1. Turkey Madison Martin ¾ Block Hour

2. Geography 1 Turkey owns 301,382 sq. miles of land Latitude: 39.56 Longitude: 32.52 Unevenly divided between Europe and Asia

3. Geography 2 Climate: mild with cool winters and warm summers Natural resources: Coal, copper, chromium, boron, and petroleum Main Transportation: railways, boat, and airways

4. History 330 A.D. Constantine Empire (Roman Ruling) ruled Turkey area In the 1200’s the Ottoman’s ruled Turkey’s area 1923 Turkey republic was established

5. Economy 1 An almost developed country 24.4% of population are between the ages of 0 and 14 60% of the people in Turkey live in urban areas The literacy percentage is 87.4%

6. Economy 2 24.7% of people have a job in industry and commerce Per capita GPD is $12,900 The life expectancy is 74.14 years old

7. Politics The constitution was approved in 1982 Turkey has a president, prime minster, and a legislature Grand National Assembly elects the president Presidents name is Abdullah Aul and he is the 11 th president

8. Culture 98% are Turkish Muslim Main Language: Turkish Most celebrated holiday: Ramadan Turks wear a light dress with long sleeves, and some men will wear a hat to prevent sum burns Turks go to a mosque as their place of worship

9. Facts & Figures Population growth: 1.013% Life expectancy for women: 74 for men: 69 Literacy rate for women: 80% for men: 95%

10. Interesting Information 1 A Turkish person doesn’t point the sole of a foot towards another person A Turkish person doesn’t smoke without permission from who they are with A Turkish person doesn’t cross their leg in front of a wiser, older person From 1963-1980 the country’s government was very weak

11. Interesting Information 2 Turkey’s area is half of Iran, 2 times bigger than Iraq, 4 times bigger than Syria, 6 times bigger than Greece, and 7 times bigger than Bulgaria Turkey’s population is bigger than all of its neighbors

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