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 * 1) ...that as many as 150 people a year attempt to commit suicide by jumping from either the Bosporus Bridge or Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Turkey? (September 4, 2004)
 * 2) ...that Alejandro Maclean, Spanish television producer and Red Bull Air Race World Series pilot, is nicknamed "The Flying Matador"? (January 9, 2007)
 * 3) ...that Baghdad Street in Istanbul was named by Murad IV to commemorate his conquest of Mesopotamia? (January 12, 2007)
 * 4) ...that the Ottoman Bank, established as a private bank in 1856, became a central bank in 1863 and issued banknotes in the Ottoman Empire and then Turkey until 1931? (March 8, 2007)
 * 5) ...that Matild Manukyan, a wealthy Turkish businesswoman of Armenian origin, made her fortune as a brothel owner? (March 14, 2007)
 * 6) ...that Karaköy, part of ancient Galata, and an important commercial and transport center at the Golden Horn, was the birthplace of André Chénier, a French poet beheaded during the French Revolution? (March 16, 2007)
 * 7) ...that the Balık sisters from Turkey claim to be the only identical twins who are both professional opera singers? (March 22, 2007)
 * 8) ...that it was discovered that about 10,000 Muslim graves in Cebeci Asri Cemetery, Ankara, Turkey were not oriented in the direction required by Islam? (March 29, 2007)
 * 9) ...that the Monument of Liberty in Istanbul, 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)
 * 10) ...that the land of Haydarpaşa Cemetery, a burial ground in Istanbul, Turkey for British Commonwealth soldiers from three wars, belonged to Suleiman the Magnificent? (May 16, 2007)
 * 11) ...that modern nursing was founded by Florence Nightingale at the Selimiye Barracks in Istanbul, Turkey during the Crimean War (1854-1856)? (May 22, 2007)
 * 12) ...that the award ceremony of Turkey's most important film festival Golden Orange is held at the Roman amphitheatre of Aspendos in Antalya? (June 22, 2007)
 * 13) ...that the Romanian crude oil tanker M/T Independenţa burnt for weeks in 1979 after colliding with a freighter? (August 10, 2007)
 * 14) ...that Turkish-German professional boxer Hülya Şahin, the undefeated junior flyweight world champion, is the only female member of her club Universum? (September 21, 2007)
 * 15) ...that the 1955 novel Teneke by Turkish author Yaşar Kemal was adapted into an Italian opera of the same title by Fabio Vacchi in 2007? (October 8, 2007)
 * 16) ...that the award for European Parliament's newly established cinema prize, Lux, consists of subtitling the winning film in the 23 official EU languages and an original language adaptation for the deaf and hard of hearing? (October 30, 2007)
 * 17) ...that  SantralIstanbul, a modern art museum in Istanbul, Turkey, is located in what was the first power station of the Ottoman Empire?  (November 22, 2007)
 * 18) ...that Turkish serial killer Özgür Dengiz broke into fits of laughter when discussing his cannibalism? (December 1, 2007)
 * 19) ...that Muhtar Kent, named to assume the post of CEO of the Coca-Cola Company on July 1, 2008, is the son of a Turkish diplomat, who risked his life to save Jews in France during the Holocaust? (December 15, 2007)
 * 20) ...that Turkish 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)
 * 21) ...that the construction of the Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial Canakkalesehitleriabidesi.jpg(pictured), commemorating over 250,000 Turkish soldiers fallen during the Battle of Gallipoli in WWI, was completed with nationwide financial contributions? (January 11, 2008)
 * 22) ...that the Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul disaster, which occurred in 1890 off Kushimoto, led to strengthening foreign relations between Turkey and Japan? (January 16, 2008)
 * 23) ...that so far, 350,000 people have been relocated in Turkey by dam projects carried out by the State Hydraulic Works, and 250,000 more will be affected in the future? (January 31, 2008)
 * 24) ...that the world's longest tunnel system is the two parallel tunnels at the Atatürk Dam of Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey? (February 14, 2008)
 * 25) ...that the award-winning Turkish restaurant Changa in Istanbul is being supervised by the Kiwi chef Peter Gordon? (February 23, 2008)
 * 26) ...that restaurant Beyti in Istanbul, famous for its Beyti kebab, once catered U.S. president Richard Nixon's Air Force One? (March 1, 2008)
 * 27) ...that Sultanahmet Jail in Istanbul, Turkey, which served mostly as a prison reserved for intellectual dissidents, is today a five-star hotel? (March 6, 2008)
 * 28) ... that Sinop Fortress Prison in Turkey, abandoned in 1997, hosts hundreds of thousands tourists yearly thanks to its featuring in popular literature, music and film? (October 23, 2008)
 * 29) ... that Süreyya Opera House in Istanbul, 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)
 * 30) ... that Turkish poet Süleyman Nazif witnessed first hand the decaying corpses of persecuted Christians in his home town of Diyarbakır in July 1915? (November 17, 2008)
 * 31) ... that the Esma Sultana Mansion Esma Sultan Yalısı.JPG(pictured), a multipurpose event venue in Istanbul, Turkey, looks ruined because only its interior was reconstructed after a 1975 fire? (December 1, 2008)
 * 32) ... that the Khedive Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, once a mansion for Ottoman governors, now serves as an upscale restaurant? (December 15, 2008)
 * 33) ... that after being deposed by his brother Abdul Hamid II, Ottoman sultan Murad V was detained in the Malta Pavilion? (December 16, 2008)
 * 34) ... that Matthias Dolderer finished second at the 2008 World Aerobatics Cup's "Unlimited" Category in the Czech Republic and in doing so he qualified for the 2009 Red Bull Air Race? (December 21, 2008)
 * 35) ... that the Tigris River's tributary, the Botan in southeastern Turkey, looks during times of peak discharge much bigger than the Tigris? (December 26, 2008)
