Can you name the most prevalent countries of origin of foreign-born residents of Turkey as of its most recent census?

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Foreign-Born Population: Turkey Quiz

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Created Oct 16, 2009 in Geography
Featured Oct 16, 2009
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	sactoshc:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 04:14 GMT	3 points
	My guessing got pretty random by the end of the time, but I was happy with 15/20

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	clavinfield:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 04:40 GMT	6 points
	Yeah, I can't really pick out a pattern of why certain countries are there or not. Some but not too many Western European countries. Some but not too many Eastern European countries. Some but not too many neighbouring countries... it's all fairly random.

	daryno621:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 04:47 GMT	17 points
	Serbia and Montenegro need to be split up if possible since they are now separate nations. Good quiz.

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	maekd:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 04:49 GMT	5 points
	Good quiz! I like geography quizzes like this. Something I can use my sporcle-taught knowledge of geography, but it isn't just a country-typing game, you have to make educated guesses. Plus, it's interesting to know. Surprised to see so much Western Europe on there. Switzerland? There aren't even very many people in Switzerland.

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	uh_huh:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 05:28 GMT	35 points
	@voljtw and @karol -this is about people living in Turkey that were born elsewhere.

	robbie_keane:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 05:50 GMT	1 point
	serbia and montenegro? two different countries?

	debbiedoesnothin:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 06:00 GMT	5 points
	@juviejay: #13 was the first one I guessed, just based on the fact that it has a big population that is free to travel and has the financial resources to relocate, plus multi-national companies that send employees overseas.

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	rockon455:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 07:03 GMT	10 points
	#4's rank isn't really all that surprising though, when you think of how CLOSE it is to Turkey. I love quizzes like this because they make you think, not only of what countries are by what, but also about political similarities, business, and social similarities as well. Oh, and I guess montenegro but it didn't accept it since you put serbia and montenegro together as one whole answer.

	red_andy:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 08:11 GMT	22 points
	The quiz says that it is based on data from the most recent census of Turkey. I'm guessing the reason Serbia and Montenegro are listed together is because they weren't separate countries then - Montenegro was only granted independence from Serbia in 2007.

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	chillicothe20:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 08:30 GMT	21 points
	@Jelle: It's foreign-born people in Turkey, not Turkish people abroad.

	Jelle:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 08:37 GMT	6 points
	Ah, alright. Nevermind then, I just got up. :P

	davidr:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 09:32 GMT	22 points
	What sort of a country quiz doesn't include Kyrgyzstan or Papua New Guinea? Sheesh.

	wessa:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 09:48 GMT	0 points
	why forget everybody the Netherlands? interesting!

	[Deleted]:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 09:50 GMT	-1 points
	Damn you Netherlands! You kept me from a perfect score again!

	Hamburger:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 09:54 GMT	11 points
	I am shocked as hell there is no Bosnia Herzegovina and Albania on this quiz.

	Alex:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 10:05 GMT	12 points
	I think the majority of these countries, especially the western European ones, USA etc are mainly those of turkish descent returning 'home', as well as the obvious ones due to displacement due to war such as Iraq and Afghanistan who I only thought about as the clock hit zero.

	Kiribati:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 10:05 GMT	1 point
	@Blunt Diplomat #15 is not higher because it is number of people, not percentage

	pottedstu:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 10:40 GMT	7 points
	For the large number for Greece, there are a lot of ethnically-Turkish people living in the Greek islands, and were even more in the past. According to Wikipedia, 9% of Bulgarians are ethnically Turkish. It helps that Turkey has at one time ruled half of these countries.

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	ZeZapatiste:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:20 GMT	1 point
	No Armenia ? This is a surprise :D Missed #17, #19 and #20. In the end it's more like "Say as many Turkey-close countries as you can"... which made me find only Macedonia, eventually

	davidr:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:28 GMT	7 points
	@AddisNow: I'm sure there are. But this is foreigners living in Turkey, not Turks living abroad.

	Booger:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:51 GMT	7 points
	@rockon and others: The quiz accepts both "Serbia" and "Montenegro" for "Serbia and Montenegro", so I'm not sure why your answer would not have been accepted unless you had a typo. The reason these countries are listed as one is that they were one country at the time of this Turkish census.

	Deeisenberg:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:55 GMT	15 points
	Don't whine too much about the quiz listing Serbia and Montenegro as one country. The source probably listed them as one and so you can't really find a statistic for each of them individually. It could be that the most recent Turkish census was from before the split (quite probable).

	Deeisenberg:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:56 GMT	6 points
	Also, great quiz. Somehow I got 19/20 on the first try thinking that it was Turkish people in other countries (stupid yes, but I produce results).

	prezuiwf:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 12:53 GMT	0 points
	16/20 and I got the most missed one... I'll take it, even if it was mostly just guessing and conjecture.

	AtlasSighed:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 12:58 GMT	-4 points
	They Might Be Giants ftw.

	Tommy_C:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 13:00 GMT	7 points
	I think many of the foreign born Turks from Europe are in fact children of native Turks who moved there for jobs in the 50s-80s.

	Commodore:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 13:07 GMT	2 points
	LOVE that song. Originally from 1950's (see Four Lads) better known version by They Might Be Giants. The tune is impossible to get out of your head...."that's nobody's business but the Turks!"

	motomoto:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 13:15 GMT	1 point
	Tried every country in the region, but as always - glossed over one of the old Yugoslavs - Macedonia this time. Crud. 19/20.

	motomoto:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 13:15 GMT	4 points
	Kosovo was also listed as Serbia & Montenegro. I typed it in first and Serbia & Montenegro popped up. Oops.

	Leeny:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 14:06 GMT	7 points
	@ZeZapatiste - Turkey and Armenia don't exactly get along...