Answer:
Due to having 24 divisors.
Explanation:
360 has many factors which might be the reason it was chosen for the number of degrees in a full turn. There are total 24 divisors of 360 number which make it the highest factors among all numbers. All circles are divided into 360 even parts so that the Sun would move through 1 part each day. Each of these parts was describes 1 degree and this division give us the idea that a circle contains 360 degrees so we can say that this is the reason that 360 is chosen in degrees.