 * 36) ... that Turkish female aviator Nezihe Viranyalı was educated in civil aviation at the University of Tennessee following an invitation by the renowned American pilot Jacqueline Cochran? (January 2, 2009)
 * 37) ... that the crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 634 on 8 January 2003 was the worst crash involving a BAe 146? (January 4, 2009)
 * 38) ... 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)
 * 39) ... that according to US and Turkish 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)
 * 40) ... that Levantine architect of French descent Raymond Charles Père (1854-1929), who designed the landmark of Izmir Izmir Uhr-Turm.jpg(pictured) in Turkey, was a native of Izmir? (February 18, 2009)
 * 41) ... that Turkish 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)
 * 42) ... that Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862-1936), whose portrait illustrates the reverse of the current 50 Turkish lira banknote, is credited as the first female Turkish and Muslim writer? (May 5, 2009)
 * 43) ... that the third officer of the MV Horizon-1, a cargo ship recently hijacked by Somali pirates, is a 24-year old Turkish woman? (July 27, 2009)
 * 44) ... that a total of 441 military and civilian personnel of the Turkish Naval Base Gölcük, among them a rear admiral, were killed by the 1999 İzmit earthquake? (August 9, 2009)
 * 45) ... that Trabzonspor were the first Turkish soccer team entitled to participate in the UEFA Women's Champions League? (September 19, 2009)
 * 46) ... that the 1976 crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 452, resulting in the death of 154 people, is the all-time worst aviation accident in Turkey? (October 8, 2009)
 * 47) ... that female karateka Yıldız Aras holds more World, European, and Mediterranean Games champion titles than any other Turkish sportsperson? (November 8, 2009)
 * 48) ... that when Turkey 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)
 * 49) ... that in 1983, Yıldırım Aktuna, a neuropsychiatrist and later a politician, founded Turkey’s first alcohol and drug rehabilitation center at the country's largest psychiatric hospital in Istanbul? (December 31, 2009)
 * 50) ... that the sports hall of Europe'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)
 * 51) ... that the lighthouse Rumeli Feneri was built in 1855 in order to provide safe navigation for the French and British war ships entering the Istanbul Strait from Black Sea during the Crimean War? (June 14, 2010)
 * 52) ... that Ethiopian-born Meryem Erdoğan, impressed by her countrywoman Elvan Abeylegesse's success, illegally immigrated to Turkey at age 16 in order to become a distance runner? (August 18, 2010)
 * 53) ... that a newly constructed powership, a floating power plant, supplies 144 MW of electricity to Basra in south-eastern Iraq? (September 3, 2010)
 * 54) ... that the broken top of the Aviation Martyrs' Monument in Istanbul is to symbolize the incomplete status of the flight missions? (September 21, 2010)
 * 55) ... that Turkish Army's Güvercinlik Air Base was the first civil airport of Ankara that served as such from 1933 until 1955? (October 6, 2010)
 * 56) ... that the 1993 Bayburt Üzengili avalanche in north-eastern Turkey killed 59 people and 650 livestock, and caused the relocation of the village to a safe zone? (October 20, 2010)
 * 57) ... that a hydro dam was built by a state agency within the borders of the Munzur Valley National Park in Turkey, violating the existing laws for its protection? (October 28, 2010)
 * 58) ... that the house in Tekirdağ, Turkey, where Hungarian 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)
 * 59) ... 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 Sea of Marmara? (April 12, 2011)
 * 60) ... that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's state funeral took place twice, once immediately after his death in 1938 and then again in 1953? (May 1, 2011)
 * 61) ... that in the early stages of World War II the steamer Refah from neutral Turkey was torpedoed by an unidentified submarine in the eastern Mediterranean killing 168 of the 200 people aboard? (May 30, 2011)
 * 62) ... that the Florya Atatürk Marine Mansion Florya001.jpg(pictured), built in 1935 as a summer residence for Turkish president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, is on the sea about 70 m offshore? (November 14, 2011)
 * 63) ... that the Gazi Race, named in honor of Gazi Mustafa Kemal, the founder of the Turkish Republic, was won by racehorses owned by succeeding presidents İsmet İnönü and Celâl Bayar? (December 8, 2011)
 * 64) ... that Varda Viaduct Hacıkırı Varda Demiryolu Köprüsü.jpg(pictured), a 98 m high railway viaduct at Taurus Mountains, will be a shooting location of the next James Bond movie Skyfall? (January 5, 2012)
 * 65) ... that the first uterus transplant 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)
 * 66) ... that the prices of goods in the Phrygian city of Aizanoi were controlled by an edict of Roman emperor Diocletian? (May 18, 2012)
 * 67) ... that Hüseyin Özer went from living on the streets of Ankara to owning a British restaurant chain and teaching at Middlesex University? (May 24, 2012)
 * 68) ... that Turkish swimmer Derya Büyükuncu is participating at the Summer Olympics for the sixth consecutive time? (July 30, 2012)
 * 69) ... 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)
 * 70) ... that Mehmet Gürs, a Turkish chef of Scandinavian descent, called his Istanbul restaurant Mikla, which is derived from Miklagard, the Viking name of the city in the 10th century? (November 15, 2012)
 * 71) ... 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)
 * 72) ... that Istanbul Hilton Hotel Istanbul Hilton.JPG(pictured) in Turkey, established in 1955, is the longest-serving member of the Hilton Hotels chain outside the United States? (February 21, 2013)
