Turkey & Greek Islands
Did you know?
Overview
- The most valuable silk carpet in the world is in the Mevlana Museum in Konya, Turkey. Marco Polo’s journeys in the thirteenth centuries took him here, and he remarked that the “best and handsomest of rugs” were to be found in Turkey.
- Turkey has 9,000 species of flowers.
- The word ‘Yogurt’ comes from Turkish, which is appropriate since the Turks eat it with everything.
