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

• 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

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• IN 1922, THE 623 YEAR RULE OF THE OTTOMANS

ENDED

…GOVERNMENT

• …AND MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK FOUNDED THE REPUBLIC IN 1923

• HE IS CALLED THE FATHER OF THE TURKS

FOOD

SPORTS

• FOOTBALL

–GALATASARAY

–BEŞIKTAŞ

– FENERBAHÇE

• WEIGHTLIFTING

SPORTS

• NATIONAL SPORT: OIL WRESTLING

TRADITIONS

HATAY

This is our school buildingBeyhan Gençay Secondary School

USEFUL PHRASES

• Hello- Merhaba• How are you? Nasilsin?• My name is…Benim adim…• Thank you…tesekkür ederim• Good morning…günaydin• Good night…iyi geceler• Goodbye…hoşça kal• Have a nice day…iyi günler• Please speak more slowly…lütfen daha yavaş

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