 * 73) ... that Tayyare Apartments in Istanbul, originally built in 1922 for the victims of a fire disaster, house a five-star hotel today? (March 6, 2013)
 * 74) ... 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)
 * 75) ... that the busts of Miklós Zrínyi and Sultan Suleiman, rivals at the Siege of Szigetvár in 1566, stand in the Hungarian-Turkish Friendship Park Park of Hungarian Turkish Friendship Szigetvár 2.jpg(pictured) side-by-side rather than confronting one another? (October 7, 2013)
 * 76) ... that the female footballer Bilgin Defterli decided to go to Germany because she saw no chance to play football in Turkey due to the dissolution of women's football leagues in 2003? (December 19, 2013)
 * 77) ... 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)
 * 78) ... that Arzu Karabulut currently plays for both German and Turkish football teams? (January 7, 2014)
 * 79) ... 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)
 * 80) ... that women's football forward Seyhan Gündüz was capped 32 times internationally, scoring 12 goals, a rate of 0.375 a match? (January 28, 2014)
 * 81) ... that following a corruption scandal in Turkey, PM Erdoğan reshuffled his cabinet appointing ten ministers, among them nine new – Ala, Çavuşoğlu, Elvan, Güllüce, Işık, İslam, İşler, Kılıç and Zeybekci? (January 31, 2014)
 * 82) ...that following the assassination of Diyarbakır police chief Gaffar Okkan in 2001, more than a hundred babies were named after him? (February 7, 2014)
 * 83) ... that the Golden Horn Metro Bridge in Istanbul is a cable-stayed bridge, which has a swing bridge on one side and features a metro station in the middle? (February 8, 2014)
 * 84) ... that the Öküz Mehmed Pasha Caravanserai in Kuşadası, Turkey was built in 1618 in the form of a small citadel with a battlement and merlons on its top? (February 9, 2014)
 * 85) ... 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)
 * 86) ... that one of the accused assassins of Turkish former government minister Gün Sazak later hijacked an airplane to Bulgaria with accomplices? (February 21, 2014)
 * 87) ... 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)
 * 88) ... that the 2011-opened Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Literature Museum Library in Istanbul is housed in a building, which once served for Ottoman sultans to accept salutes during a military parade? (February 26, 2014)
 * 89) ... that 29 inmates escaped from Metris Prison in Istanbul through a self-built tunnel while the prison was still under military administration? (March 20, 2014)
 * 90) ... that Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu, nicknamed the "Screwdriver Killer", is the serial killer with the highest known victim count in Turkey? (March 22, 2014)
 * 91) ... that Turkish women's national ice hockey player Gizem Öztaşdelen is a member of her father's club Milenyum Paten SK? (March 27, 2014)
 * 92) ... that Cold War-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)
 * 93) ... 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)
 * 94) ... that the construction of the Deliktaş Tunnel, Turkey's longest railway tunnel, lasted almost four decades? (April 18, 2014)
 * 95) ... 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)
 * 96) ... that Turkish painter İbrahim Balaban talent was discovered in prison by fellow inmate and famous Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet Ran, who called him "my peasant painter"? (May 10, 2014)
 * 97) ... that Turkish-Romani musician Selim Sesler was called "the Coltrane of the clarinet"? (May 16, 2014)
 * 98) ... that the Fountain of Ahmed III in Üsküdar, Istanbul, features a inscription by Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III, copied from his own calligraphy? (June 14, 2014)
 * 99) ... that Turkey's first ever bird ringing station was established at Lake Kuyucuk, which is an internationally-designated Ramsar site and an European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN)? (July 12, 2014)
 * 100) ... that 28-year-old Ferhat Akbaş was appointed head coach of the Turkey women's national volleyball team and won the 2014 Women's European Volleyball League? (August 27, 2014)
 * 101) ... that the Agricultural University of Berlin was founded in 1881, but closed in 1934 and was incorporated as a faculty into the Humboldt University of Berlin? (September 10, 2014)
 * 102) ... that the 1884-built hunting mansion of the Ottoman Crown Prince Yusuf Izzettin Efendi in Zincirlikuyu, Istanbul was converted later to a vocational high school? (September 11, 2014)
 * 103) ... that the 6th-century Kızıl Kilise Kızıl Kilise.jpg(pictured) is one of the oldest churches in Turkey's Cappadocia region? (October 23, 2014)
 * 104) ... that accommodation in the Butterfly Valley, Fethiye Butterflyvalleytop.jpg(pictured) at the Turkish Riviera is possible only in tents or wooden bungalows because any type of construction is prohibited by law? (October 24, 2014)
 * 105) ... that Gilindire Cave in southern Turkey is called Aynalıgöl (Mirror Lake) in common parlance, in reference to the lake inside it? (November 14, 2014)
 * 106) ... that archaeological excavations at Lake Küçükçekmece near Istanbul, Turkey, revealed the existence of an ancient port city? (July 12, 2015)
 * 107) ... that six of the species native to Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park (pictured) Kuşadası from Milli Park.jpg are not found anywhere else in the world? (July 25, 2015)
 * 108) ... that cannonballs fired during the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 were manufactured at Demirköy Foundry, an archaeological site today? (July 27, 2015)
 * 109) ... that the Kırklareli Museum in Turkey exhibits 76 taxidermied species including extinct and endangered species? (August 11, 2015)
 * 110) ... that Nigerian footballer Uchechi Sunday scored five goals for FC Minsk in her debut at the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2015? (August 23, 2015)
