Turkey in 500 Words

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Turkey

     Turkey, officially known as the Republic of Turkey is a Eurasian country located at the northeast end of the Mediterranean Sea in southeast Europe and southwest Asia. Capital Ankara, cities Istanbul, Izmir, Bursa, Adana, Gaziantep. Its neighbors are Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. Its terrain is narrow coastal plain surrounds Anatolia; an inland plateau becomes increasingly rugged as it progresses eastward. Turkey includes one of the more earthquake-prone areas of the world; its clime is temperate, hot, with dry summers with mild wet winters. The population is about 79.7 million, country’s official language is Turkish, the vast majority of the population are Muslims other mostly Christians and Jews.

  The currency of Turkey is known as Turkish lira. Turkey is a large, middle-income country with relatively few natural resources, such as coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony mercury, gold, barite, barite, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, and hydropower. Turkey; largely free-market economy is one of the world’s leading producers of agricultural products; textiles; motor vehicles, ships and other transportation equipment; construction materials; consumer electronics and home appliances. In recent years, Turkey had a rapidly growing private sector, yet the state still plays a major role in industry, banking, transport, and communications. The economy of Turkey is defined as an emerging market economy by the IMF and is largely developed, making Turkey one of the world's newly industrialized countries.

Turkey is a parliamentary representative democracy. Since its foundation as a republic in 1923, Turkey has developed a strong tradition of secularism. Turkey's constitution governs the legal framework of the country. It sets out the main principles of government and establishes Turkey as a unitary centralized state. The president of the Republic is the head of the state and is elected for five-year term by direct elections. Turkey's political system is based on a separation of powers. The freedom and independence of the Judicial System is protected within the constitution. There is no organization, person, or institution which can interfere in the running of the courts. The Judicial system is highly structured. Turkish courts have no jury system; judges render decisions after establishing the facts in each case based on evidence presented by lawyers and prosecutors. All courts are open to the public. The culture of Turkey takes its roots from Ottoman Empire. Turkish Culture is unique in the world and has been influenced in return by cultures and civilizations from China to Vienna and from Russian steps to North Africa. Turkish culture reflects a cultural richness and diversity, and remains mostly shaped by its deep roots in Middle East, Anatolia and Balkans, the cradle of many civilizations for at least twelve thousand years. Each region in Turkey has its own special folk dances and costumes.

The southeastern part of Turkey is a hot desert region. The wide range of Turkish cuisine can be attributed to the geographical differences of the regions with the variety of landscapes and climactic conditions. The environment of each region develops different products like meat, fish, grains or fruits and vegetables. Turkey has a rich variety of cuisine that makes it worthwhile just to take a culinary tour of the country. It is said that travelers in Turkey, "come for the history but stay for the food".

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Turkey. (2012, July 20). Retrieved from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey