DID YOU KNOW THEM? • In the 16th century, tulip bulbs were gone to Europe from Anatolia • The first people to fly were Hazerfen Ahmet Çelebi (with the wings of eagle feathers from Galata Tower to Üsküdar) and Çelimsiz Hasan Çelebi (made himself thrown by a catapult and landed to Topkapi Palace with artificial wings). • The famous mathematician Apollonius is from Antalya-Pergeli who lived in the 3rd century B.C. • Roman emperor Julius Caesar said his famous saying Veni, Vidi,