 Fatih Sultan Mehmed II (1432 – 1481) was Sultan of Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to 1481. At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople, bringing an end to the Byzantine Empire.Wikipedia |
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 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 – 1938) was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and founder of the Republic of Turkey, as well as the first Turkish President.Wikipedia |
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 The Kızıl Kule (Red Tower) is a main tourist attraction in the Turkish city of Alanya. Construction was during reign of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh I and was completed in 1226. Wikipedia |
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Brief profile
UN member state || Location: Eurasian country bordered by Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria || Capital: Ankara || Official Languages: Turkish || Area: 783,562 sq.km || Population: 70.58 million || GDP per capita $12,888 || Currency: New Turkish Lira (TRY)