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Orange-Yellow multi colored tulips in front of the seven towers of castle. Tulips come from Holland. Right? Wrong! Or at least, they haven't always. Tulips come from Turkey, the only country in the world to call one of its major eras of national history—the years 1700 to 1730—the "Tulip Period." And how that era got its name thereby hangs a tale. For more information visit saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197703/turbans.and.tulips.htm