Turkish History A-Z - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
A Father of the modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
93%
B Dominant empire in the area before the Ottoman Empire Byzantine Empire
84%
K This ethnic group has been suppressed by the Turkish government for several years and were forbidden from using their language until 1991 Kurds
83%
F Tassled red hat that takes its name from a Moroccan city Fez
82%
H Museum that was turned into mosque in 2019 Hagia Sophia
81%
N Prize won by Orhan Pamuk in 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature
79%
E Controversial president who has been accused of eroding democracy since his election in 2014 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
79%
Q Book that A wanted to be read in the Turkish language - but was refused Quran
71%
C War fought against Russia between 1853–56 {Crimean} War
70%
O Train line that connected the Istanbul and Paris {Orient} Express
70%
G Failed ANZAC invasion site during WWI Gallipoli
67%
R Country that declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878 Romania
64%
S "Magnificent" sultan who ruled the Ottoman Empire at its Golden Age Suleiman I
62%
L British adventurer who helped command the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans T.E. Lawrence
62%
T Ancient city that was home to Homer's "Iliad" Troy
62%
U Only Islamic empire that controlled larger territories than the Ottomans {Umayyad} Caliphate
55%
X Persian ruler who completely conquered the modern-day Turkey in 547 BC Xerxes
55%
Y Group of people that wanted to modernize and democratize the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s {Young} Turks
52%
W Huge number of Turkish workers immigrated to this country in the 1960s West Germany
46%
J Elite group of soldiers who where initially composed of kidnapped Christian boys who were converted to Islam Janissaries
39%
D Name for the followers of the Mevlevi Order Whirling {Dervish}
38%
V Battle where "the Ottoman Turks ceased to be a menace to the Christian world" Vienna
37%
I Ancient Greek region in western coast of Anatolia Ionia
33%
M This was ordered to protect the Turkish democracy by A - which it did via several coups in 1960, 1971, 1980, 1993 and 1997 Military
31%
P Word that is similar to a British peerage or knight Pasha
26%
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