MERHABA

TURKEYAN OPEN-AIR MUSEUM

WHERE CONTINENTS

AND CIVILIZATIONS

CULTUREHISTORY

ANDTRADITION

MEET…

TURKEY

THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY WAS FOUNDED BY MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK IN 1923.

A bridge between Asian and European continents

Ankara is the capital of Turkey.

Political Structure : Parliamentary democracy

THE TURKISH GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

(THE PARLIAMENT) HAS 550 MEMBERS

THE PRESIDENT IS THE HEAD OF THE REPUBLIC

THE PRIME MINISTER IS THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT

DemographicsPOPULATION: 74.000.000

Age groups in population - 0 - 14 Ages 29 % - 15 - 64 Ages 65 % - 65 + Ages 6 %

Memberships:A CANDIDATE FOR THE “EUROPEAN

UNION” SINCE 2005A MEMBER OF “UNESCO” SINCE 1945A MEMBER OF “COUNCIL OF EUROPE”

SINCE 1949A MEMBER OF “NATO” SINCE 1952A MEMBER OF “UNITED NATIONS”

SINCE 1945 A MEMBER OF “OECD” SINCE 1961A MEMBER OF “G-20” SINCE 2008

Turkey-RegionalTurkey is divided into seven geographıcal

regions:

TURKEYPROFILE & FACTS

OFFICIAL NAME: REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

DATE OF FOUNDATION: 29 OCTOBER 1923

CAPITAL: ANKARA

BIGGEST CITIES: İSTANBUL, ANKARA, İZMİR, ADANA, ANTALYA, BURSA

TURKEYPROFILE & FACTS

AREA: 814.578 KM2

COASTAL BORDERS: MEDITERRANEAN SEA, AEGEAN SEA, BLACK SEA

LANGUAGE: TURKISH

CURRENCY: TL (TURKISH LIRA) 1 €: 3.1 TL

TURKEYPROFILE & FACTS

UNIVERSITIES: 196 (123 state universities and 73 foundation universities).

7 GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

81 PROVINCES WHICH ARE RULED BY GOVERNORS

MORE THAN 1000 DISTRICTS

TURKEYPROFILE & FACTS

5522 RECORDED ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES

33 OFFICIAL NATIONAL PARKS

16 OFFICIAL NATURAL PARKS

58 OFFICIAL NATURE MONUMENTS

SOME PHOTOS FROM TURKEY

AYASOFYA MUSEUM

ATATÜRK’S MAUSELEUM

TEMPLE OF APOLLON

ASPENDOS THEATRE

BODRUM CASTLE

DIM RIVER

HASANKEYF

IHLARA VALLEY

ISHAK PASHA PALACE

GIRLS’ CASTLE

GIRL’S TOWER

KLEOPATRA BEACH

ALANYA

ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH

DEAD SEA

THE BOSPHORUS BRIDGE

THE BOSPHORUS

GALATA TOWER

TROY

DÜDEN WATERFALL

MANAVGAT WATERFALL

MOUNT NEMRUT

FETHİYE

PAMUKKALE

ANATOLIAN TOWER

SAGALASSOS

MONASTERY OF SUMELA

FAIRY CHIMNEYS

CAPPADOCIA

SAFRANBOLU HOUSES

MOSQUE WITH 2 MINARETS

AKDAMAR CHURCH

AYASOFYA MOSQUE-MUSEUM

CLOCK TOWER OF İZMİR

SULTANAHMET MOSQUE

PERGE

3 BIG RELIGIONS

VAN CAT

TRADITIONAL FOLK DANCE

OPERA

TRADITIONAL WRITING

PAINTING

TURKISH CINEMA

RELIGIOUS DANCING

THEATRE

HUNDREDS OF ACTIVITIES

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