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Turkey
Madison Martin ¾ Block Hour
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Geography 1Turkey owns 301,382 sq. miles of land
Latitude: 39.56
Longitude: 32.52
Unevenly divided between Europe and Asia
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Geography 2
Climate: mild with cool winters and warm summers
Natural resources: Coal, copper, chromium, boron, and petroleum
Main Transportation: railways, boat, and airways
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History
330 A.D. Constantine Empire (Roman Ruling) ruled Turkey area
In the 1200’s the Ottoman’s ruled Turkey’s area
1923 Turkey republic was established
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Economy 1
An almost developed country
24.4% of population are between the ages of 0 and 14
60% of the people in Turkey live in urban areas
The literacy percentage is 87.4%
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Economy 2
24.7% of people have a job in industry and commerce
Per capita GPD is $12,900
The life expectancy is 74.14 years old
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Politics
The constitution was approved in 1982
Turkey has a president, prime minster, and a legislature
Grand National Assembly elects the president
Presidents name is Abdullah Aul and he is the 11th president
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Culture
98% are Turkish Muslim
Main Language: Turkish
Most celebrated holiday: Ramadan
Turks wear a light dress with long sleeves, and some men will wear a hat to prevent sum burns
Turks go to a mosque as their place of worship
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Facts & Figures
Population growth: 1.013%
Life expectancy for women: 74 for men: 69
Literacy rate for women: 80% for men: 95%
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Interesting Information 1
A Turkish person doesn’t point the sole of a foot towards another person
A Turkish person doesn’t smoke without permission from who they are with
A Turkish person doesn’t cross their leg in front of a wiser, older person
From 1963-1980 the country’s government was very weak
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Interesting Information 2
Turkey’s area is half of Iran, 2 times bigger than Iraq, 4 times bigger than Syria, 6 times bigger than Greece, and 7 times bigger than Bulgaria
Turkey’s population is bigger than all of its neighbors
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Citations/Bibliography
Sheskin, Ira M. "Turkey (country)." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 5 Mar. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0296370-0.
Melamid, Alexander. "Turkey." Reviewed by William Ochsenwald. The New Book of Knowledge®. 2009. Grolier Online. 5 Mar. 2009 http://nbk.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=a2030010-h.
“Peru.” CultureGrams World Edition. 2009. ProQuest. 19 May 2009 <http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?contid=7&wmn=South_America&cid=125&cn=Peru>.
Sager, Robert, David Helgren, and Allison Brooks. People, Places, and Change. Austin: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2003.
“Turkey”http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/. World Fact Book. 6 May 2009