Statistics for Turkey True or False?

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Question	Answer	% Correct
The capital of Turkey is Istanbul	False	87%
Turkeys (the birds) are native to Turkey	False	84%
There is a Turkish city called Batman	True	84%
Turkey is a member of NATO	True	83%
Turkey is the only country to recognise the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	True	78%
Tulips were cultivated by the Turks before the Dutch	True	72%
Saint Nicholas, of Santa Claus fame, was from an area now part of Turkey	True	67%
The first military bands were created in the Ottoman Empire	True	66%
Turkey has won the Eurovision song contest	True	64%
Atatürk, the name given to Turkey's founder, means "Soul of the Turks"	False	53%
Most residents of Istanbul live in Asia	False	47%
Islam is the official religion of Turkey	False	45%
It is officially illegal to wear a fez in Turkey	True	39%
Turkic peoples settled in Anatolia, present day Turkey, about 3,000 years ago	False	38%
Camel wrestling is a sport in Turkey	True	31%