TurkeyAlaa BataMr.Sweeny8/c

Location

• Turkey is a transcontinental country located in the northern hemisphere ,and borders eight countries. Bulgaria to the northwest, Greece to the west, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia ,Azerbaijan and Iran to the east, Iraq and Syria to the southeast.

Geographic Features

• Turkey is encircled by three main seas, the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean sea.

• rivers: Hursit, Cayi ,Firtina, Tigris, Veleka ,Kura ,Cadmus, and Maritsa

• mountains :Karadag,

Karacadag, Amanos Hasandag, Uludag,and Ararat

• Lakes: van

Climate and weather

Temperature in summer (degrees Celsius)

Temperature in winter (degrees Celsius)

Region

237Black sea

1713-Eastern Anatolia

17-13Southeastern Anatolia

232-Central Anatolian

299Mediterranean

299Aegean

274Marmara

Environment

• Deer, Wolf, lynx, bear, gazelle, leopard, wild ducks and geese, teal, Vulpes (red fox) and other endangered species such as the Dalmatian pelican, pygmy cormorant and the slender billed curlew

• tulip , crocus, snowdrop, lily, kiwis, bananas, grapes, avocado and mushrooms

Customs

• According to the Islamic and Turkish customs, it is preferable to wear Islamic clothes when entering a mosque while it is a must to remove your shoes before entering the mosque, to talk politely with low voice, not to walk directly in front of the prayers.

• Pointing at others, hugging and kissing in public, exposing the sole of your foot so that it points in the direction of others , is considere rude and cheeky and might cause people to ignore you.

Traditions

Belly dancers

• Almost every hotel in Turkey offers a belly dance show for the tourists, recently belly dancers are found in social events, weddings, and ceremonies, in order to celebrate an important events, but before less than one hundred years ago belly dance was a religious ritual which many females does in honor of their gods.

Camel fight• Many Turkish people enjoy watching camel races during

winter time , the point of the game is to see which camel can hold the opponent the longest. This popular game originally played in the Arab countries and Iran long time ago.

History of Turkey

• Make a timeline of the important historical events of your country or province.

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20071964194519231914334 BCE16th- 17th century

6th and 5th century

Ahmet cizer was succeeded by Abdullah gul

Turkey became a member of the European community

Turkey entered world war II

Modern turkey was found by Ataturk

The ottoman empire entered world war I

Alexander the great conquered the ottoman empire

The ottoman empire became among the world's most powerful political entities

The entire area was conquered by the Persians

Government

• republican parliamentary democracy ;which means that the citizens are allowed to vote and choose their own leader and government elements.

• Lows are made and obeyed by all the citizens, severe penalties are made on disobeying people.

Economy

• coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, and clay, automotive industry, electronics and textiles.

• sunflower, tobacco, grains, grapes, and olives of good quality. Silk production is one of the common occupations in the area.

Tourism

• The Blue mosque (sultan ahmed) mosque

Bibliography

• Enjoyturkey.com/info/usefull/info/climate.htm• www.allaboutturkey.com• Student.britannica.com/comptons/article-

209124/turkey• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey