Tag Archives: Turkey

Widest hand span

The widest hand span is 12inches (30.48cm) belonging to Sultan Kösen (Turkey) and was measured in the Guinness World Records office, London, UK on 7 May 2010. His hand span was measured by Craig Glenday in the GWR office.

World Champs Men (Basketball)

Most titles. The most men’s World Championships (instituted 1950) titles is four by Yugoslavia (1970, 1978, 1990 and 1998). USA tied the record for most men’s World Championship titles with four by winning gold in 2010 in Turkey. USA has won gold in 1954, 1986, 1994, and 2010.

Largest Zeybek Dance

The largest zeybek dance involved 702 participants and was achieved by Aydinlilar (The Aydin Association of Education, Culture and Solidarity, Turkey) in Ankara, Turkey, on 17 April 2011. The participants were arranged in 6 large circles consisting of five smaller circles within each one. Three of the circles consisted entirely of males and the other three circles consisted entirely of females. The male participants wore white shirts, black trousers and the traditional Yaglik (napkin handkerchief) and the females wore the traditional needle lace scarf. The Continue reading →

Largest jumper (sweater)

The largest jumper/sweater has a chest measurement of 15.11 m (49 ft 6 in), a body length of 18.49 m (60 ft 7 in) and a sleeve length of 15.88 m (52 ft 1 in) and was made by Bayrampasa Tekstilci ve Sanayici Is Adamlari Dernegi (Turkey), in Istanbul, Turkey, on 8 February 2013. The sweater is 95% acrylic and 5% wool. It took 15 people 45 days to make. The horizontal length with the sleeves is 47.11 m (154 ft 6 in).

Largest online quiz

The largest online quiz involved 1,023 participants and was achieved by Vodafone Turkey Sales Channel, in Istanbul, Turkey, on 30 December 2011. 1023 sales representatives from 42 cities in Turkey took part in the quiz which consisted of 45 questions. All of them started at the same time at 08:30 am and the quiz lasted for more than one hour. The winner of the quiz was a sales representative from Antalya.

Most cosmetic makeovers in 24 hours (team)

The most cosmetic makeovers in 24 hours by a team is 531 and was achieved by Tekin Acar Cosmetics (Turkey) at Ankara Panora Shopping Mall in Ankara, Turkey, on 21 June 2012. “Before” and “After” photos of each person receiving a make-over were taken. The record was part of the first Ankara Shopping Festival, 2012. The attempt started on 21 June at 12:00 p.m. and ended on 22 June at 12:00 p.m. Number of used make-up products: 35 concealers, 50 bottles of liquid foundation (each Continue reading →