 * 111) ... that the artifacts of the Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum were stored in the beginning in a madrasa? (October 4, 2015)
 * 112) ... that the Yalova Earthquake Monument is situated in a public park established on land reclaimed from the sea by dumped rubble from buildings that collapsed during the 1999 İzmit earthquake? (October 5, 2015)
 * 113) ... that the Turkish-Danish women's handballer Sara Keçeci played for Turkey in her homeland Denmark against the Danish women's team at a European championship match in 2015? (October 24, 2015)
 * 114) ... that a burial urn on display in Aydın Archaeological Museum depicts destiny's god Moirai, the god of the underworld Hades, the judges of the underworld, and Hades' three-headed guard dog Cerberus? (Nobember 3, 2015)
 * 115) ... that the Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages in Bursa, Turkey, exhibits the replica of a 6th-century B.C. chariot reproduced from artifacts found in a tumulus? (November 10, 2015)
 * 116) ... that the powership MV KPS Ayşegül Sultan went to Ghana and the MV KPS Zeynep Sultan to Indonesia the same day, following a farewell ceremony at the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul? (December 2, 2015)
 * 117) ... that Turkish-German women's footballer Melike Pekel was top scorer of the German Regionalliga Süd in the 2013–14 season, and became a member of Turkey women's national team in 2015? (January 9, 2016)
 * 118) ... that Turkish football referee Yeliz Topaloğlu is the first FIFA-listed female beach soccer official? (January 17, 2016)
 * 119) ... that Turkish-German women's footballer Filiz Koç acted as a model, performed in a TV-series episode and worked as a sideline reporter? (January 28, 2016)
 * 120) ... that excessive drilling of artesian wells in the valley near İnsuyu Cave caused the lakes inside to nearly go dry? (January 31, 2016)
 * 121) ... that the keeper of the Kızılada Lighthouse rushed by boat to help the survivors of an Air France airliner that made an emergency water landing off the coast of Fethiye, Turkey in 1953? (February 7, 2016)
 * 122) ... that two earthquakes, both exceeding 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale, hit Fethiye, Turkey, within seven hours in 1957? (February 17, 2016)
 * 123) ... that Air France Flight 152, en route from Rome to Beirut, ended up in the Mediterranean Sea after one of the engines broke away in flight? (February 19, 2016)
 * 124) ... that the Of–Bayburt road in northeastern Turkey is considered one of the most dangerous routes, with over 20 steep hairpin turns? (February 28, 2016)
 * 125) ... that Turkish sportswoman Yasemin Adar was a shot putter before she became her country's first European champion in women's wrestling? (March 26, 2016)
 * 126) ... that an explosion in March 2016 at Güvenpark in Ankara, Turkey, caused the death of more than 30 people and injured about 100? (April 4, 2016)
 * 127) ... that "Atatürk's Pine Tree" is a place in the Soğuksu National Park with historic value, where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk once took a rest? (May 10, 2016)
 * 128) ... that Gökgöl Cave, a show cave in Zonguldak, Turkey, was flooded in 2014 and remained closed until May 2016? (May 30, 2016)
 * 129) ... that the late 15th-century Evliya Kasim Pasha Mosque in Edirne, Turkey, has not been used since 1950 due to its separation from the city by a levee of the Tunca River? (May 30, 2016)
 * 130) ... that Serbs taken as prisoners of war during the Siege of Belgrade in 1521 were settled at a present-day location inside Istanbul's Falih Rıfkı Atay Nature Park? (June 6, 2016)
 * 131) ... that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's stay at Atatürk Museum Mansion in Ankara between 1921 and 1932 was his longest at any place in his life? (June 23, 2016)
 * 132) ... that the İskender Pasha Mosque in Fatih, Istanbul, became the center of an Islamic religious order to which several prominent Turkish politicians belonged? (June 29, 2016)
 * 133) ... that İrem Karamete, daughter of an Olympian fencer mother, qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the first fencer from Turkey since 1984? (August 10, 2016)
 * 134) ... that Turkish female goalball player Sevda Altınoluk was named top scorer at several international competitions? (September 9, 2016)
 * 135) ... that Turkish Paralympian Handan Biroğlu earned a spot in archery at the 2016 Rio Paralympics despite only taking up the sport in 2013? (September 12, 2016)
 * 136) ... that while the Turkish female wheelchair shooters Ayşegül Pehlivanlar and Çağla Baş compete for the first time at the Paralympics, Aysel Özgan takes part for the third time? (September 15, 2016)
 * 137) ... that the number of traffic collisions at the TEDES-monitored intersections and fast lanes in Gaziantep, Turkey, declined by about 40% within two months of its installation? (October 11, 2016)
 * 138) ... that plans are underway to convert the Akıncı Air Base, bombed during the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, into a "democracy park"? (October 17, 2016)
 * 139) ... that the Ağın Bridge reestablished a road connection between Ağın and Elazığ 40 years after they were disconnected by the creation of the Keban reservoir? (October 18, 2016)
 * 140) .. that the Güney Waterfall, a natural monument, was reestablished 50 m to one side after a landslide swept away its original location? (November 13, 2016)
 * 141) ... that playwright and journalist Refik Erduran fourth marriage, to his third wife's daughter from an earlier marriage, was annulled after six years by court decision for being immoral? (February 13, 2017)
 * 142) ... that Lake Meke Lake Meke - Meke Gölü 07.JPG(pictured), a crater lake beside a volcanic cone, is a natural monument and a Ramsar site in Turkey? (March 2, 2017)
