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Top 10 Most Visited Museums and Historical Ruins of Turkey

Top 10 Most Visited Museums and Historical Ruins of Turkey     According to the statistics of The Ministry of Culture, 29 million and 481 thousand people visited the museums and ruins in 2013.Number of visitors is 20 million and 269 thousand So here is the list of  Top 10 Most Visited Museums and Historical Ruins of Turkey . What are the Most Visited 10 Museums of Turkey? Republic Museum 10 - Republic Museum in Ankara 227.946 visitors 9 - Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara 248.786 visitors Chora  8 - Chora Museum Istanbul 343.572 visitors 7 - Istanbul Archeological Museums 455.186 visitors 6 - Nevsehir Hacıbektas-i Veli Museum 469.932 visitors 5 - Antalya Demre (St.Nicholas) Museum 532.391 visitors 4 - Topkapı Palace Harem Apartments 621.667 visitors 3 - Konya Mevlana Museum 2.046.00...

Most interesting facts of Turkey

Most interesting facts of Turkey Before you read this,you need to prepare yourselves for the facts that the house of Santa Claus is not in North Pole or Amazon female warriors did not live in Amazon rainforests in South America. Republic of Turkey is full of history and there are many facts that will surprise you when you start to read the article below. So here are some of them possibly you never knew. - The Color "Turquoise" comes from the clean color of the see on the Aegean coasts in Turkey. - The millenium stone at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul was the zero meridian point of the world once upon a time. - The Famous Trojan wars took place in Western Turkey Truva town. - The First church built by men (St.Pete's Church) is in Antioch (Antakya) Turkey. - The oldest known human settlement in Turkey is Catalhoyuk (7th millenium B.C.) - Ephesus and Halicarnasus - two of the most famous places of the ancient world - ...