History
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Between 1299-1920s, Turkey maintained this historical empire that managed to acquire the entire southeastern Europe and large parts of the middle east north Africa
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Ottoman empire
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Between the 16-20th century, Turkey fought 12 wars against this powerful country
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Russia
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During World War I (1914-1918), Turkey fought alongside Austro-Hungary, Bulgaria and Germany, also known as the _______ Powers
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Central
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Between 1915-1916 (but didn't stop entirely until 1923), Turkey committed massacres and displacements, culminating in the loss of 600,000-1,2 million of people of this present-day country
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Armenia
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Independence
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1923
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Since 1974, Turkey and Greece and fought over rights to this sovereign island-nation
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Cyprus
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Society
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Language and Nationality
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Turkish
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Main Religion
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Islam
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Most famous Turkish male singer (Simarik, Yolla, Adımı Kalbine Yaz)
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Tarkan
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National Sport
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Oil Wrestling
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This mythical holiday figure originated from present-day Turkey, which can be considered a bit ironic, due to most Turkish people not even celebrating this holiday
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Santa Claus
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This colour, based on this mineral stone, received its name from Turkey, and means "Turkish Stone", or as we better know it as.....
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Turquoise
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Turkey is believed to be part of the area that invented this type of economic sector / industry
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Agriculture
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Geography
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Capital and second-biggest city
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Ankara
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Biggest city
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Istanbul
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Famous tourist-dense coastal city
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Antalya
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Bordering Seas
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Aeagan sea
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Black sea
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Mediterranean sea
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Tallest point / mountain (also where it's believed that Noah's ark landed)
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Mount Ararat
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Climate
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Temperate
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Time zones
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1 (UTC+3)
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Bordering countries
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Armenia
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Azerbaijan
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Bulgaria
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Georgia
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Greece
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Iran
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Iraq
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Syria
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Politics
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State-Condition
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Republic
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Founding Father
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Most Famous Leader (2002-)
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Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan
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Dictator (1938-50) who lost a fair election, and to everyone's shock - Simply accepted the results and stepped down
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İsmet İnönü
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Infamous nationalistic, far-right paramilitary organisation, established 1968-, and accounts for several acts of terrorism, such as the killing of more than 100 Alevis, in 1978
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Gray Wolf
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A member of this western military alliance
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NATO
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Economy
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Currency
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Lira
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Main Economic Sector
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Tertiary / Service
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Main export (goods)
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Cars
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Largest producer of this type of nut (accounts for almost 70% of the global production)
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Hazelnut
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