Turkey is a republic with a population of 79 million people located in both Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Its capital is Ankara and its largest city is Istanbul. Turkey has a predominantly Muslim population and Turkish is the official language. The country has a parliamentary democracy and was founded in 1923 after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey has a growing economy focused on agriculture, tourism, and industries like textiles and automobiles.

1. THE REPUBLIC OF
TURKEY
BY ARSAL ASAL

3. MAP OF TURKEY
Capital City: Ankara (3.8 Million) Largest City: Istanbul (10.4 Million)

9. GENERAL INFORMATION
• Population: 79 Million
• Languages: Turkish (Official)
• Population Growth Rate: 1.23%
• Birth Rate: 17.9 births/1,000 population
• Death Rate: 6.1 deaths/1,000
• Religion: Muslim (Sunni) 99.3%, other 0.7% (Catholics
and Jews)
• Age Structure:
0-14 years: 26.6%
15-64 years: 67.1%
65 years and over: 6.3%

10. GENERAL INFORMATION
• Urbanization: 70% (of total population)
• Other major cities: Izmir (3 million), Bursa (1.5 million)
and Adana (1.3 million)
• Literacy: 87.4% (age 15 and over can read and
write, 12 years) 95% in major cities.
• Climate: 4 seasons. Temperate; hot, dry summers
with mild, wet winter; harsher in interior.
• Natural hazards: Earthquakes

11. GOVERNMENT
• Government type: Republican Parliamentary
democracy.
• 81 provinces.
• Independence: October 29th 1923
• Founder: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1939)
• Executive Branch:
President: Abdullah Gul
Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
• Legislative Branch: Grand National Assembly of
Turkey (550 seats)

12. GOVERNMENT
• Elections are done every 4 years.
• Judicial Branch: High Court of Appeals, Council of
State, Court of Accounts, Military High Court of
Appeals and Military High Administrative Court.

15. ECONOMY
• GDP (purchasing power parity): $960.5 billion
(country comparison to the world is #17)
• GDP (official exchange rate): $741.9 billion
• GDP – per capita: $12,300
• Labor Force: 25.64 million (1.2 million Turks work
abroad)
• Unemployment: 12%
• Population between poverty line: 17.11%
• Inflation rate: 8.6%

16. ECONOMY
• Agriculture: Tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar
beets, hazelnuts, pulse, citrus.
• Industries: textiles, food processing, autos,
electronics, mining (coal, chromate, copper), steel,
petroleum, construction and paper.
• Tourism
• Exchange rates:
1.90TL = $1
2,49TL = 1£

18. HISTORY
• Ottoman Empire (1321)-(1920)
• The Ottoman Empire expanded into the
Eastern Anatolia, Central Europe, the
Caucasus, North and East Africa, the
islands in the Mediterranean, Greater Syria,
Mesopotamia, and the Arabian peninsula
in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries
• During nearly two centuries of decline, the
Ottoman Empire gradually shrank in size,
military power and wealth.

19. HISTORY
• World War 1(GERMANY)
• Turkish War of Independence (1918 Battle of Gallipoli)
• Leader M.K.A established the new Turkish state, the newly
founded parliament formally abolished the Sultanate, thus
ending 623 years of Ottoman rule. (1923)
• Truman Doctrine (1947) enunciated American intentions
to guarantee the security of Turkey and Greece, and
resulted in large scale U.S military and economic support.

20. TURKEY IS KNOWN FOR ITS:
• Turkish coffee
• Baklava
• Turkish Delight
• Kebab
• Turkish Belly Dance
• Ottoman Empire
• Music
• Hookah
• Raki
• Soccer
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CBllQ3Uchk