Guinness World Records

Sultan Kösen, a Derik district resident of the southeastern province of Mardin, has once again affirmed his position as the world's tallest man, marking his 15th consecutive year holding the title.

The world's tallest man, a Turk from the southeastern province of Mardin, has made an offer to the world's tallest woman, another Turk from the Black Sea province of Karabük, to team up and attend organizations across the globe together for promoting Turkey.

The Guinness Book of World Records has confirmed that this is a new world record

A Turkish woman from the Black Sea province of Karabük, who is 215.16 centimeters (7 feet, 0.7 inches) tall, has been named the tallest woman alive by Guinness World Records.

Rümeysa Gelgi, who was previously named the tallest (female) teenager alive at the age of 18 in 2014, claimed a second title when she was officially remeasured by Guinness this year.

A Guinness World Record official on Nov. 12 announced that Turkey has made a world record of planting most samplings in an hour.

"What is a country?" James Asquith asks. "A country is a man-made, drawn-out border. You don't say you've seen Greece just because you've been to Athens."

A Turkish university's undertaking of five simultaneous liver transplant surgeries on June 12 may set a Guinness World Record for the greatest number performed at the same time.

The northwestern province of Edirne is preparing to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records with the world's largest pan for liver, Edirne Mayor Recep Gürkan said on May 8.

Bulgarian Boris Nalbantov set a new record in the Guinness Book for the most pull-ups for 1 minute, reports vesti.bg. 

"On Thursday, I received a notification that my record was written in Guinness Book.
I'm very glad because I wanted it to happen for quite some time, "says 24-year-old Boris

People will do some pretty crazy things to get in the record books.
Though some world-record holders are physical anomalies — like the world’s tallest person, or the shortest — the Guinness Book of World Records is filled with some incredibly strange attempts.
In honor of these odd achievements, here are the 27 weirdest records broken by people around the world.