 * 143) ... that when completed in June 2017, Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower will replace most of the steel communications masts in the area, which cause visual pollution? (March 7, 2017)
 * 144) ... that the Northern Marmara and Değirmenköy (Silivri) Depleted Gas Reservoir is currently the only operational underground natural gas storage facility in Turkey? (April 9, 2017)
 * 145) ... that the MT GDF Suez Neptune, a floating production storage and offloading vessel, serves as Turkey's first floating liquified natural gas storage facility? (April 21, 2017)
 * 146) ... that the newly-opened Karşıyaka Tram will be free of charge for its first 50 days? (April 27, 2017)
 * 147) ... that the volcanic area of Kula Geopark was mentioned by the Ancient Greek geographer Strabo in the encyclopedia Geographica as Katakekaumene, literally "Burnt Land"? (May 2, 2017)
 * 148) ... that the Kurşunlu Mosque and Complex hosts a museum that exhibits handmade meerschaum pipes? (May 10, 2017=
 * 149) ... that the glass-floor observation deck of Ulubey Canyon Nature Park is 131 m above the canyon floor? (May 25, 2017)
 * 150) ... that Samsun Golf Course is thought to be the first course in the world to be built on ground recovered from the sea? (July 24, 2017)
 * 151) ... that as a high school student, Evin Demirhan supported her family of 13 by wrestling, and later became a bronze medalist in the 2017 World Wrestling Championships? (September 20, 2017)
 * 152) ... that Sergeant Ömer Halisdemir was killed on the spot after he shot dead a general who had tried to take over the Special Forces Command HQ during the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt? (September 26, 2017)
 * 153) ... that "Mehmetçik", the common name for Ottoman and Turkish soldiers, is thought to commemorate Bigalı Mehmet Çavuş, who fought during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915? (October 9, 2017)
 * 154) ... that Melahat Okuyan, a Turkish female microbiologist and AIDS activist, once proposed the establishment of male brothels for homosexuals and cross-dressers in order to improve public health? (October 21, 2017)
 * 155) ... that in her first senate speech, socialist politician Fatma Hikmet İşmen accused the Directorate of Religious Affairs of fueling discrimination against Alawites by Sunni Muslims? (November 15, 2017)
 * 156) ... that Mustafa Tuna, the newly-elected mayor of Ankara, was previously an academic in environmental technology? (November 28, 2017)
 * 157) ... that Ramize Erer said that when she published a cartoon of a masturbating girl, "all hell broke loose"? (January 14, 2018)
 * 158) ... that Koyunbaba Bridge is the longest stone arch bridge in Anatolia built during the Ottoman Empire? (April 20, 2018)
 * 159) ... that para-alpine skier Mehmet Çekiç has twice been flag bearer for Turkey at the Paralympics? (April 21, 2018)
 * 160) ... that the armored wheel loader Tosun was upgraded to remote-control because militants fired on the operator during the removal of barricades in southeastern Turkey? (April 23, 2018)
 * 161) ... that the Turkish international Dilara Özlem Sucuoğlu started to play football in Germany at the age of five inspired by her father, a football coach? (May 9, 2018)
 * 162) ... that the woman ambassador Ayşe Sinirlioğlu was Turkey's sherpa to the G20? (May 10, 2018)
 * 163) ... that an underground temple of Mithraism was discovered inside Zerzevan Castle during archaeological excavations? (May 13, 2018)
 * 164) ... that para-alpine skier H. E. Bayındırlı twice took part in the Winter Paralympic Games, representing the United States in 2006 and Turkey in 2014 (May 17, 2018)
 * 165) ... that the Turkish-Cypriot women's footballer Zehra Borazancı has played international football tennis for her country? (May 25, 2018)
 * 166) ... that Güzide Alçu and her two teammates were referred to the disciplinary board for displaying V signs that were interpreted by the Turkish Football Federation as insulting? (June 6, 2018)
 * 167) ... that junior Turkish aerobic gymnast Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı is nicknamed "Medal Monster" due to the many medals she has won? (June 18, 2018)
 * 168) ... that international windsurfing champion Lena Erdil is the daughter of a Turkish father and a German mother, who met each other while windsurfing? (July 3, 2018)
 * 169) ... that Tuluhan Tekelioğlu made a documentary film on organ transplantation while her father was undergoing and recovering from bypass surgery in a hospital in Antalya? (July 20, 2018)
 * 170) ... that the Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis in southeastern Turkey was originally the baptistery of a Syriac Orthodox cathedral which no longer exists? (August 12, 2018)
 * 171) ... that the writer İsmet Kür's father and sister were writers, and her daughter is also a writer? (August 23, 2018)
 * 172) ... that the first victim of the Turkish serial killer Hamdi Kayapınar was his sibling? (September 7, 2018)
 * 173) ... that Türkan Rado was the first female professor of law in Turkey? (October 11, 2018)
 * 174) ... that Benal Nevzat İstar Arıman was elected in 1935 into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as one of its first women members? (December 5, 2018)
 * 175) ... that Fatih, originally named Deepsea Metro II, is Turkey's first drillship? (December 8, 2018)
 * 176) ... that the 18th-century Rami Barracks was temporarily used by food wholesalers before its current planned redevelopment to create Turkey's biggest library? (January 15, 2019)
 * 177) ... that Cemile Timur founded, played for, and now coaches a football club recently promoted to the Turkish Women's First League? (February 1, 2019)
 * 178) ... that MT MOL FSRU Challenger is the world's largest floating storage and regasification vessel? (February 22, 2019)
 * 179) ... that the main building in the Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden has the form of a butterfly? (March 6, 2019)
