Turkey Part 1 Country Research By: Lauren E. Riley
Feb 23, 2016
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 Government
Prime 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 Cetincaya Karademir
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