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1.Kurds are a large ethnic group here
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Kurds are the second largest ethnic group in Turkey, obviously behind the Turks.
2.Is located mostly on the Anatolian Peninsula
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3.Had the Drachma as its currency until 2001
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Greece adopted the Euro in 2001 and the Turkish Lira has been used in Turkey since 1844.
4.Is known as 'Hellas' in its native language
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Turkey is known as 'Türkiye' in Turkish.
5.Borders the Aegean Sea
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6.Is a member of the G20
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7.Has land within the region of Thrace
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8.Owns the city of Corfu
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Corfu is found in the Ionian Islands which are Greek.
9.Birthplace of Diogenes of Sinope
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Diogenes of Sinope is from the Turkish town of Sinope.
10.Birthplace of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Atatürk was born is Thessaloniki, Greece.
11.Its highest mountain is Mount Ararat
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Mount Ararat is 5,137 m high and is located in close to Yerevan.
12.Borders the Sea of Marmara
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13.Borders the Maritsa river
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14.Its president has been in office since 2014
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been in office since 2014, whilst Katerina Sakellaropoulo has been in office since 2020
15.Is the place of origin of the Döner kebab
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16.Its English name sound like a food/liquid
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Turkey sound like the Turkey bird, and Greece sounds like the fatty liquid, grease.
17.At one point, part of its territory was controlled by the British Empire
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Many parts of Turkey were controlled by the British, most notably the Dardanelles. The British used to control the Ionian islands, which are part of Greece nowadays.
18.Has 'Ψ' (capitalised) in its Alphabet
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19.Has a higher population density
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Greece: 81 people per km² and Turkey: 110 people per km²
20.Over 25% of its population lives its largest city
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Approximately a third of Greece lives in Athens and about 19% of Turkey lives in Istanbul
Nice quiz. You might want to consider rephrasing question 7 though, as it's hard to understand as written. If you remove the "same amount" part it will make sense.
Thanks you for trying my quiz! :)