TurkeyPart 1
Country Research By: Lauren E. Riley
Physical features• Important Landforms
–High Central Plateau (Anatolia)–Narrow Coastal Plain–Several Mountain Ranges
Location• Turkey is Located–In Europe –Southwestern
Asia–Northern
Hemisphere
LANGUAGE• Official Languages of Turkey–Turkish–Kurdish–Other Minority
Languages
Religion• Main Religions– 99.8% Muslim (mostly Sunni)– 0.2% Other (mostly Christians and Jews
LIFE• Life Expectancy– 70.12 years MALE– 73.89 years FEMALE
SWEET 15• LITERACY RATE– 87.4% TOTAL POPULATION– 95.3% MALE– 76.6% FEMALE
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
• SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT– Republican Parliamentary Democracy
*IMPORTANT * PEOPLE*
Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Deputy Prime Minister Cemil CicekDeputy Prime Minister Ali BabacanDeputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc
President Abdullah Gul(Chief of State) Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan
$$ MONEY $$• JOBS
– 29.5% Agriculture– 24.7% Industry– 45.8% Services
More Money
• CAPITA GDP– 11,200
TurkeyPART 2
WINTER OLYMPICS
2010
Athletes• Turkish athletes in the olympics
3 Women= Tugba
Dasdemir Kelime Tugba CetincayaKarademir
1 Man= Erdinc
Turksever
EVENTS•# OF EVENTS•Three
MEDALS•# of Medals
GOLD=SILVER=
BRONZE=
RECORDS• # OF RECORDS BROKEN
WORLD RECORDS=
COUNTRY RECORDS=
NEWSMY COUNTRY IS…
…NOTHING HAPPENS
!!BORING!!
By: Lauren E Riley