Turkey Country Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the country of Turkey?

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First submitted	February 1, 2014
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Hint	Answer
The capital of Turkey	Ankara
Turkey's most populous city	Istanbul
Former name of the above	Constantinople / Byzantium
Title of the leader of the Eastern Orthodox church – based in the above city	Ecumenical Patriarch
Currency of Turkey	Turkish Lira
Highest mountain in Turkey	Mount Ararat
Turkish empire which was dissolved in 1923	Ottoman Empire
Title of the person who ruled that empire	Sultan
Man who is considered the father of modern-day Turkey	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
The four seas that border Turkey	Aegean Sea
	Black Sea
	Sea of Marmara
	Mediterranean Sea
Second most populous ethnic group in Turkey	Kurds
The peninsula on which most of Turkey is situated	Anatolia (Asia Minor)
A person might wear a nazar amulet to protect themselves from the ....	Evil eye
Third-largest city in Turkey, formerly known as Smyrna	İzmir
Cube-shaped candy made with chopped dates, nuts, and gel?	Turkish delight
Meat cooked on a vertical spit	Doner kebab
Common name of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque	The Blue Mosque

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99 Comments

+11

Level 83

Feb 1, 2014

More accurate term for the "Popular Dessert" would be "THE BEST THING YOU'VE EVER TASTED" haha Love the quiz! Makes me want to go back to Turkey!

+21

Level 78

Aug 1, 2017

Maybe just 'cause I've never been a fan of Turkish delight, but... baklava is more popular, I'd say. I know, you didn't say "most popular..."

Level 93

Jul 18, 2020

Never tried Turkish delight before, but I have tried baklava, and I don't believe I enjoyed the taste of that.

Level 74

Jul 18, 2020

I think I'll stick with Turkish Taffy. :)

Level 41

Aug 1, 2017

Its like eating Perfume :(

Level 79

Nov 28, 2019

I hate perfume... but kind of like turkish delight. At least the good stuff. It's not the best thing I ever tasted, but I prefer it to baklava. At least most of time, and if eating any more than a tiny quantity. Though quality of both turkish delight and baklava varies a lot.

Level 68

Aug 3, 2017

Kebab is the best thing!

Level 82

Jan 28, 2018

Are you Edmund Pevensie?

Level 75

Jul 18, 2020

Really? I hate it!!!

Level 73

Jul 20, 2020

Turkish delight is decent. I mean it's good, but it's not "sell out your family to the white queen" good.

Level 36

Jul 27, 2022

When it"s covered in dark chocolate it is.

From The White Queen

Yeah baby, I'm worth it...

Level 62

Jan 6, 2022

Love Turkish Delight! Edmund never stood a chance!

Level 67

Oct 29, 2014

any chance of accepting marmaris for one of the seas?

+10

Level 79

Oct 29, 2014

Marmaris is a touristic town at the southwest of the Turkey and has no relation with the Marmara Sea.

Level 76

Oct 31, 2014

never heard about the Blue Mosque. but Haggia Sophia, definitively yes !

Level 36

Jul 27, 2022

It's right across from the Hagia Sophia lol! And it is breathtakingly beautiful, whereas the Hagia Sophia was vandalized by the Ottoman, I was sad to see the interior . The tile work at the blue mosque is uplifting. I am a Nature worshipper so no bias here, lol!

Level 71

Jan 16, 2015

i was trying bosphorus sea lol but that only borders istanbul and i didn't think the blue mosque was so famous because my hotel was so close to it so i saw it every day and never got fascinated lol

+12

Level 79

May 16, 2015

It's a strait not a sea

Level 82

Nov 28, 2019

What do you get fascinated by then?

+12

Level 71

Dec 17, 2020

ignore my 14 year old self, i'm 20 right now and am very fascinated with the blue mosque

Level 52

May 18, 2023

So ur 22 rn, cool

Level 21

May 25, 2025

25 now, cool

Level 46

Feb 5, 2015

Not the higha sofia at all. It is a museum and is not used for worship plus it used to be a church.

