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Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia an Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey borders eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west, Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhichevan), and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea and Archipelago are to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. Separating Anatolia and Thrace are the Sea of Marmara and the Turkish Straits (the Bosporus and the Dardanelles), which are commonly reckoned to delineate the border between Asia and Europe, thereby making Turkey transcontinental.

Trivia about turkey

  • Cities in this nation include Iskenderun, Islahiye & Istanbul
  • The 1st important Ottoman capital was Bursa, now in this country
  • In 1991 Louis Rich introduced a bacon made out of this meat
  • A holiday standard:key rut
  • Ankara
  • Once the center of the Hittite Empire, Bogazkoy is located in this country's Anatolia region
  • Among well-beloved faire fare be the leg of this fowl, also much favored in giving thanks
  • This country occupies all of the peninsula known as Asia Minor
  • Effendi, bey, & pasha were titles of nobility in this country's Ottoman empire
  • This yummy bird came to Europe from America, not Asia Minor, so maybe it should be called a "USA" or a "Mexico"
  • About 1% of the population of Greece is ethnically from this neighboring European country
  • Present-day Armenia & what is now the eastern part of the nation make up historic Armenia
  • Scholars say Hissarlik, a mount near the mouth of the Dardanelles in this country, is the site of Troy
  • The strategic importance of the Black Sea is not lost on this country that occupies its southern rim
  • Hope there's enough gravy for this bicontinental nation
  • You're buying ankle bracelets in Ankara
  • In 1620 perhaps the first good meal the Pilgrims had was a barbecued meleagris gallopovo, one of these birds
  • Gallipoli Peninsula
  • It follows talk & precedes trot
  • Theon's home of Smyrna is now called Izmir & is one of the chief seaports of this country of Asia Minor
  • The Montreux Convention of 1936 recognized this country's right to fortify the Dardanelles
  • This country established an Independence Medal in 1924, throwing out the old Ottoman Empire Orders
  • Ankara
  • This large fowl was originally domesticated in Mexico & taken to Spain around 1519
  • In the 1540s Coronado & his men were amazed at the great number of this native fowl with "great hanging chins"
  • The Greek island of Samos in the Aegean is 100 miles from Greece's mainland but less than 5 miles from this country
  • Lake Van in Anatolia is this country's largest lake
  • The remains of the ancient city of Troy were found near the southern end of the Hellespont in this country
  • Slightly larger than Texas, it borders the Black Sea & the Mediterranean Sea
  • In bowling, 3 strikes in a row & you get this bird
  • In November 2003 the Jones Soda Company introduced an unusual soda flavored with this bird & gravy
  • Thanksgiving sleep inducer
  • Greece's easternmost border is with this country with which it has had numerous disputes
  • We need to have an open & honest conversation so "let's talk" this bird
  • Though Greek by ethnicity, the 2nd century physician was born in Anatolia in what's today this country
  • If the prospective "pardonee" one of these can't fulfill his duties at an annual Rose Garden event, an alternate is ready
  • A small portion of this country, the only part that's in Europe, lies on the Balkan Peninsula
  • Asked if he'd ever seen snow before, Ekrem explained that Ankara in this country is farther north than Denver
  • A lot of thanksgiving goes on in this country during Ramadan
  • 16,945-foot Ararat
  • Suleyman Demirel was premier of this country on 5 separate occasions before becoming president in 1993
  • The True Path Party's Suleyman Demirel became this country's president in 1993
  • The dining hall's carving board features roast beef & this bird, Meleagris gallopavo
  • The Bosporus Bridges I & II connect the European & Asian parts of this country
  • The Gallipoli Peninsula, a site of major action in WWI, is part of this country
  • The Allied Gallipoli campaign was beaten back by this country
  • A South Carolina museum is devoted to this "wild" bird, one of the few breeds of poultry native to the Americas
  • Gobble up this term for 3 strikes in a row
  • 1914:This country closes the Dardanelles waterway to Allied ships
  • Lycia, like Nicaea, was in what's now this Eurasian country
  • In "Midnight Express", Billy Hayes gave his account of time spent in prison in this country
  • Two continents are spanned by this nation
  • The small European part of this country lies in Thrace; the rest is in Asia
  • Butter, romano & this meat are traditional in a hot brown, a late November favorite from Kentucky's Brown Hotel
  • The Sea of Marmara, between the Bosporus & Dardanelles Straits, is bounded by this country
  • In 1993 True Path Party leader Tansu Ciller became the first female PM of this large Muslim country
  • Move to Central Anatolia in this country to fast during the holy month known there as Ramazan
  • "Byzantine Honeymoon", "The Towers of Trebizond" & "Midnight Express" all take place in this country
  • Accused Kurdish terrorist Abdullah Ocalan is the sole inmate held on this country's rocky island of Imrali
  • Vincent Pilkington set a record by plucking one of these in 1 min. 30 sec., but no word if he fell asleep soon after
  • Mount Ararat
  • In 1930 the name of its capital was changed from Angora to Ankara
  • Venues for this country's biennial have included the Hagia Eirene Museum & the Yerebatan Cistern
  • Eastern Thrace is the European portion of this nation
  • Roman emperor Trajan was nearly killed in a 115 A.D. quake in Antioch, now Antakya in this country
  • In the 1920s the Kemalists opposed the Sultan in this country & eventually prevailed
  • Abdullah Ocalan was convicted for trying to found a Kurdish state in the southeast part of this country
  • Enver Pasha, this country's minister of war, commanded the troops defending the Dardanelles
  • Lycia, like Nicaea, was in what's now this Eurasian country
  • Mount Ararat
  • Bulgaria & Armenia
  • Now, it was away to the W. border this country shares with Bulgaria & Greece; the Black Sea had taught us well
  • St. Paul was born in Tarsus, in the region of Cilicia, today a part of this country
  • The Blue Mosque
  • Kavalti in this country includes tarhana wheat & yogurt soup, ekmek bread & kahve, their famous coffee
  • This country forms the entire shoreline of the Sea of Marmara
  • Bithynia on the Bosporus Strait is now part of this country
  • The North Anatolian fault stretches along this country's Black Sea region to Georgia

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