TURKEY By Ziad

INTRODUCTION

Turkey is a nice country her capital is Ankara and the main language is Turkish . Turkey’s location is in southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia and its borders are Bulgaria ,Greece, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, Georgia, Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea .

History

. People lived in Asian part of turkey called Anatolia since 7,000 bc

. Romans took over Anatolia I the year 30bc

Ottoman Empire

. In late 1200s new group gained power in Anatolia .

. In 1453 the Ottoman turks captured Constantinople .

. They renamed the city Istanbul and made it their capital .

Mustafa Kamel

. After the war many turks were angry at the ottoman government , which had lost lots of the empire’s land .

A military leader called Mustafa Kamel formed a separate government .

. In 1923 he founded a new country called turkey .

. The city of Ankara became the new capital .

Attaturk

. Kamel Mustafa became the first president of turkey .

. Kamel ruled with strong power . . He soon took the name “ Attaturk “

which is the “ father of the turks “ .

After Attaturk

. In 1960 and 1980 the military took over turkey’s government .

. In 1997 military forced the prime minister to step down .

. Modern turkey has also faced along .

Geography

Major Cities The major cities of turkey are Istanbul,

Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Adana and Mersin

Major Landforms Turkey is a country that connects Asia

and Europe, includes variety of landforms . The Asian part of the country is called Anatolia while the European part is called Thrace of Anatolia plateau , border by the korogly Pontic and Taurus mountains , and the eastern highlands . The periphery of the consists of the northern black see region , and the fertile crescent to the southeast .

Major Bodies Of Water

The major bodies of water are Manavgatcayi, manavgat water fall, lake tuz, akhurian river , lake bafa .

Major Landforms The major landforms in turkey are

Ayasofia mosque , sultanhmet Mosque , Topkapi palace , dalmabahce palace , Kariye museum .

Culture

Clothing In Turkey , men and woman wear in a

modern way . Some women wear head scarfs especially in rural areas . Men wear regular clothes like in Europe .

Music Music in turkey combine both European

and oriental cultures . You can hear it on the streets and you can buy Turkish music around the world .

Holidays Holydays in Turkey are so fun you can go

to many places , visit museums and do out door activities , I really recommended it .

Food I really like turkish pastries like bklaua

and knafe . Food in turkey is very wide and exotic . In my country in my country we eat a lot of food from the Turkish culture I like it very much .

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Story Behind The Flag

When attaturk did the revelation in October a new flag was adopted . It is a red flag with a star and crescent , the star was the morning the morning star as mentioned in the Holy Quran and the crescent represents a symbol of Islam and the red color is the color of the blood . Turkey had this flag since 1936.

Strange Laws In turkey it was illegal to drink coffee

jurying the 16th and 17th centuries the low is still till now but no one cares . Also in turkey it is forbidding for a married woman women to take a job also any one who is over 80 years cant drive a plane or a ship.

Population The population in turkey lives in urban

areas it’s also very young : 69%of turkish population is under 60 . The total population in turkey is 78million still increasing .

Travel Tips

When u go to turkey you have to goto the ottoman castles and places and when you go to a restaurant you have to order sweets specially Beklava you also have to visit the Bosfor.

Conclusion

First I didn’t like turkey but after I did the research I loved it and I wish I can visit this country tomorrow .

Biblio

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Books Turkey- Suleiman the Magnificent

encyclopedias

Turkey Britannica encyclopedia volume T

web www.wikipedea .com Traveltips.usetoday.com