for the annual Rock'n Coke open air music festival? (January 20, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 239
... that the crash of تورک هاوا یوللاریFlight 634 on 8 January 2003 was the worst crash involving a BAe 146? (January 4, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 238
... that تورکیه female aviator Nezihe Viranyalı was educated in civil aviation at the تنسی بیلیم‌یوردو following an invitation by the renowned American pilot Jacqueline Cochran? (January 2, 2009) Wikipedia:Recent additions 238
... that the دجله چایی's tributary, the Botan in southeastern تورکیه, looks during times of peak discharge much bigger than the Tigris? (December 26, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 237
... that 14th-century تورکیه polymath تفتازانی completed one of his best-known works at the age of 16? (December 22, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 237
... that the Khedive Palace in ایستانبول, تورکیه, once a mansion for عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو governors, now serves as an upscale restaurant? (December 15, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 236
... that the Esma Sultana Mansion(pictured) , a multipurpose event venue in ایستانبول, تورکیه, looks ruined because only its interior was reconstructed after a 1975 fire? (December 1, 2008)
... that the modern border between ایران and عراق dates back to the Treaty of Zuhab, which concluded the صفوی-عوثمانلی ساواشی (۱۶۲۳-۱۶۳۹)? (November 29, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 235
... that تورکیه poet Süleyman Nazif witnessed first hand the decaying corpses of persecuted Christians in his home town of دیاربکر in July 1915? (November 17, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 235
... that Süreyya Opera House in ایستانبول, built in 1927 as a musical theater but used all the time as a cinema, gained its intended status only in 2007 after redevelopment? (October 30, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 234
... that Sinop Fortress Prison in تورکیه, abandoned in 1997, hosts hundreds of thousands tourists yearly thanks to its featuring in popular ادبیات, music and film? (October 23, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 233
... that قازاخیستان and تورکیه have sought to promote closer bilateral relations and foster close ties between تورک خالقلاری of اورتا آسیا? (October 16, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 232
... that the relics housed within the chapel near the Church of St. Mary of Blachernae in ایستانبول were credited by the بیزانس ایمپیراتورلوغو for victories against the Avars, عربلر, and Rus? (July 15, 2008)
... that the Montreux Convention of 1936 is an international treaty regulating the Dardanelles and Bosporus Straits? (July 8, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 221
... that the 1971 Turkish coup d'état was carried out by a memorandum rather than direct intervention by the military? - June 29, 2008 Wikipedia:Recent additions 221
... that Kieran Prendergast was the British Ambassador to Turkey before serving as بیرلشمیش میلتلر قورومو Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs? (June 21, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 220
... that Pakistan's ties with Turkey have been influenced by president Pervez Musharraf's admiration for تورکیه's model of modernism and secularism? (June 9, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 219
... that Mevlüde Genç, a آلمان تورک‌‌‌لری who had lost five of her family members to Neo-Nazi violence in the Solingen arson attack of 1993, went on to advocate tolerance between Turks and Germans? (June 1, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 219
... that in 1876, British barrister, publicist, and historian Edwin Pears, as correspondent of The Daily News, sent letters home describing عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو atrocities in بولغاریستان during the April Uprising which aroused popular demonstrations in اینگیلیس led by William Gladstone? (May 18, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 219
... that the military prowess of the Tulunid dynasty of Arab Egypt was due to its multi-ethnic army composed of آنادولو تورک‌‌‌لری, سودان, and یونان‌لار soldiers? (May 10, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 219
... that تورکیه was so dissatisfied with its first set of stamps that it had فرانسه make the second set 20 para Duloz issue 1865(example pictured) ? (May 4, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 215
...that the oldest known lemon squeezers were found in کوتاهیه, تورکیه and date to the first quarter of the 18th century? (March 25, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 213
...that the شیزر دؤیوشو in 1111, between King بیرینجی بالدوین اورشلیم's صلیب یۆروشلری army and a Seljuk army led by Mawdud bin Altuntash of موصول, ended in a tactical draw? (March 13, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 211
...that Sultanahmet Jail in ایستانبول, تورکیه, which served mostly as a prison reserved for intellectual dissidents, is today a five-star hotel? (March 6, 2008)Wikipedia:Recent additions 210
