Turkey Quiz - 77 Trivia Questions!

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Journey through the crossroads of Europe and Asia with the Turkey Quiz. Explore the rich history, vibrant culture, and stunning landscapes of this transcontinental country.

Who founded the University of Istanbul in 1453?

The kings of the Roman Empire
The Europeans
Mehmed's mother
Mehmed II

Who was the first President of the Turkish Republic?

Mehmet Ali
Xeni Gul
Mustafa Kemal
Anatoly Ivasik

Turkey is divided into how many geographical regions?

Nine
Seven
Three
Four

Who was the architect of the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul?

Mehmed I
Osman I
Afiye
Mimar Sinan

What is the dominant religion in Turkey?

Roman Catholicism
Christian
Roman Catholic
Islam

What is the most celebrated form of Byzantine art?

Roman ruins
Mosaic
Painting
Portraits

Turkey is divided into how many provinces?

88
81
12
5

What is the average life expectancy in Turkey?

69.5 years
73 years
79.7 years
78.6 years

Who became the first President of the Turkish Republic in 1923?

Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal
Yitzhak Shamir
Abdul Hamid

What is said to lag behind other OECD countries in Turkey?

Business investment
Education
Health care
Health insurance

What is the oldest known man-made structure in the world?

Göbekli Tepe
The Temple of Artemisinin
La Pedrera
The Great Pyramid

What type of music was popular in Turkey in the 1970s and 1980s?

Folk
Pop
Pop music
Arabesque

Which Turkish football team won the 2000 UEFA Cup?

Borussia Dortmund
Galatasaray's opponents in the 2000 UEFA
Galatasaray
AFC Aegean

According to the Acts of the Apostles, in which city were the first Christians to be called Christians?

Thebes
Athens
Thermopylae
Antioch

Who conquered Anatolia in 334 BC?

Alexander the Great
The Greeks
The Romans
The Roman Empire

Who was the Prime Minister of Turkey from 1950 to 1957?

Aysef
AbdulRahman
Abdullah Gul
Adnan Menderes

What is the name of the gas pipeline that runs from Russia to Turkey?

Gazprom
Blue Stream
The Black Sea
Trans-Siberian

What has been legal in Turkey since 1858?

The use of drugs
Marriage
Smoking
Homosexual activity

Who was the Ottoman Empire's most powerful ruler in the 16th and 17th centuries?

The Grand Vizier
Suleiman
The king of the Romans
The sultan of Egypt

Who defeated the Seljuks in 1243?

The French
Mongols
The Greeks
The Mongols

What is the art of paper marbling called in Turkey?

Embroidery
Decorative painting
Ebru
Floats

What is the largest non-Turkish ethnic group in Turkey?

Greeks
Kurds
Turkish
Arabs

Who was the leader of the Turkish Nationalists during World War I?

Hermann Goering
Ayria's leader
Mustafa Kemal Pasha
Abdul Hamid

Which Turkish novelist won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature?

Omar Sharif
Yves Saint Laurent
Orhan Pamuk
Efendi

In which capital city is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk?

New York
The Hague
Tokyo
Ankara

Turkey's relations with which country have been strained since the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid?

Israel
The United Arab Emirates
South Korea
Egypt

According to tradition, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary took place in which Greek city?

Ephesus
Athens
Thessaloniki
Troy

How many branches of government are there in Turkey?

Two
One
Three
The government is divided into three branches

Which 1936 treaty restored Turkey's control over the Dardanelles and Bosporus straits and the Sea of Marmara?

Montreux Convention
The Treaty of Vienna
The Treaty of Berlin
Ankara Declaration

What is the second most visited city in Turkey?

Ankara
Antalya
Kusadasi
Bodrum

Which Roman emperor travelled to Asia Minor in 123 CE?

Claudius
Emperor Augustus
Hadrian
Pompey

Which country was known to the Byzantines as Tourkia?

Germany
South Africa
Hungary
The Republic of Ireland

What is the most commonly used colour in Ottoman tiles?

White
Red
Black
Turquoise

Turkish literature is heavily influenced by Arabic and which other language?

Persian
Greek
English
German

From which country does Turkey get most of its energy?

Russia
The US
Canada
The United States

VakfBank S.K. won the Women's Club World Championship four times in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2021 in which sport?

Basketball
Tennis
Football
Volleyball

What was the name given to the US policy of supporting the security of Greece and Turkey during the Cold War?

NATO
The Middle East Policy
US-Greek and Turkish relations
Truman Doctrine

The henge at Gobekli Tepe, in Turkey, predates which English monument by over seven millennia?

