Turkey is where state insurance was first provided for tradesmen who suffered losses before the 13th century.
Turkey has been the base of many great civilisations such as Hattians, Hittites, Phrygians, Uratians, Lydians, Ionians, Carians, Lycians, Helenistaic people, Romans, Seljuks, Ottomans and the people of the modern Turkish Republic.
The famous Trojan Wars took place in western Turkey, around the site where a wooden statue of the Trojan horse has been erected today.