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
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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: ABDULLAH
GÜL
• PRIME MINISTER:
RECEP TAYYIP
ERDOĞAN
…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
ADIYAMAN
USEFUL PHRASES
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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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