Turkey

This capital is Turkey's second-most populous city, with about 3.5 million people

Ankara

When getting one, you go from hot, dry room to steam room to cold shower

Bath

Late astronaut James B. Irwin led several expeditions to this Turkish mountain in search of Noah's Ark

Mount Ararat

Mustafa Kemal, founder of Turkish republic, changed his name to this

Kemal Ataturk

The star & crescent on Turkey's flag symbolize this dominant religion

Islam

Middle East 51

Ankara (3) a Turkish bath (2) Benjamin Franklin (2) an Ottoman (2) Kemal Ataturk (2) Islam (2) the Kurds (2) Mount Ararat (2) a kebab (1) Suleyman (1)

Other 8

cuneiform (1) Bath (1) Sunni (1) Kemal (1) Smyrna (1) Gallipoli (1) Russia (1) (St.) John (1)

Europe 7

poison (1) the lira (1) tulip (1) Istanbul (1) Cyprus (1) Europe (1) Germany (1)

Asia 3

India (1) Anatolia (1) Asia Minor (Anatolia) (1)

Africa 1

the Young Turks (1)