Turkey

1. TURKEY

2. Geography

3. GEOGRAPHY
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE & SOUTHEASTERN
ASIA
• BORDERING BLACK SEA, MEDITERRANEAN SEA
AND THE AEGEAN SEA
• BORDERING COUNTRIES:
– ARMENIA
– AZERBAIJAN
– BULGARIA
– GEORGIA
–GREECE
–IRAN
–IRAQ
–SYRIA

4. CLIMATE & TERRAIN
• TEMPERATE
• HOT DRY SUMMER
• MILD, WET WINTER
• HIGH CENTRAL PLATEU (ANATOLIA)
• NARROW COASTAL PLAIN
• ELEVATION:
– LOWEST: MEDITERRANEAN SEA 0 M
– HIGHEST: MOUNT ARARAT 5,166 M

5. ENVIRONMENT
• SEVERE EARTHQUAKES
• VOLCANISM:
– MOUNT ARARAT
– MOUNT NEMRUT
– MOUNT TENDUREK
• WATER POLLUTION FROM DUMPING OF
CHEMICALS
• AIR POLLUTION
• DEFORESTATION
• DANGER OF OIL SPILLS FROM BOSPHORUS
TRAFFIC

6. FLAG

7. FLAG
• RED WITH VERTICAL WHITE CRESCENT MOON
• 5 POINT STAR
• FLAG COLORS AND DESIGN ARE SIMILAR TO
THE FLAG OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
• CRESCENT AND MOON ARE SYMBOLS OF
TURKS AND ISLAM
• FLAG REPRESENTS REFLECTION OF THE MOON
AND STAR IN A POOL OF BLOOD OF TURKISH
SOLDIERS

8. PEOPLE & SOCIETY
• NATIONALITY: TURKISH
• POPULATION: 78,785,548
• RELIGION: ISLAM
• LANGUAGE:
– OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: TURKISH
– KURDISH
– OTHER MINORITY
• CURRENCY: TURKISH LIRA
• MILITARY IS OBLIGATORY FOR MALES

9. GOVERNMENT
• REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
• 81 PROVINCES
• INDEPENDENCE FROM
THE OTTOMAN
EMPIRE 29 OCTOBER
1923
• PRESIDENT: RECEP
TAYYİP ERDOĞAN
• PRIME MINISTER:
AHMET DAVUTOĞLU

10. …GOVERNMENT
• IN 1922, THE 623 YEAR RULE OF THE OTTOMANS
ENDED

11. …GOVERNMENT
• …AND MUSTAFA
KEMAL ATATÜRK
FOUNDED THE
REPUBLIC IN
1923
• HE IS CALLED
THE FATHER OF
THE TURKS

12. FOOD

14. SPORTS
• FOOTBALL
–GALATASARAY
– BEŞIKTAŞ
– FENERBAHÇE
• WEIGHTLIFTING

15. SPORTS
• NATIONAL SPORT: OIL WRESTLING

16. TRADITIONS

18. HATAY
This is our school building
Beyhan Gençay Secondary
School

20. USEFUL PHRASES
• Hello- Merhaba
• How are you? Nasilsin?
• My name is…Benim adim…
• Thank you…tesekkür ederim
• Good morning…günaydin
• Good night…iyi geceler
• Goodbye…hoşça kal
• Have a nice day…iyi günler
• Please speak more slowly…lütfen daha yavaş
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