 * 180) ... that, inspired at the age of five by her football-playing brother, Dilan Ağgül became a footballer in Germany and later played for the Turkey women's national team? (April 16, 2019)
 * 181) ... that the Troy Museum, located close to the ancient Greek city of Troy, is clad in rust-colored weathering steel to resemble an excavated artefact? (April 17, 2019)
 * 182) ... that Necdet Turhan, a visually impaired mountaineer and long-distance runner, ran five marathons and climbed five summits on five continents? (April 20, 2019)
 * 183) ... that, inspired at a young age by Polish footballer Roman Kosecki of Galatasaray S.K. in Turkey, Nurcan Çelik became a player and later established her own football club? (May 11, 2019)
 * 184) ... that Troy is the first Turkish opera composed by a foreigner, the Romanian conductor Bujor Hoinic? (May 26, 2019)
 * 185) ... that Turkish women's footballer Aslı Canan Sabırlı was appointed technical director of her team while she was still a member of the squad? (July 2, 2019)
 * 186) ... that the Touristic Eastern Express makes two-hour-long stops between Ankara and Kars to allow passengers to visit historic and natural attractions? (July 3, 2019)
 * 187) ... that Turkey's Aksungur MALE UAV has a designed maximum payload nearly four times that of its predecessor? (August 7, 2019)
 * 188) ... that Turkish race walker Meryem Bekmez escaped the traditional social practice of child marriage for girls when her athletic abilities were discovered? (August 18, 2019)
 * 189) ... that the surveillance radar at the Kürecik Radar Station in southeastern Turkey provides NATO missile defense in Europe? (August 23, 2019)
 * 190) ... that Turkish television and film actress Serenay Aktaş was once a women's footballer? (August 28, 2019)
 * 191) ... that Semin Öztürk Şener is Turkey's first female professional civilian aerobatic pilot? (September 27, 2019)
 * 192) ... that Mustafa Güzelgöz was called the "Librarian with Donkey" as he circulated hundreds of books among villagers in Ürgüp, Turkey, on the back of a donkey? (November 22, 2019)
 * 193) ... that Berna Gözbaşı is the first woman president of a football club playing in the Turkish top-level men's league? (December 17, 2019)
 * 194) ... that Turkish folk singer and bağlama player Arif Sağ helped introduce Anatolian music to the West in a 1996 concert with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne? (December 26, 2019)
 * 195) ... that Yukari Miyake joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force to realize her dream of singing on stage? (January 25, 2020)
 * 196) ... that in 2003, a painting by Nazlı Ecevit was hung in the workplace of the Turkish prime minister, an office that her son Bülent Ecevit had previously held? (February 23, 2020)
 * 197) ... that Judith Liberman learned storytelling in a French commune at the age of 14, and has gone on to reintroduce the telling of Anatolian fairy tales in Turkey? (March 8, 2020)
 * 198) ... that Kanuni is Turkey's third drillship? (May 8, 2020)
 * 199) ... that Selin Şahin is the first Turkish women's wheelchair basketball player to be transferred to a foreign club? (May 13, 2020)
 * 200) ... that Turkish female international sailing competitor Ecem Güzel has finished in the top three of a competition five times in the last seven years? (May 20, 2020)
 * 201) ... that the Buruciye Medrese is considered one of the best examples of Seljuk architecture in Anatolia? (May 22, 2020)
 * 202) ... that the railway management building at Ankara Central Station, which served as a residence and headquarters for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the Turkish War of Independence, is now a museum? (June 7, 2020]
 * 203) ... that the University of Cologne awards an annual gender equality prize in honor of Jenny Gusyk, who became the school's first female and first foreign student when it was re-established in 1919? (June 12, 2020)
 * 204) ... that on the Lycian Way, a hiker can experience all four seasons in one day? (June 22, 2020)
 * 205) ... that Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital in Istanbul was the largest seismic base-isolated building in the world at the time of its opening? (June 29, 2020)
 * 206) ... that archaeological finds at Danamandıra village in Istanbul Province, Turkey, date its settlement back to the Late Neolithic era? (31 July 2020]
 * 207) ... that the Beğendik Bridge is the highest bridge and has the longest main span of any concrete balanced cantilever bridge in Turkey? (August 8, 2020)
 * 208) ... that students and adults of three different religions visited the Armenian church in Kuzguncuk, Istanbul, as part of a social activity organized by the local women residents of these religions? (August 8, 2020)
 * 209) ... that the Turkish women's league seasons of 2019–20 football and 2020 rugby sevens were named to commemorate Özge Kanbay, a football referee and rugby player, who died in 2019 at age 22 from cancer? (August 14, 2020)
 * 210) ... that South African forward Letago Madiba started playing football at the age of five in the streets of her hometown, and was the only female footballer in her school? (August 15, 2020)
 * 211) ... that Greek-Turkish singer Eftalya Işılay earned her nickname "Efthalia the Mermaid" for singing on a rowboat in the Bosphorus during full-moon nights in summer? (August 25, 2020)
 * 212) ... that Mübeccel Argun, a Turkish-language presenter for the BBC World Service in London for 25 years, was formerly a physical-education teacher and one of the first female athletes in her country? (September 5, 2020)
 * 213) ... that the Turkey men's U23/U24 team won the CMAS World Age Group Underwater Hockey Championships in 2019 for the third time in a row, becoming the only national team to accomplish this? (September 11, 2020]
 * 214) ... that the gravestone of Semahat Özdenses, a singer and composer of Ottoman classical music, was erected seven years after her death? (September 13, 2020]
