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TURKEY

TURKEY. Geography. GEOGRAPHY. SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE & SOUTHEASTERN ASIA BORDERING BLACK SEA, MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND THE AEGEAN SEA BORDERING COUNTRIES: ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN BULGARIA GEORGIA. GREECE IRAN IRAQ SYRIA. CLIMATE & TERRAIN. TEMPERATE HOT DRY SUMMER MILD, WET WINTER

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TURKEY

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  1. TURKEY

  2. Geography

  3. GEOGRAPHY • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE & SOUTHEASTERN ASIA • BORDERING BLACK SEA, MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND THE AEGEAN SEA • BORDERING COUNTRIES: • ARMENIA • AZERBAIJAN • BULGARIA • GEORGIA • GREECE • IRAN • IRAQ • SYRIA

  4. CLIMATE & TERRAIN • TEMPERATE • HOT DRY SUMMER • MILD, WET WINTER • HIGH CENTRAL PLATEU (ANATOLIA) • NARROW COASTAL PLAIN • ELEVATION: • LOWEST: MEDITERRANEAN SEA 0 M • HIGHEST: MOUNT ARARAT 5,166 M

  5. ENVIRONMENT • SEVERE EARTHQUAKES • VOLCANISM: • MOUNT ARARAT • MOUNT NEMRUT • MOUNT TENDUREK • WATER POLLUTION FROM DUMPING OF CHEMICALS • AIR POLLUTION • DEFORESTATION • DANGER OF OIL SPILLS FROM BOSPHORUS TRAFFIC

  6. FLAG

  7. FLAG • RED WITH VERTICAL WHITE CRESCENT MOON • 5 POINT STAR • FLAG COLORS AND DESIGN ARE SIMILAR TO THE FLAG OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE • CRESCENT AND MOON ARE SYMBOLS OF TURKS AND ISLAM • FLAG REPRESENTS REFLECTION OF THE MOON AND STAR IN A POOL OF BLOOD OF TURKISH SOLDIERS

  8. PEOPLE & SOCIETY • NATIONALITY: TURKISH • POPULATION: 78,785,548 • RELIGION: ISLAM • LANGUAGE: • OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: TURKISH • KURDISH • OTHER MINORITY • CURRENCY: TURKISH LIRA • MILITARY IS OBLIGATORY FOR MALES

  9. GOVERNMENT • REPUBLIC OF TURKEY • 81 PROVINCES • INDEPENDENCE FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 29 OCTOBER 1923 • PRESIDENT: ABDULLAH GÜL • PRIME MINISTER: RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN

  10. …GOVERNMENT • IN 1922, THE 623 YEAR RULE OF THE OTTOMANS ENDED

  11. …GOVERNMENT • …AND MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK FOUNDED THE REPUBLIC IN 1923 • HE IS CALLED THE FATHER OF THE TURKS

  12. FOOD

  13. SPORTS • FOOTBALL • GALATASARAY • BEŞIKTAŞ • FENERBAHÇE • WEIGHTLIFTING

  14. SPORTS • NATIONAL SPORT: OIL WRESTLING

  15. TRADITIONS

  16. ADIYAMAN

  17. USEFUL PHRASES • Hello- Merhaba • How are you? Nasilsin? • My name is…Benimadim… • Thank you…tesekkürederim • Good morning…günaydin • Good night…iyigeceler • Goodbye…hoşçakal • Have a nice day…iyigünler • Please speak more slowly…lütfendahayavaşkonuşun

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