Alberto Ray

It’s called “peru” in Portuguese because it was believed in Portugal in the 16th century that the bird came from South America (“Peru” at the… Read More »Why Are Turkeys Called Peru?

Oh this is just a list of 10 amazing things that came from Turkey Money. Currencies originated in what’s now western Turkey. Air travel. Source:… Read More »What Has Turkey Invented?

Thrace is separated from Asia Minor, the Asian portion of Turkey, by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles. İskilip, Çorum province, is… Read More »Is Turkey Split In Two?

The European part of Turkey, called Eastern Thrace, has also been inhabited since at least forty thousand years ago, and is known to have been… Read More »What Is Turkey Called In Europe?

All of our modern-day domestic turkeys originate from the tamed Aztec birds from southern Mexico. And the wild progenitor of these birds was the sixth… Read More »What Did A Turkey Evolve From?

Next door to Turkey, in Arabic-speaking countries, the name for the turkey is dik rumi, “Roman chicken.” In Israel it’s tarnegol hodu, “rooster of India.”… Read More »What Do Arabs Call Turkey?

Austin Nichols & Co.. In 1980, Wild Turkey’s original owner Austin Nichols & Co. sold to French spirits conglomerate Pernod Ricard for a reported $100… Read More »Who Founded Wild Turkey?

The Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire was founded in Ottoman, the location of modern-day Turkey. Originating in Söğüt (near Bursa, Turkey), the Ottoman expanded its… Read More »What Was The Empire Before Turkey?

Starting around 1200 BC, the western coast of Anatolia was heavily settled by Aeolian and Ionian Greeks. Numerous important cities were founded by these colonists,… Read More »Who Colonized Turkey?

The country is bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Azerbaijan (exclave of Nakhchivan) in the east, by Georgia in the northeast, by Bulgaria and Greece in… Read More »Which Two Countries Share A Border With Turkey?