...that Hagia Sophia (pictured) in تورکیه has runic inscriptions left by وایکینقلرs? (February 29, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 209
...that the map (pictured) by پیری رییس, a 16th century Islamic cartographer, is the oldest surviving تورکیه map to show the آمریکا قاره‌سی? (February 27, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 208
...that the Milion(pictured) of قسطنطنیه was the origin of all the roads into the European cities of the بیزانس ایمپیراتورلوغو? (February 27, 2008)
...that the award-winning تورکیه restaurant Changa in ایستانبول is being supervised by the Kiwi باش‌آشپاز Peter Gordon? (February 23, 2008)
...that the Valens Aqueduct was the major water-providing system of medieval قسطنطنیه and عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغوایستانبول? (February 16, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 206
...that the world's longest tunnel system is the two parallel tunnels at the Atatürk Dam of شانلی‌اورفا in southeastern Turkey? (February 14, 2008)
...that local boyars protested against the Russian annexation of Bessarabia after the روسیه-عوثمانلی ساواشی (۱۸۰۶-۱۸۱۲) in 1812, arguing that the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو had no right to cede a Moldavian territory that was not theirs in the first place? (February 3, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 203
...that so far, 350,000 people have been relocated in تورکیه by dam projects carried out by the State Hydraulic Works, and 250,000 more will be affected in the future? (January 31, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 202
...that the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو frigate Ertuğrul disaster, which occurred in 1890 off Kushimoto, led to strengthening foreign relations between تورکیه and ژاپون? (January 16, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 200
...that the church of Hagia Thekla in قسطنطنیه, now a مسجید, was rebuilt by Emperor بیرینجی ایزاک as thanks for surviving a hunting accident? (January 15, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 200
...that the Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque(pictured) in ایستانبول features a cypress tree with a chain that was swung between two people who gave contradictory statements to determine which one was telling the truth? (January 14, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 200
...that the construction of the Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial (pictured), commemorating over 250,000 تورکیه soldiers fallen during the چاناق قالا ساواشی in بیرینجی دونیا ساواشی, was completed with nationwide financial contributions? (January 11, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 199
...that the site of Endymion's cave, where Selene's beloved sleeps forever, a sanctuary on the slopes of Latmus, still exists in آیدین اوستانی, southwestern تورکیه? (January 11, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 199
...that the ticket lottery site for the December 2007 Ahmet Ertegün Tribute Concert featuring لد زپلین, crashed due to over a billion page views of fans seeking to purchase the 20,000 tickets on sale? (January 8, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 198
...that تورکیه Prime Minister Adnan Menderes survived the 1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crash almost uninjured, but was executed by hanging a year and a half later? (January 5, 2008) Wikipedia:Recent additions 198
...that مصطفی کمال آتاتورک(pictured), founder of the تورکیه, established the first commercial Turkish winery in ۱۹۲۵ (میلادی)? (December 20, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 193
...that Muhtar Kent, named to assume the post of باش ایجراچی مودیر of the Coca-Cola Company on July 1, 2008, is the son of a Turkish diplomat, who risked his life to save یهودیلرs in فرانسه during هولوکاست? (December 15, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 191
...that after the ایستانبولون فتحی, the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو demolished the Column of Justinian to symbolize their capture of the city? (December 10, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 190
...that the Galatasaray S.K. has origins from the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو era? (December 4, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 190
...that آنادولو تورک‌‌‌لری serial killer Özgür Dengiz broke into fits of laughter when discussing his cannibalism? (December 1, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 190
...that the Mosque of the Rose in ایستانبول is so named because on the day of the ایستانبولون فتحی the building was adorned with garlands of روزs? (November 27, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 190
...that SantralIstanbul, a modern art museum in ایستانبول, تورکیه, is located in what was the first power station of the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو? (November 22, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 189
...that in Rose Macaulay's novel The Towers of Trebizond (1956) the English traveller Aunt Dot aims to emancipate the women of تورکیه by converting them to Anglicanism and popularizing the bathing hat? (November 19, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 188
