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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
• HIGH CENTRAL PLATEU (ANATOLIA)
• NARROW COASTAL PLAIN
• ELEVATION:– LOWEST: MEDITERRANEAN SEA 0 M
– HIGHEST: MOUNT ARARAT 5,166 M
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
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
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
GOVERNMENT• REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
• 81 PROVINCES
• INDEPENDENCE FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 29 OCTOBER 1923
• PRESIDENT: RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN
• PRIME MINISTER: AHMET DAVUTOĞLU
…GOVERNMENT
• …AND MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK FOUNDED THE REPUBLIC IN 1923
• HE IS CALLED THE FATHER OF THE TURKS