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    Urwendur Ûrîbêl Senior Member Mouzafphaerre's Avatar
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    Lightbulb Take the Turkey test

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    On the BBC

    NB! There is no correct answer to number 4. They will be contacted soon.
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    Got 8/12. I would have gotten 9 if I knew what are spatz and fez. 10 if we consider that question 4 has no answer ;)
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    9/12 ~d
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    10/12. They must have fixed question 4... I did a lot of inferring and guessing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kongamato
    10/12. They must have fixed question 4... I did a lot of inferring and guessing.
    Me too.

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    10/12 I feel so stupid.Answered that Istanbul is the Capital.
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    Default Re: Re : Take the Turkey test

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    "Fez" is incorrect too. It's "fes" (as in Rudolf Hess).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mouzafphaerre
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    "Fez" is incorrect too. It's "fes" (as in Rudolf Hess).
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    So if I wear a fes (or Fez, whatever) I can be arrested? Sweet!

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    9/12. A lot better than I thought I did, and I didn't have a clue about the Saint one, I don't really pay much attention to Christian lore....

    Were the Fez banned because of the Janissaries? They did wear them iirc. Of course I could easily be waaaay off. Anyone enforce that law?
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    9/12 sweet
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    Janissaries did not wear fes. The Law of Attire was one of the reforms following the foundation of Turkish republic. Mustafa Kemal introduced the prohibition of fes by showing up to the public with his modern hat when he landed in Kastamonu.

    Touristically maybe but fes can not be used as a component of public wear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
    So if I wear a fes (or Fez, whatever) I can be arrested? Sweet!
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    Practically, no. They sell it to tourists. But the law is out there, yes.
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    Default Re: Take the Turkey test

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    About question 4...

    None of the answers is the Turkish for mountain, which is dağ. The first two are names of mountains. So is the third but it's spelled differently ("Kafkas").
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    I only got 6 right. Damn it, couldn't they ask more general Turk and Saljuq questions?

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