Level 86

Nov 26, 2019

It also used to be a mosque

+10

Level 62

Jul 18, 2020

It is Now a Mosque again :(

Level 68

Apr 16, 2015

How about kebob for kebab?

Level 76

Nov 20, 2015

I've never seen it spelt 'kebob'...are you inventing new words? xD

Level ∞

Nov 25, 2016

Kebob will work now

Level 62

Jul 18, 2020

What? Kebob and Kebeb don't make any sense

+15

Level 70

Jul 18, 2020

Please also accept "SpongeBob".

Level 71

Feb 26, 2026

Doner K-pop?

Level 82

Nov 28, 2019

But 'kebob' is not a real word, unlike 'kabob', which is a spelling sometimes used in North America.

Level 80

Jul 18, 2020

kebob

Level 85

Jul 22, 2015

Seriously nothing about the football teams? Turkey have some of the craziest fans in the world, should have included the Istanbul teams, Gala, Fenerbahce and Besiktas.

Level 58

Aug 1, 2017

Seriously nothing about what I want? It's all about me me me, isn't it...

Level 72

Nov 26, 2019

Ohh yes, who could forget Balakircevirantalyagazianspor.

Level 87

Dec 2, 2019

I don't think a question asking us to name one of the 3 major clubs in Istanbul would be unreasonable. All are very well-known in world football. Turkish fans create a really intense atmosphere for visiting teams, even for Europe's elite.

Level 64

Jul 19, 2020

Craziest, meaning delusional.

Level 55

Jan 18, 2016

Should Byzantium also count as a former name of Istanbul?

Level 79

May 16, 2016

worked when I tried it.

Level 48

May 21, 2016

How many tried baklava? Missed that one...

Level 36

Jul 27, 2022

I think baklava is too sweet. If it isn't chocolate , it isn't worth it.

Level 69

Aug 1, 2017

Is there only me was trying to think of which deserts were in Turkey? I gave up thinking I'm sure there aren't any

Level 58

Aug 1, 2017

I did too. Even then, I'm not sure I'd have described Turkish Delight as a dessert, it's more of a sweet/candy (that's how it's generally marketed in the UK).

Level 79

Aug 1, 2017

I think I learned at least 11 of these things when we had to do reports on different countries in 3rd or 4th grade and I picked Turkey... because the name was funny.

I remember bringing Turkish delight in for the class. Though I'd first tried it after reading about it in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 2nd grade.

Level 57

May 7, 2018

Isn't Turkey located on two peninsulas, Anatolia and Thrace?

Level 95

Aug 6, 2018

"most of Turkey"

Level 95

Aug 6, 2018

Can Mustafa Kemal be accepted? Ataturk is a title, and is not actually his name.

Level ∞

Nov 26, 2019

Kemal will work now.

Level 63

Nov 29, 2019

Atatürk is not a title, it is his given surname.

Level 36

Jul 27, 2022

Atatürk is not his given name. It is the surname he took on after defeating the Ottoman which means "first Turk."

Level 52

Nov 25, 2022

He didn't take it himself, it was given to him by the national assembly(parliament)

Level 47

Feb 26, 2019

Hmm not sure that the Aegean archipelagos is seen as a separate 'sea' than the Mediterranean.

Level 59

Jul 23, 2020

Yes. Aegean sea is a thing since the acient greek times.

Level 88

Aug 8, 2020

Technically all seas mentioned are part of the Mediterranean which itself is part of the Atlantic ocean.

Level 82

Nov 27, 2019

"What seaside locale, formally known as Smyrna, is the third largest city in Turkey?". Shouldn't it be "formerly" instead of "formally"? As far as I know the former name was Smyrna and the present-day name is Izmir.

Level ∞

Nov 27, 2019

Yes, fixed.

