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Turkey

Göbekli Tepe's carved stone pillars were raised around 9500 BC by hunter-gatherers, long before pottery, writing or the wheel.

Where its story happens

Göbekli Tepe, at 37.22°N, 38.92°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about Turkey

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Turkey (Türkiye), the bridge of land between Europe and Asia. See Turkey on a map.
  2. Its largest city is split between two continents.
  3. The ruins of Troy are here.
  4. Saint Nicholas, the bishop behind Santa Claus, lived on its southern coast.
  5. A hilltop of carved stone pillars here, often called the world's first temple, is some 6,000 years older than Stonehenge.

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