...that the mosque of Hirami Ahmet Pasha(pictured) in ایستانبول is the smallest Byzantine church of قسطنطنیه still extant? (November 18, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 187
...that the McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies in آلانیا is run by جورج‌تاون بیلیم‌یوردو as the only independent study program in تورکیه? (November 12, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 185
...that during the Italian War of 1542–1546, the population of تولون (فرانسه), فرانسه was expelled to make room for an Ottoman naval base? (November 2, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 183
...that the Shrapnel Valley Cemetery at چاناق قالا ساواشی is named after the distinctive sound produced by shrapnel in the area? (October 13, 2007)
...that the 1955 novel Teneke by تورکیه author یاشار کمال was adapted into an ایتالیا opera of the same title by Fabio Vacchi in 2007? (October 8, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 175
...that آلمان تورک‌‌‌لری professional boxer Hülya Şahin, the undefeated junior flyweight world champion, is the only female member of her club Universum? (September 21, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 167
...that تورکیه record label Kalan Müzik was suspended for a song with the word "کوردوستان" in it? (September 1, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 166
...that Hasan Saltık, called "The Anthropologist of Folk Music" by Time magazine, was saved from a three-year jail term because the prosecutor was a fan? (August 31, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 166
...that the Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships(pictured) was one of over 3,000 seascapes painted by روسیهn artist Ivan Aivazovsky? (August 10, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 161
...that the رومانیn crude oil tanker M/T Independenţa burnt for weeks in 1979 after colliding with a freighter? (August 10, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 161
...that Wilhelm von Pressel designed the first railroad in تورکیه? (July 25, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 155
...that the Mosque of Kefeli in ایستانبول was used jointly as a کیلیسا by کاتولیک کلیساسی and Armenian believers before becoming a مسجید? (July 20, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 155
...that the Vefa Kilise Mosque(pictured) in ایستانبول is one of the first examples of بیزانس ایمپیراتورلوغو churches of قسطنطنیه which were converted into mosques by the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو? (July 13, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 154
...that despite being a key building of middle byzantine Architecture, the مسجید of Eski Imaret(pictured) is still one among the least studied monuments of ایستانبول? (June 28, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 150
...that the award ceremony of تورکیه's most important film festival, the Golden Orange, is held at the Roman amphitheatre of Aspendos (pictured) in آنتالیا? (June 22, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 149
...that the Xhosa Wars veteran Stephen Bartlett Lakeman(pictured) became an عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغوپاشا and, late in his life, helped create the رومانیn National Liberal Party? (June 5, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 145
...that the مسجید of Kalenderhane(pictured) in ایستانبول contained the most ancient cycle of frescoes portraying Saint Francis of Assisi still extant? (May 27, 2007)
...that ten days before the ratification of the Peace of Szeged, بیرینجی اولاسلوی, King of ماجاریستان شاهلیغی, swore an oath which invalidated it and all future treaties with the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو? (May 25, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 143
...that the Turkish tanbur is one of the four musical instruments that make up Turkish classical music's basic quartet? (May 23, 2007)
...that modern nursing was founded by فلورانس نایتینقل at the Selimiye Barracks in ایستانبول, تورکیه during the کریمه ساواشی (1854-1856)? (May 22, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 142
...that the رومین‌لار poet Mehmet Niyazi, a major figure in قیریم تاتار تورکجه‌سی literature, was expelled from Crimea three times during his lifetime? (May 20, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 141
...that the land of Haydarpaşa Cemetery, a burial ground in ایستانبول, تورکیه for میلتلر بیرلیگی soldiers from three wars, belonged to سلیمان قانونی? (May 16, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 141
...that the Monument of Liberty in ایستانبول, the gathering place for the second rally of the Republic Protests, is a memorial for the 31 March Incident that took place in 1909? (May 4, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 139
...that the Declaration to the Seven was the first British pronouncement to the Arab states of the former عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو advancing the principle of national اؤز موقدراتینی تعیین ائتمه? (April 13, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 133
...that the تاج in the coat of arms of Amsterdam is the Imperial Crown of Austria?
