1) Which of the following include the non-Turkish signatory parties of the Saadabad Pact?

Iran Iraq Afghanistan

2) What is the essential point of departure, according to Atatürk, for every reform to be
successfully implemented?
The military field
3) What does, according to Atatürk, the second phase of the War of Independence concern
in order to complete the military victory?
Transformation of the Turkish society from a traditional one a modern one.
4) When did the first coup in the Turkish political life occur?
May 27, 1960
5) Which of the following principles of Atatürk contributed to the emergence of bourgeois
Turkey? Republicanism
6) In what years did the Republic of Turkey promulgate new constitutions? 1924 1961 1982
7) Which of the following is one of the cities that was included within the Turkish borders
according to Misak-y Milli but that didn't end up in the Turkish territory?
Hatay
8) When does the concept of laicism find a place in the Turkish Constitution? 1937
9) Which of the following is the first opposition party in Turkey?
Democratic Party
10) In what year the Turkish-Greek Friendship Convention was signed?

1930 , October 30
11) What is the decision taken by Turkey, which further worsens its relations with the Arab
world in the early years of its independence?
the abolishment of the caliphate
12) What was the main economic issue on which the Lausanne Treaty focused?
Ottoman debts
13) Which of the following is NOT one of the six principles of Ataturk?
Liberalism
14) The Balkan Pact was signed in ? 1930
15) In what year the third constitution was adopted in Turkey? 1961
16) What is the name of the international organization that was used as a platform for
solving foreign policy problems of Turkey in the first decades of the Republic?
The United Nations
17) Who was the leading figure of the Justice Party?
süleyman Demirel
18) In what year the first democratic multiparty elections were held in Turkey?
1946
19) What was the common ground between Turkey and the U.S.S.R that led Moscow to help
Ankara in the face of the threat posed by Italy s revisionist foreign policy?
Anti-imperialism
20) What is the main provision of the Balkan Pact?
The cooperation among members against a non-member state s policy threatening any of
their

national interests
21) Who was the leading figure of the coup d état on September 12, 19807?
Kenan Evren
22) Which of the following was the first state that recognize Turkey after the foundation of
the Republic?
The United States
23) What was the economic model implemented by Turkey during the early years of the
Republic?
The Import Substitution
24) Who was the leading figure of the revisionist faction within the Republican People's Party
in the early 1970s?
Bülent Ecevit
25) "Please fill in the blanks: The Westernization efforts in the Ottoman Empire, which
gradually accelerated since......... has mostly been limited to .........in major cities."".
The Tanzimat era the elites
26) What was the main reason the pushed Turkey toward the Western Bloc during the Cold
War?
The desire to get financial aid from the Soviet Union
27) What caused the coup d état of 1980?
The increasing political turmoil on the streets and the economic problems
28) What was the logic behind the 12 March Memorandum?
Incapacity of the civilian government to quell the anarchy on the streets
29) What is the main objective of Atatürk s populism, which distinguishes it from the
widespread contemporary meaning of the term?
To increase solidarity within the society and cement the reforms in the social life
30) What is the main goal of Ankara s economy policies in the first years of the Republic?

Avoiding any budget deficit

31) Which of the following was not included in the Balkan Pact? Bulgaria
32) What is the main purpose of the law of Takrir-i Sükun? To implement and consolidate
the one-party rule
33) In what year Free Republican Party, the second opposition party of Turkey, was
founded? 1930
34) What does the essential objectives of the Independence Tribunals throughout the two
terms they have been in place?
To judge and punish those who commit crimes against the foundations of the new republic
and to ensure the stability in Anatolia and the authority of the Grand National Assembly
35) What is the essential point of departure, according to Atatürk, for every reform to be
successfully implemented?
Major cities
36) Which of the following include the three types of politics proposed by Yusuf Akçura in
order to fight against the rise of nationalism?
Ottomanism Nationalism - Turkism
37) Who is the leading figure of the rebellion initiated at the southeastern provinces of
Turkey in reaction to the abolishment of caliphate?
Sheikh Said
38) In what year did the Turkish women gain the right to vote and to be elected in local and
general elections?
1934
39) What was the essential objective of the foundation of the Presidency of Religious
Affairs? To assure the new state s control over the realm of religion
40) What does the term caliphate refer to?
An Islamic state ruled by a person who is seen as the supreme religious leader of the
Muslim world
41) Which of the following is one of the purposes of the law of the Union of Education?
To eliminate the inherited difficulties from the decentralized Ottoman educational system
42) From which country were the initial 5-year economic plans of Turkey inspired?
The Soviet Union
43) In what year does the adoption of a modern civil law take place in Turkey?
1926
44) What does the term Mecelle mean?
The Civil Law of the Ottoman Empire
45) Which of the following is NOT among the new norms imposed by the new civil law in
Turkey?
Authorization for the Islamic principles for the issues of inheritance
46) What is the main objective of Atatürks populism, which distinguishes it from the
widespread contemporary meaning?
To increase solidarity within the society and cement the reforms in the social life
47) What is the date of the declaration of republic in Turkey? October 29, 1923
48) Which of the following is the first opposition party in Turkey? Republican People's Party
49) What historical development can be shown as the source of the penetration of the
concept of nationalism into the Ctoman territories?
The French Revolution
50) What is the legal document on which the Republic of Turkey was founded?

The Treaty of Lausanne

51) In what year does the city of Hatay join the Turkish territories? 1939
52) On what date the Turkish Grand National Assembly was opened? April 23, 1920
53) What is the main reason for the lack of popular demand for reforms in Turkish society?
The inexistence of substantial organized social movements
54) The Law of Surname was promulgated in .? 1934
55) Which of the following states, about Mosul, had claims that contradicted those of
Turkey? Britain