Level 79

Nov 28, 2019

Many Ottoman sultans also took the title of Caliph, to assert that they were rulers over the entire Islamic world, even though they never actually were.

Level 65

Nov 28, 2019

And even sometimes there were up to 3 people at once that claimed the title.

Level 74

Jan 30, 2020

Much like popes? -

how many popes

Level 56

Jul 18, 2020

Yes I tried Caliph/Khalifa :(

Level 62

Mar 24, 2022

Padishah was another title the Ottoman sultans used.

Level 71

Nov 28, 2019

How about accepting Rahat Lokum for Turkish delight since that is original name of the sweet?

Level 36

Jul 27, 2022

Yes it is known in Turkey as just lokum but I typed that first and delight right after. Lokum should definitely be acceptable.

Level 23

Nov 30, 2019

Nice quiz 13/20 from Greece

Level 68

Jan 3, 2020

Great quiz , easy points :)

Level 45

Jul 18, 2020

Remove Kebab.

Level 79

Jul 19, 2020

or else what?

Level 37

Apr 14, 2022

remove serbia :)

Level 59

Jul 19, 2020

please accept "lokum", "lukum", "loukoum", "rahat lokum" for the 'Turkish Delight"!

Level 67

Jul 19, 2020

Isn't the Aegean Sea part of the Mediterranean Sea?

Level 84

Jul 20, 2020

Please accept "kebap" spelling. Thanks.

Level 85

Jul 23, 2020

I have seen it spelled this way on signs outside Turkish restaurants in Germany.

Level 71

Jul 21, 2020

Except Turkey, Turkey makes a brand new Turkey!

Level 59

Sep 22, 2020

Talk about pulling something out of the dark recesses of my mind. Who knew I learned what the Sultan Ahmed Mosque was called?

Level 59

Nov 27, 2020

Can you accept Kabab for Kebab? That's how it is spelt in Indian subcontinent.

Level 45

Feb 3, 2021

Turkish delight is not really that good. Sorry not sorry. I prefer Baklava.

Level 21

Mar 9, 2021

The real name for Turkish delight is Lokum. This should be accepted as well. Especially since Lokum is used in every language except english

Level 39

Apr 10, 2021

Nice quiz! Greetings from Turkey!

Level 33

May 25, 2021

The" old name of Istanbul " question is no longer funny. It's been a thousand years. I'm bored.

Level 24

Nov 8, 2021

Why wasn't "Lokum" accepted as an answer to the Turkish Delight?

Level 67

Jan 30, 2022

For "Turkish Delight" except "Lokum"

Level 45

May 25, 2022

I'm pretty sure the Ottoman Empire dissolved in 1922...

Level 36

Jul 27, 2022

Lokum should be accepted for Turkish delight as that is what it is called in Turkey. I got delight but first I typed the correct name.

Level 36

Jul 27, 2022

There are many other delicious dishes that are exclusively Turkish that I would substitute for kebab. Kebab is a fast food, what about kufte? Delicious and authentically Turkish.

Level 64

Oct 2, 2022

Hundred percent on the first try!

Level 22

Nov 19, 2022

You've made a mistake with the highest mountain. It is not ararat it is actuallyMount Büyükağrı

Level 56

May 7, 2024

15/20 I'm Turkish myself

Level 47

Jun 15, 2024

Please also add "Marmaris" for Marmara as well

Level 39

Jul 31, 2025

What about "Ağrı Dağı" for Ararat?

Level 45

Dec 15, 2025

7/20 0 points? Get outta here.

Level 65

Feb 26, 2026

Constantinople is Greece

Level 61

Feb 26, 2026

That would be an ecumenical matter?

Level 86

Feb 26, 2026

I am flying to Turkey tomorrow!

Level 16

Feb 27, 2026

this country is actually sounding pretty interesting

Level 56

Feb 27, 2026

Great quiz, got 19/20 in my 2nd/3rd attempt, but I'm from Turkey. I keep missing the Eastern Orthodox title question.

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