 * 215) ... that when Turkish singer Hamiyet Yüceses lamentingly sang an Ottoman classical song after her husband's death in a submarine accident, many people thought she had composed the song herself? (September 28, 2020)
 * 216) ... that Austrian-born Turkish footballer Dilan Yeşim Taşkın became a member of the Turkey women's national team although she initially wanted to play for the Austrian nationals? (October 7, 2020)
 * 217) ... that Büşra Kuru, who began playing football every day at age six encouraged by her footballer brother, is a member of a German club and of the Turkey national team? (October 11, 2020)
 * 218) ... that Turkey women's national footballer Berivan İçen scored 11 goals in a girls' under-13 league match that ended 15–0 for her team? (October 14, 2020 }}
 * 219) ... that Turkish voice actress Adalet Cimcoz opened and curated her country's first and only woman-owned private art gallery? (November 6, 2020)
 * 220) ... that Saadet İkesus Altan studied music in Berlin, performed as a mezzo-soprano in Germany, and became the first female vocal coach and opera director in Turkey after her return home in 1941? (November 8, 2020)
 * 221) ... that the ancient city of Prusias ad Hypium in Asia Minor was visited by the Roman emperors Hadrian, Caracalla, and Elagabalus? (November 27, 2020)
 * 222) ... that sports photographer Eleni Küreman was Turkey's first professional female photojournalist? (December 11, 2020)
 * 223) ... that Turkish accordion-playing street musician Madam Anahit also appeared in a number of films as an extra? (December 12, 2020)
 * 224) ... that women's rights activist Mebrure Aksoley founded an elementary school before serving for more than 40 years in the Turkish parliament, Constituent Assembly, and Senate? (January 10, 2021)
 * 225) ... that actress and tennis player Filiz Taçbaş, tired of city life, purchased agricultural land and obtained a farming certificate, and now grows olives and lemons? (January 15, 2021)
 * 226) ... that Turkish artistic gymnast Ümit Şamiloğlu is the creator of a special grip in the horizontal bar event? (January 17, 2021)
 * 227) ... that the manufacturing of knife cutlery at Babakale in Turkey goes back to the 1720s, started by masters immigrated from Kazakhstan? (February 8, 2021)
 * 228) .. that Nilüfer Verdi is the first female jazz pianist in Turkey? (February 9, 2021)
 * 229) ... that Mother Oya, born into a wealthy family, lived and worked without salary in an orphanage for more than 60 years? (February 12, 2021)
 * 230) ... that the Babakale Castle supplied water to the Ottoman Navy before the fleet set sail on campaigns? (February 16, 2021)
 * 231) ... that the Atlas Cinema in Istanbul was established as a 1,800-seater movie theatre in 1948 replacing a notable music hall, which was in turn established in the horse stable of a 19th-century residential building? (March 6, 2021)
 * 232) ... that Turkish psychologist Doğan Cüceloğlu contemplated suicide due to his poor command of English while a doctoral student at the University of Illinois, and later taught 16 years at CSU Fullerton? (March 13, 2021]
 * 233) ... that Turkish world-champion para-archer Bahattin Hekimoğlu did not leave his home for two years after breaking his neck and becoming paralyzed? (March 21, 2021)
 * 234) ... that the original trenches from the 1916 defensive battle of the Ottoman Army against Russians were identifiable from the satellite images of the Mount Kop Defense National Historic Park? (March 24, 2021)
 * 235) ... that the pioneering Turkish soprano Mesude Çağlayan was presented a tiny doll of "Madama Butterfly" by the government of Japan for performing the Japanese title role in Puccini's opera? (April 8, 2021)
 * 236) ... that the village of Adatepe in Turkey, formerly inhabited by Greeks, was revived in the 1980s when the traditional stone houses were restored by people seeking to escape city life? (April 23, 2021)
 * 237) ... that one of the Cehennemağzı Caves in northwestern Turkey features a very old Christian church, which was used as a secret place of worship in the first years of Christianity? (May 3,2021)
 * 238) .. that Mahmut Bozteke, whose arms were partially disabled in an accident, started performing Para Taekwondo upon the advice of his physiotherapist, who commented that he can use his legs very well? (July 15, 2021)
 * 239) ... that Drahşan Arda is the world's first female association football referee confirmed by FIFA? (July 26, 2021)
 * 240) ... that Turkish champion Esra Yıldız, who was named the "Most Hyped Boxer", has been selected to represent Turkey at t? (July 27, 2021)
 * 241) '... that the village of Ayazini in Turkey, a historic place settled by Phrygians, Ancient Romans, Byzantines and Seljuks, features many dwellings, churches and tomb chambers in rock-cut architecture? (July 29, 2021)
 * 242) '... that Olympic Turkish volleyballer Tuğba Şenoğlu Tuğba Şenoğlu 17 Vakıfbank SK TWVL 20180426 (3).jpg [(pictured) was once named "Best Outside Spiker"? (July 29, 2021)
 * 243) ... that the Black Sea seaside resort of Karaburun features a lighthouse built in 1860 with decorative lion heads around its original copper dome? (August 6, 2021)
 * 244) ... that the 2014-built ERV Nene Hatun is Turkey's first emergency response vessel? (August 26, 2021)
 * 245) ... that Hakan Akkaya became Turkey's first wheelchair fencer in 2013? (September 20, 2021)
 * 246) ... that Turkey's Anadolu Shipyard signed a contract with India's Hindustan Shipyard to transfer technology for the building of five fleet support ships for the Indian Navy? (September 27, 2021)
 * 247) ... that the Sefine Shipyard in Turkey built a hybrid-electric ferry for Norway? (October 17, 2021)
 * 248) ... that British Turk Hüseyin Er won world and European championships with the Turkey national deaf football team? (November 6, 2021)