...that یایلاق, the تورک خالقلاری tradition of moving to highland pastures in the summer, started in the fourth millennium BCE? (April 12, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 133
...that Alpamysh, an ancient تورک دیللری epic or dastan, is one of the foremost examples of the Turkic oral literature of اورتا آسیا? (April 3, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 131
...that it was discovered that about 10,000 موسلمان graves in Cebeci Asri Cemetery, آنکارا, تورکیه were not oriented in the direction required by ایسلام? (March 29, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 130
...that the Balık sisters from تورکیه claim to be the only identical twins who are both professional اوپرا singers? (March 22, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 129
...that the Fenari Isa Mosque(pictured) in ایستانبول represents one of the first examples of edifices with a quincuncial plan in Byzantine architecture? (March 17, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 128
...that Karaköy, part of ancient Galata, and an important commercial and transport center at the Golden Horn, was the birthplace of آندره شنیه, a French poet beheaded during the بؤیوک فرانسه اینقیلابی? (March 16, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 127
...that Matild Manukyan, a wealthy آنادولو تورک‌‌‌لری businesswoman of تورکیه ائرمنی‌‌‌‌لری origin, made her fortune as a brothel owner? (March 14, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 127
...that the Ottoman Bank, established as a private bank in 1856, became a central bank in 1863 and issued banknotes in the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو and then تورکیه until 1931? (March 8, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 125
...that Vakifli is the only ethnic ائرمنیلر village in تورکیه? (February 26, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 121
...that Artin Penik, a تورکیه ائرمنی‌‌‌‌لری, set himself on fire in protest of the terrorist attacks against تورکیه by the آسالا (ASALA)? (February 25, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 121
...that بولغارلارDobri Zhelyazkov founded the first textile factory in the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو? (February 2, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 118
...that the Akhurian River is said to have turned completely red because of a major battle nearby? (January 28, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 118
...that an Egyptian army of 1,500 was defeated by 300 women and old men of Diro during the Egyptian Invasion of Mani in ۱۸۲۶ (میلادی)? (January 22, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 117
...that the first three Ministers of the Privy Treasury of the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو were Armenian, the first being Hagop Kazazian Pasha? (January 13, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 116
...that Baghdad Street in ایستانبول was named by دؤردونجو مراد to commemorate his conquest of بین النهرین? (January 12, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 116
...that the Mecelle, the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو civil code of 1877, was the first attempt to codify part of the laws of an ایسلامic state? (January 7, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 115
...that Trdat the Architect reconstructed the dome of the Hagia Sophia in ۹۸۹ (میلادی) and built the Cathedral of Ani? (January 6, 2007) Wikipedia:Recent additions 115
...that although 99.8% of the population is موسلمان, there is no official religion in Turkey? (December 18, 2006) Wikipedia:Recent additions 111
...that the Rhodes blood libel — the accusation that the یهودیلرs of Rhodes ritually murdered a مسیحی boy in 1840 — enjoyed active support from the consuls of several اوروپاan countries? (October 31, 2006) Wikipedia:Recent additions 97
...that the British لوانت شیرکتی avoided a fatal mistake of other chartered companies by paying their consuls and ambassadors a pension, so that they would not impose taxes on merchants for personal gain? (June 18, 2006) Wikipedia:Recent additions 72
...that the prosecution of writer and poet Perihan Magden for urging defiance of mandatory military service has complicated تورکیه's negotiations for membership in the اوروپا بیرلیگی? (June 11, 2006) Wikipedia:Recent additions 71
...that in the Night Attack skirmish, اۆچونجو ولاد is said to have been "one of the first European crusaders to use gunpowder in a deadly artistic way"? (April 26, 2006) Wikipedia:Recent additions 63
...that the Senyavin Islands of میکرونئزیا فدراتیو ایالتلری were named after Dmitry Senyavin, who destroyed the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos in ۱۸۰۷ (میلادی)? (April 22, 2006) Wikipedia:Recent additions 63
...that the قدیم یونان credited Broteas, the ugly son of Tantalus, with an ancient rock-cut cliff-face carving of the Great Mother of the Gods in modern تورکیه? (March 13, 2006) Wikipedia:Recent additions 57
...that the Cossack Hetman and the later تزار روسیه‌سی voyevoda Petro Doroshenko signed a treaty with سولطاندؤردونجو محمد recognizing the Cossack Hetmanate as a vassal of the عثمانلی ایمپیراتورلوغو? (March 8, 2006) Wikipedia:Recent additions 56
...that the Hood Event was an incident following the US invasion of Iraq where a group of تورکیه سیلاحلی گوجلری special forces operating in northern Iraq was captured and interrogated by the US military, later becoming the basis for the 2006 film Valley of the Wolves Iraq? (February 24, 2006) Wikipedia:Recent additions 55
...that during the روسیه-عوثمانلی ساواشی (۱۸۲۸-۱۸۲۹) more Russian soldiers died in hospitals from contagious diseases than fighting on the battlefield? (February 1, 2006) Wikipedia:Recent additions 51
...that as many as 150 people a year attempt to commit اینتیحار by jumping from either the Bosporus Bridge or Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in تورکیه? (September 6, 2004) Wikipedia:Recent additions 14
...that the تورکیه military coup of 1971 is known as a coup by memorandum? (August 10, 2004) Wikipedia:Recent additions 13
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