The Great Pyramid
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is the most ancient monument in Britain
Bath

Which city became the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 AD?

The city of Rome
Nicomedia
Constantinople
Rome

Which large carnivore is found in Turkey?

Rhino
Lion
Black bear
Leopard

Which was the most prolific of the Greek mother cities, by the number of its colonies?

Miletus
Thebes
Athens
Olympia

In which country did the Seljuks rule from the 10th to the 13th century?

Afghanistan
Egypt
Persia
India

What is the most popular political party in Turkey?

AKP and the EU
AKP-PDH
NATO
AKP

At which battle of 1071 did the Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantines?

Manzikert
Battle of Manzikert
Battle of Troy
Battle of the Golden Horn

What is the name of the national airline that serves more destinations than any other airline in the world?

Qatar Airlines
United Airlines
The European Airline
Turkish Airlines

What is the name of Turkey's national public broadcaster?

TB
RTi
TRT
The World

Who was the King of Pontus from 281 BC until his conquest by the Romans in 63 BC?

Hemingway
Mithridates
Aram
Theodorus

In 1952, Turkey became a member of what organisation?

NATO
European Union
The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
UN

The legal system of Turkey is based on the civil code of which country?

Swiss
Germany
Japan
France

Sardis was the capital of which ancient Greek kingdom?

Peloponnese
Thebes
Lydia
Sardis and Troy

Which war was fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire?

Russo-Turkish War
World War I
The Crimean Wars
The Crimean War

What is the main reserve of the Turkish central bank?

The euro
Gold
Oil
The dollar

In which war did the Ottoman Empire lose most of its territories in Europe?

The Great War
World War II
Balkan War
The First World War

What park in Istanbul was the scene of massive anti-government protests in 2013?

Taksim Square
Gezi Park
Grand Bazaar
Topkapi Palace

In which country are Turkish troops stationed?

Albania
Italy
Russia
The USA

Which ancient Greek city was sacked by the Persians in 480BC?

Persia
Troy
Halicarnassus
Athens

What was the name of the first empire in Anatolia?

Hittite
Byzantines
Roman
Aegean

Which order of dervishes was founded in Konya in the 13th century by Mevlana Rumi?

Mevlevi Order
The Grand Lodge of Mevlana
Mehmedan Order
The Order of the Sultan

In World War I, where did the Ottoman Empire defend the Dardanelles strait?

Egypt
Gallipoli
Athens
Greece

What is the electoral threshold for political parties in Turkey?

Seven percent
Twenty percent
The minimum number of votes
Five hundred votes

After Turkey, which country has the largest military force in NATO?

Germany
South Korea
United States
Japan

What is the name of the student exchange programme organised by the European Union?

Study Abroad
European Union
Erasmus
Intercultural Training Program

Who was the first President of Turkey to give women the vote?

Aziz
Atatürk
Theodore Roosevelt
Herman Van Rompuy

Turkey became an associate member of which organisation in 1963?

ECSC
OECD
EU
EEC

What is the name of the Turkish aircraft carrier?

Anadolu
AgustaWestland
The Seawolf
Suladiye

What architectural style was first introduced in Istanbul in the late 19th century by Raimondo D'Aronco?

Modern
Romantic
Art Nouveau
Romantic architecture

What was the name of the Seljuk sultanate of Anatolia in the 14th century?

Turkey
Afganistan
The Golden Horn
Rum

In 2015, Aziz Sancar became the first Turkish Nobel Prize winner in what field?

Physiology
Medicine
Chemistry
Physics

The Sakarya gas field, discovered in 2020, is in which sea?

Mediterranean Sea
Sea of Tranquility
Black Sea
Pacific Ocean

Which modern-day country was once home to the Hittite and Hattian civilisations?

India
South Africa
Egypt
Turkey

What was the former name of Turkey?

Ottoman
Arab
Republic of Venice
Azeri

The 1915 Anakkale Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, spans which body of water?

Sahara Desert
Dardanelles strait
Gulf of Mexico
Indian Ocean

In which country is there a conflict between Turkey and the YPG?

Syria
Turkey
Afghanistan
Iraq

Which empire was often at odds with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?

British Empire
The Russian Empire
Holy Roman Empire
The United States

What is the name of the chief of staff in the Turkish Armed Forces?

The General Staff
General command
General Staff
General Staff of the NATO

"Which English poet wrote ""The Book of the Duchess""?"

John Milton
Geoffrey Chaucer
Charles Dickens
William Shakespeare

Turkey is a founding member of which organisation?

UN
NATO
OECD
EU
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