Where is Turkey?

The crescent is not a symbol of Islam, but of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans are those tribes that moved to Turkey from east and middle Asia. They converted to Islam and built a huge Muslim Empire that ruled the whole Muslim world for centuries. When they took Islam as a religion they started using the lunar calendar, the calendar that was used by Muslims, Jews and early Christians. Even today, the flag of Turkey has a crescent on it. There was no crescent on any mosque built before the Ottomans era.

Ur of the Chaldeans (Ur Kasdim) was Terah's original homeland where he raised his family, including his sons Abram (Abraham), Nahor, and Haran. Most scholars identify this as the ancient Sumerian city-state of Ur in modern-day southern Iraq (though some scholars place it in northern Mesopotamia near modern-day southeastern Turkey).

Haran is located in southeastern Turkey (near the Syrian border) along the upper Euphrates River. Terah set out from Ur with his family toward the land of Canaan, but they stopped and settled in Haran (Harran). Terah lived out the remainder of his life in modern-day Turkey and died in Haran at the age of 205.

After months at sea, the floodwaters receded and the Ark came to rest upon a mountain peak. The Hebrew Bible identifies this location as the Mountains of Ararat (in modern-day eastern Turkey), while the Quran specifies Mount Judi (located in the same region near the Turkish-Iraqi border).

Following the divine call given to Abraham and the conflict with local idol worshipers, Terah gathered his family including Abraham, Sarah, and Lot and left Ur of the Chaldees to journey toward the land of Canaan. However, upon reaching the northern trade hub of Haran (in modern-day Turkey), the family settled there temporarily.

• The king put Abraham into a fire which remained burning for a long period, but Abraham was not burnt. He came out of the fire alive
• God ordered Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac or Ishmael. At the time of sacrifice, a lamb appeared and was sacrificed instead
• Abraham was son of Terah
• Lived to 175 years of age
• He knew Shem, son of Noah 150 years
• Noah died 2 years before Abraham was born
• Heber outlived Abraham by 4 years
• Travelled from Ur in Iraq to Haran in Turkey, and onto the promised land of Canaan (Palestine)
• Travelled to Egypt

• Built an Ark and saved animals and others from the flood
• Noah lived for 950 years
• Methuselah knew Noah 600 years and died the year of the flood
• Talked with his father, Lemech for 595 years
• Noah's Ark was 300x50x30 cubits. It had three decks and was waterproofed using pitch (Genesis 6:14)
• The floods were caused by 40 days of rain (Genesis 7:12)
• Noah spent 371 days in the Ark
• The Ark landed on the mountains of Ararat, Turkey (Genesis 8:4)
• Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives were saved from the floods (Genesis 6:18)