Countries Closest to Turkey

no Montenegro? is this also a near miss

Libya is closer than Kuwait? Can be.

Yep, I tried all of those countries.

Greece, Bulgaria, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Cyprus, Russia, Israel... Turkey gets along so well with all of its neighbors! Not to mention the Kurds and ISIS.

Taking quizzes today from Antalya. It's beautiful here.

Welcome to the Balkans, where nobody likes each other, but everyone hates the Turks.

dude,Armenia hates Turkey,not to mention Turkey supports ISIS in Iraq and Syria,Iran just hates Turkey,Turkey loves Azerbaijan,and Cyprus,Greece,and Bulgaria hate Turkey more than anything.

not cyprus, the turkish republic of cyprus that turkey likes not the country cyrus turkey likes

All of them have a good reason to feel they way they do. You reap what you sow, dude.

huh. Are you sure about that? I was in Yerevan in 2015 and they had signs up all over the place celebrating something Turkey had done 100 years ago. There were concerts and flowers and all sorts of stuff going on. Maybe I misinterpreted that.

and, oh yes! I forgot about Cyprus, which is bordered by Turkish-occupied TRNC. One more to add to the list of countries that adore their Turkish neighbors. I'll never forget how super-stoked the guy from Cypriot customs was when I was trying to clear my car there and told him it was my intention to drive it north to Girne and leave from there.

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I went to Antalya on holiday, I went to Nox Suite

After finishing this quiz, I was scratching my head over how both Armenia and Azerbaijan could border Turkey, so I ended up finding out all about the autonomous region of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It's separated from the remainder of Azerbaijan by Armenia, much like Alaska is separated from the continental U.S. by Canada. That's yet another useless piece of obscure geography trivia to file away for the ultimate Final Jeopardy destiny that awaits me (in my own mind).

interesting, looked it up too. Thanks!

The FYROM type in doesn't work on this quiz.

Albania is 420.

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Nice.

Can we add the USA to the list now since it's been that high-ranking White House officials are on the Turkish government payroll?

Please remove Kosovo as this is not a country, but a terrorists' creation. Or, if you'd like to be consistent, add ISIS

When I visited Palestine a few years ago, I found it to be a pleasant and peaceful country. It is recognized diplomatically by 136 nations (a majority of the world's countries), and is a parliamentary republic, with its most recent elections having been held in 2006. (An a UN observer state, making it's status similar to Vatican). Palestine would probably make this list, but Jetpunk choses the US recognized states.

Well argued, PjotrL. You make me wonder how "jetpunk" reached that decision? Is jetpunk indeed a democracy or is it a dictatorship? What would it take to encourage it to recognise Palestine as a nation?

A freshly baked pie might be enough to persuade

if the website thinks it is a country than they can put it in, just because you don't recognise a certain country doesn't mean its not a country

Is Ukraine still on here sans-Crimea?

How can Moldova be closer than the Ukraine, if the Ukraine has Territory, where you would need to travel through to reach Moldova?

Great Quiz, but thought that Turkmenistan was close to Turkey

nice

It's the closest of the -stan countries and I often remember it because of this.

albania is 420km and cyprus is 69km

nice

Nice quiz! Greetings from Turkey!

Isn’t that part of Ukraine owned by Russia? I think Saudi Arabia would be closer

Fortunately, the status of Crimea makes absolutely no difference to this quiz, as both countries get even nearer Turkey in other places entirely.

(Russia through Georgia, and Ukraine near Moldova)

19/20 missed Jordan,but not the first time,I always miss Jordan.Don't know why.But great quiz,Jerry love your quizzes!

I think I saw every chat about Crimea being part of Ukraine or Russia, anyways, 1:29 remaining

Forgot Moldova - it really is forgettable, I always overlook it.

haha... wtf... has it? That's the name in Turkish... not English... good grief now we're going to have to argue with these people as well as the Cote d'Ivoire ones? Turkey's name in Turkish was never Turkey, so nothing has changed. They've requested that other people start speaking Turkish. That's not the same thing as changing the name.

Forgot Isnotreal.