Turkey

Madison Martin ¾ Block Hour

Geography 1Turkey owns 301,382 sq. miles of land

Latitude: 39.56

Longitude: 32.52

Unevenly divided between Europe and Asia

Geography 2

Climate: mild with cool winters and warm summers

Natural resources: Coal, copper, chromium, boron, and petroleum

Main Transportation: railways, boat, and airways

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

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%

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

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

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

Facts & Figures

Population growth: 1.013%

Life expectancy for women: 74 for men: 69

Literacy rate for women: 80% for men: 95%

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

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

Citations/Bibliography

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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.

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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