TurkeyPart 1

Country Research By: Lauren E. Riley

GEOGRAPHY

Physical features• Important Landforms

–High Central Plateau (Anatolia)–Narrow Coastal Plain–Several Mountain Ranges

Location• Turkey is Located–In Europe –Southwestern

Asia–Northern

Hemisphere

PEOPLE

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

GOVERNMENT

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

ECONOMY

$$ MONEY $$• 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