 * 249) ... that Osman Çakmak won the European Amputee Football Championship as a player in 2017 and as a manager in 2021 with the Turkey national team? (November 14, 2021)
 * 250) ... that Miray Cin played for the Germany women's national U15, U16 and U17 football teams before she became a member of the Turkey women's national football team? (November 18, 2021)
 * 251) ... that Zeliha Ağrıs started performing taekwondo at age ten and became a world champion when she was 19? (December 6, 2021)
 * 252) ... that the Istanbul Waste Power Plant, opened last month, is Turkey's first waste-to-energy facility? (December 20, 2021)
 * 253) ... that English women's footballer Shameeka Fishley scored a hat-trick in her newly-established Turkish team's first match? (December 23, 2021)
 * 254) ... that the Turkish Defne Magnanery was established in a farm house donated by the brother of the head silk farmwoman after he watched her silk farming in a British documentary film? (February 28, 2022)
 * 255) ... that Turkish world-champion para-archer Yiğit Caner Aydın stayed in hospital for eight months after a stand fell on his head, broke his neck, and paralyzed him? (March 28, 2022)
 * 256) ... that Rashida Beal was named 2016 Big Ten Defender of the Year after the Minnesota Golden Gophers won that year's conference tournament? (April 7, 2022)
 * 257) ... that the village of Eziler in Turkey has a girls' floor hockey team, but it has no gym? (May 1, 2022)
 * 258) ... that the Turkish multirotor combat drone Songar was recently equipped with six 40 mm (1.6 in) mini missiles? (May 20, 2022)
 * 259) ... that the Göğceli Mosque Göğceli Camii.JPG (pictured) in Turkey, constructed in 1206 with stacked planks without using nails, is still in use? (May 26, 2022)
 * 260) .... that former Dutch rugby union player Sylke Haverkorn served as head coach of the Turkey women's national team before securing the same position at her country's women's national team? (July 22, 2022)
 * 261) ... that Turkey's newly acquired fourth drillship, Abdülhamid Han, is able to drill up to 12,200 m (40,000 ft) and in a maximum water depth of 3,665 m (12,024 ft)? (August 16, 2022)
 * 262) ... that 22-year old Brazilian women's football forward Thays Ferrer was a member of club teams that won national championships in four different countries? (September 14, 2022)
 * 263) ... that Hasanpaşa Gasworks (pictured) Müze Gazhane (2).jpg escaped its demolition through the resistance of local residents, became a festival venue for a time and was finally transformed into a museum after redevelopment? (November 1, 2022)
 * 264) ... that the Lebon Patisserie & Café in Istanbul closed in 2022, after 212 years of business, due to the high increase of monthly rent? (November 18, 2022)
 * 265) ... that as a child, Turkey national amputee footballer Şeyhmus Erdinç played football with balls he made out of crumpled paper? (November 26, 2022)
 * 266) ... that Turkish world- and European-champion armwrestler Esra Kiraz used to carry cement bags at construction sites where her father worked? (December 30, 2022)
 * 267) ... that the construction of the Botaş Saros FSRU Terminal in the Gulf of Saros, Turkey, continued despite a court-ordered stay of execution? (January 15, 2023)
 * 268) ... that Ertuğrul Gazi, a Turkish floating storage and regasification unit for liquefied natural gas, has a daily capacity of 28 million cubic metres (990 million cu ft), among the world's largest? (February 13, 2023)
 * 269) .. that dishes at the 1888-established Hacı Abdullah Restaurant in Istanbul are cooked in  handcrafted copper pots? (March 9, 2023)
 * 270) ... that soccer player Danielle Marcano scored four goals in back-to-back games that helped to send the University of Tennessee to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals for the first time in history? (March 21, 2023)
 * 271) ... that Armenian-Turkish soprano Sibil Pektorosoğlu released her first album after singing in a church choir for almost twenty years? (April 15, 2023)
 * 272) ... that 47-year-old Turkish para-karateka Oya Ekici won the bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships? /April 30, 2023)
 * 273) ... that Seda Kaçan became Turkey's first race-winning female driver? (July 8, 2023)
 * 274) ... that Ann Tahincioğlu was 49 years old when she competed in Turkey's first all-women car race, the "Volkswagen Polo Ladies Cup"? (July 15, 2023)
 * 275) ... that before Emine Arslan became a world kickboxing champion she was a child worker who smoked two packets of cigarettes a day? (August 16, 2023 )
 * 276) ... that Turkish carom billiards champion Güzin Müjde Karakaşlı grew up playing volleyball for about 12 years? (November 22, 2023)
 * 277) ... that Turkish international soccer player Rojin Polat was named member of the "2021 All Schools Merit Girls Team" in New South Wales, Australia? (December 9, 2023)
 * 278) ... that Gamze Durmuş and her husband were the first referees to officiate a TFF First League match together? (January 13, 2024)
 * 279) ... that comedian Şenay Duzcu was awarded the German–Turkish Friendship Prize? (January 28, 2024)
 * 280) ... that Nilüfer Gürsoy memoirs detail the 1960 Turkish coup d'état, which overthrew her father? (March 4, 2024)
 * 281) .. that Australian Madeleine Steere played water polo professionally in Turkey after studying biomolecular science in the United States? (March 20, 2024)
 * 282) ... that in the Çöpler mine disaster in Turkey, nine gold miners were trapped under a collapse of heap leach material? (March 30, 2024)
 * 283) ... that Turkish sport shooter Şimal Yılmaz, who qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, had a shooting range in her living room? (April 12, 2024)
 * 284) ... that the young Turkish open water swimmer Aysu Türkoğlu has completed three of the Oceans Seven series? (April 24, 2024)
 * 285) ... that the historic mansion Bulgur Palas in Istanbul hosted a birdhouse for hundreds of domestic canaries in one room during its ownership by the Ottoman Bank?(May 24, 2024)