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Central Anatolia, now the home of Turkey's capital, Ankara, has been home to the capital cities of 3 major empires: the Hittite Empire at Hattusha, the Phrygian Empire of King Midas at Gordion, and the Seljuk Empire at Konya.
The earliest known woven cloth was found at Catal Hoyuk, the largest of the first-ever towns in Neolithic Stone Age times.
A statuette of the world's oldest mother goddess was found at Catal Hoyuk.
The world's first coins were produced here 2,700 years ago.
Alexander the Great cut the intricate Gordian knot at the Phrygian capital, Gordion, near Ankara.
The first Christian church in the world, Saint Peter's, is in Antioch.
It was Turkey that first introduced tulips to Holland, and still supplies tulips to the world.
Turkish cuisine is one of the three richest in the world.
The most valuable silk carpet in the world is in the Mevlana museum in Konya.
Mount Erciyes (3,916m), which dominates the Cappadocian skyline to the east, is the second highest extinct volcano in Turkey. The highest is Mount Ararat (5,165m) in the east.
Mount Hasan (3,268m) is the only erupting volcano depicted in a wall painting in Neolithic times (6,500 BCE). It was found on the wall of a house at Catalhoyuk.
The longest river in Turkey, the Kizilirmak, known to classical scholars as the Halys, flows through Cappadocia.
Einkorn, the earliest domesticated wheat, can still be found growing wild in Cappadocia.
People have been making pottery in Avanos, Cappadocia, for 10,000 years.
The oldest skull operation, trepanation, was carried out at Asikli Hoyuk, near Ihlara in Cappadocia, in Neolithic times.
Wine was produced in the Cappadocia region as early as 4,000 BCE.
The Silk Road came through Cappadocia, and there are 7 Seljuk caravanserais on the Silk Road in Cappadocia well worth visiting.
The most important Assyrian Trade Colony city on the Silk Road, Kultepe (Karum), is just outside Kayseri, Cappadocia.
The Cappadocia region has about 30 known underground cities that could safely hide 100,000 people in troubled times.
The world's highest concentration of circular one-piece millstone doors, used for safety in cave houses and underground cities, is in Cappadocia.
There are 7 wine houses in Cappadocia, and all produce high quality wine.
Cappadocia has the world largest number of cave churches, many with in-situ frescos.
Goreme Open Air Museum, where the best cave churches with frescos are concentrated, is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Three of the greatest fathers of the Christian Church, Saint Basil, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, and Saint Gregory of Nyssa, were all Cappadocians.
Saint George the dragon slayer was born in Cappadocia, and his fame spread to Europe and the world when soldiers returned from the crusades.
The highest quality Turkish onyx is mined in Cappadocia.
More than half of Turkey's potato crop comes from Cappadocia.
One of the world's biggest reserves of pumice stone is in Cappadocia.
Cappadocia is the biggest centre for hand-made carpets in Turkey today.
One of Turkey's best skiing resorts, Mount Erciyes, is in Cappadocia.
You can get married on a balloon trip in Cappadocia !
Turkey is one of the safest countries in the world, according to comparative statistics.

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