Turkey at a glance: its flag, its capital Ankara, its population and where it sits on the world map. Plus a way to test yourself afterwards.
The white crescent and star on a red field, inherited from the Ottoman Empire, actually predate Islam: the symbol already belonged to Byzantium and Constantinople before its Ottoman conquest in 1453.
A legend with no proven historical basis holds that the crescent and star first appeared reflected in a pool of blood after the Battle of Kosovo in 1389.
8 bordering countries
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Data: Wikidata (CC0). Flags and map: Geo Nerd.
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