Description
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Letter
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City
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Most populous city in Turkey
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İ
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İstanbul
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Capital of Turkey
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A
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Ankara
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It was known as "Smyrna" in the classical antiquity
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İ
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İzmir
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Namesake of the largest lake in Turkey, only three letters
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V
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Van
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Ancient city that was destroyed by Greeks in "The Iliad"
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T
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Troy
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Turkey's biggest international sea resort, located on the Turkish Riviera
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A
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Antalya
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City near the largest oil field in Turkey, namesake of a famous DC superhero
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B
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Batman
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Most populous city located entirely on the European side of Turkey
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E
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Edirne
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Eastern terminus of the Dardanelles Strait, namesake of a peninsula
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G
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Gelibolu
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Coastal city with namesake of a South Korean company, without its last letter
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S
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Samsun
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Most populous Turkish city on the Tigris River
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D
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Diyarbakır
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Roman city that had a population of around a half million at the time of Jesus
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A
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Antioch
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Modern-day city that lies on the ruins of the above
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A
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Antakya
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Served as the first capital of the Ottoman Empire
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B
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Bursa
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Turkey made its bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics with this city in Eastern Anatolia
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E
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Erzurum
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Where the Persian poet, Rumi, died and is buried
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K
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Konya
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Emerged as a hub for international cotton trade during the American Civil War
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A
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Adana
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Famous seaside resort located near the Greek island of Kos
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B
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Bodrum
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Located near "Göbekli Tepe", home to world's oldest known megaliths
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Ş
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Şanlıurfa
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Center of Cappadocia for tourists, located among the "fairy chimney" formations
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G
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Göreme
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