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Gap Filling

1 Complete the sentences with the words below. One is extra.

founded situated developed built toured known

Cappadocia is best known for its fairytale landscape of unusual formations resembling
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chimneys, cones, and pinnacles.

2 Anıtkabir is ______________________ in Ankara.

3 Mardin's Old City is ______________________ easily by walking.

4 Ephesus was ______________________ in the 10th century BC.

5 Several castles in Anatolia were ______________________ by the Romans.

2 Read some facts about Turkey and fill in the blanks using the words below.

İstanbul archaeologists sound

Galata Tower gift Europe
located Mevlana Museum Heredotus

Lydia Demre Temple of Artemis

1. İstanbul , the largest city in Turkey, is the only city in the
world that is located on two different continents, with sections
in both Europe and Asia.
2. St. Nicholas, also known as Santa Claus, was born and lived in
____________________ , Turkey (and you thought his only known address was the North Pole!).
3. Two of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" stood in modern-day Turkey. They were the ____________________
in Ephesus and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in Bodrum.
4. The tulip, which is most often associated with The Netherlands, originated in Turkey and was sent as a
____________________ from Turkey to Europe.
5. Turkey also introduced coffee to ____________________.
6. The most valuable silk carpet in the world is in the ____________________ in Konya, Turkey (in a display case, not on
the floor!).
7. The very first coins were minted in Sardis, the capital of the Ancient Kingdom of ____________________, at the end
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of the 7 century BC (bubble gum machines and telephone booths weren't invented until many years later!).
8. The world's oldest known human settlement is ____________________ in Çatalhöyük, Konya, Turkey, dating back to
6500 BC.
9. Many ____________________ believe that Noah's ark landed on Mount Ağri in Eastern Turkey following the flood.
10. Turkey is the birthplace of many historical figures and legends, such as the poet Homer, King Midas,
____________________, and Saint Paul.
11. The first man to fly was Turkish. Using two wings, Hezarfen Ahmed Celebi flew from Europe to Asia or from the
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____________________ over the Bosphorus to land in Üskudar in the 17 century (students, don't try this at home!).
12. One Turkish word that may ____________________ familiar is "yoghurt," which was initially produced in Turkey.

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