TurkeyEconomy, Population, Government, Culture and Climate 

Government• Republican Parliamentary Democracy.• Was a republican in 1923.• The president established authoritarian.• This lasted until 1950.• Few interruption from the millitary.• Current constitution was written in 1982.• One-house legistlature called The Grand

National Assembly.• 500 people elected every 5 years.• Prime minister and the President share

power.• Restricitons of Political Parties.• Five biggest Parties in Turkey.

 

The Grand National Assembly

 President Prime Minister

Millitary Interruptions

Population• Approximately 78 million people.• Average of 94 people live per kilometer.• 75.5% live in cities and 24.5% live the countryside.• 1990 ~ 2000 the population grew 1.27%.• 0-14 year:26.6%

     15-64 year:67.1%     65 year and up: 6.3%• 1960 ~ 1970 many Turkish people moved to

European countries.• During Cold war people from Eastern Europe and the

Soviet Union migrated to Turkey.• People from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan

migrates to Turkey often as well.

Turkish Population Map

Afghansitan, Iraq,　 Iran and Pakistan

Cold War

Economy• One of the leading producers of agriculture.• 38% of Turkey's land is arable.• 90% is devoted to cereal.• wheat is the principle crop and it took 59% of the grain

production in 1999.• 18 billion tons of wheat were grown in 1999.• Aso produced 20 billion tons of sugar beat,3.65 billion

tons grapes, 2.4 billion tons of maize, 86 million tons of sun flower seeds, 80.2 tons of cotton and 83 million tons of oranges in 1999.

• Signed a free trade agreement with its neighbors. (Example: Israel, Morocco, Syria and Egypt.)

• Every region receives about 100% of water.• 12 years of education.• Very cheap to live in Tukey.• Only 23.94 poeple have died so far in 2011.

Wheat field

Turkey's neighbor countries

Climate

• The coasts have mild climate.• The inland has colder winters and it's drier.• Located as Asia miner.• Influenced by:

     1. Being bordered on the south by the Mediteranean.     2. The black sea on the north.     3. Mountains and Deserts on the west.

Climate map.

Mountains and deserts. Black sea Mediternean

Culture• Muslims: 98%• Orthodox, Gregorian, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant and

Christians: 2%• Turkish is spoken 90%.• Arabic is spoken 6%•  Famous for:

     1. Coffee and tea     2. Carpets called "Killims"     3. Hand crafted goods• People eat:

     1. Yogurt     2. Pilaf     3. Kebab

Turkish Yogurt Turkish pilaf kebab

Muslims in Turkey

BibliographyCIA World Fact Bookhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html

 Online School Encyclopediahttp://school.eb.com/comptons/article-9277465?query=Turkey&ct

 The Nations Encyclopediahttp://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-oceanic/Turkey-AGRICULTURE.html

 Kwint Essentialhttp://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/turkey-country-profile.html

 Migration Information Soursehttp://www.migrationinformation.org/profiles/display.cfm?id=176

 Live Traveling Budshttp://www.livetravelhelp.com/info/urkey/shopping/

 Traveling Taste Budshttp://travelingtastebuds.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-to-turkish-people-eat.html

 

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