History of Turkey - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
Former name of Istanbul Constantinople
93%
Island country which Turkey invaded in 1974 Cyprus
89%
Military alliance which Turkey joined in 1952 NATO
85%
The father of the modern Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
82%
Greek leader who conquered most of Turkey in the 300s BC Alexander the Great
81%
War which caused the downfall of the Ottoman Empire World War I
81%
Title of the leader of the Ottoman Empire Sultan
79%
Group of people who were the victims of a genocide from 1915–1917 Armenians / Assyrians / Greeks
76%
Offshoot of the Roman empire which survived in Turkey until the 1400s {Byzantine} Empire
75%
Tassled red hat which was part of the official Ottoman army uniform in the 1800s Fez
74%
Country which invited Turkish workers to immigrate in 1960 due to a labor shortage West Germany
72%
Train route which connected Paris and Istanbul {Orient} Express
71%
Language, spoken by 12% of the population, which was banned from 1980–1991 Kurdish
70%
Controversial President who has been accused of eroding democracy since his election in 2014 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
70%
Ancient city which was the site of Homer's "Iliad" Troy
69%
Empire which controlled Turkey before the above conquest Achaemenid Empire (Persia)
64%
City, formerly known as Smyrna, which is currently the third most populous in Turkey Izmir
59%
Group of people who wanted to modernize and democratize the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s {Young} Turks
42%
Title of that leader's chief advisor Grand {Vizier}
41%
Roman city which had a population of around 500,000 at the time of Jesus Antioch
15%
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