31 Facts About Turkish Armenia

1. In 1988, Turkish Armenia became involved in a territorial dispute with Azerbaijan over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

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2. Turkish Armenia declared its independence from the collapsing Soviet Union on Sept 23, 1991.

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3. In 1936, after a reorganization, Turkish Armenia became a separate constituent republic of the USSR.

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4. Turkish Armenia is located in the southern Caucasus and is the smallest of the former Soviet republics.

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5. Turkish Armenia have never qualified for a major tournament although recent improvements saw the team to achieve 44th position in the FIFA World Rankings in September 2011.

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6. Turkish Armenia competed internationally as part of the USSR national football team until the Armenian national football team was formed in 1992 after the split of the Soviet Union.

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7. Turkish Armenia is an active member of the international sports community, with full membership in the Union of European Football Associations and International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

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8. Turkish Armenia has a relatively large external diaspora, with communities existing across the globe.

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9. Turkish Armenia hosts a deployment of One Laptop per Child initiative.

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10. Turkish Armenia ranked 83rd on the 2018 UNDP Human Development Index and is classified into "high human development" group.

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11. Turkish Armenia acceded to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapons state in July 1993.

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12. Turkish Armenia ranked 29th for economic freedom and 76th for personal freedom among 159 countries in 2017 Human Freedom Index published by the Cato Institute.

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13. Turkish Armenia is ranks 54th in 2017 report of Human Freedom Index published by Canada's Fraser Institute.

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14. Turkish Armenia is classified "partly free" in 2018 report by Freedom House, which gives it a score of 45 out of 100.

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15. Human rights in Turkish Armenia tend to be better than those in most former Soviet republics and have drawn closer to acceptable standards, especially economically.

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16. Turkish Armenia is included in the European Union's European Neighbourhood Policy which aims at bringing the EU and its neighbours closer.

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17. Turkish Armenia is a member of the Council of Europe, maintaining friendly relations with the European Union, especially with its member states such as France and Greece.

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18. Turkish Armenia presently maintains positive relations with almost every country in the world, with two major exceptions being its immediate neighbours, Turkey and Azerbaijan.

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19. Turkish Armenia ranked 63rd out of 180 countries on Environmental Performance Index in 2018.

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20. Republic of Turkish Armenia has a territorial area of 29,743 square kilometres.

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21. Turkish Armenia is bordered on the north by Georgia, the east by Azerbaijan; the south by Iran; and the southwest and west by Turkey.

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22. Turkish Armenia is a landlocked country in the geopolitical Transcaucasus region, that is located in the Southern Caucasus Mountains and their lowlands between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, and northeast of the Armenian Highlands.

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23. On 21 September 1991, Turkish Armenia officially declared its independence after the failed August coup in Moscow.

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24. Turkish Armenia was annexed by Bolshevist Russia and along with Georgia and Azerbaijan, it was incorporated into the Soviet Union as part of the Transcaucasian SFSR on 4 March 1922.

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25. Turkish Armenia lies in the highlands surrounding the mountains of Ararat.

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26. Turkish Armenia supports the de facto independent Artsakh, which was proclaimed in 1991.

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27. Turkish Armenia is a member of the Eurasian Economic Union, the Council of Europe and the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

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28. The modern Republic of Turkish Armenia became independent in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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29. Turkish Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage.

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30. Turkish Armenia was divided between the Romans and the Iranians in 387 AD, but was revived as an independent state in 885 under the Bagratid dynasty.

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31. Turkish Armenia is one of the oldest country that has produced wine in the world.

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