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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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Rank
Country
Foreign-Born Population
1
480,817
2
273,535
3
112,419
4
59,217
5
31,515
6
21,823
7
20,736
8
19,856
9
18,939
10
16,787
Rank
Country
Foreign-Born Population
11
16,048
12
14,335
13
13,579
14
12,957
15
10,391
16
10,369
17
9,636
18
8,889
19
8,751
20
7,909
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Foreign-Born Population: Turkey Quiz
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Created Oct 16, 2009 in
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Featured Oct 16, 2009
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sactoshc
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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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MovieDynamic
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 04:34 GMT
-21 points
That's random.
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harpua22
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 04:35 GMT
-21 points
i think the
clavinfield
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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
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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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juviejay
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 04:48 GMT
-11 points
I never would have guessed the 13th ranked one.
maekd
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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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voljtw
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 05:07 GMT
-27 points
maekd: I always guess Switzerland for the quizzes about people from a country living somewhere else because I know one thing about the country...its always neutral. If you're from a war torn or potentially dangerous country, it seems like a pretty good place to just say screw it and live in peace.
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Karol:
Oct 16th, 2009 at 05:15 GMT
-47 points
What about Australia? Last census in Australia states "According to the 2006 census 59,393 Turks living in Australia were born in Turkey." We would certainly have more than 7909 in Uzbekistan as its one of the biggest migrant communities in Australia. Not sure about this one????
uh_huh
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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
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 05:50 GMT
1 point
serbia and montenegro? two different countries?
debbiedoesnothin
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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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BluntDiplomat
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 06:11 GMT
-6 points
I expected # 15 to be ranked higher, and #4 took me by surprise by how high it is up there.
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Niques
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 06:42 GMT
-7 points
I was surprised at how high #4 was too.
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recklessness
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 06:46 GMT
-16 points
I thought Belgium would be in the rank, as they have a significant Turkish community there.
rockon455
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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
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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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Jelle
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 08:12 GMT
-22 points
According to that source, Belgium has around 37,000 Turkish immigrants, or am I reading it wrong?
chillicothe20
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 08:30 GMT
21 points
@Jelle: It's foreign-born people in Turkey, not Turkish people abroad.
Jelle
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 08:37 GMT
6 points
Ah, alright. Nevermind then, I just got up. :P
davidr
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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
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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
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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
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 10:05 GMT
1 point
@Blunt Diplomat #15 is not higher because it is number of people, not percentage
pottedstu
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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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AddiSnow
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:00 GMT
-23 points
Pretty sure that there are more than 8 thousand legal Turks in Denmark.
ZeZapatiste
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 12:58 GMT
-4 points
They Might Be Giants ftw.
Tommy_C
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Oct 16th, 2009 at 14:06 GMT
7 points
@ZeZapatiste - Turkey and Armenia don't exactly get along...
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