Middle East Country Discovery
The country im talking about is Turkey
Country Basics
The capital of turkey is Ankara
The flag of Turkey (Turkish: Turk bayragı,meaning Turkish flag) is a red flag featuring a white star and crescent. The flag is often called al bayrak (the red flag) and referred to as al sancak (the red banner) in the Turkishnational anthem.
Geography
The major things are in pictures below.
In their times, it is widely recognized that the economic and social development depends on the protection of the environment and reduction of the human impact.
Major Things
AWESOMENESS
Government
Turkey is a nation straddling eastern Europe and western Asia with cultural connections to ancient Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires.
Capital: Ankara
President: Recap Tayyip Erdogan
Prime Minister: Ahmet Davutoglu
Popullation: 74.93 million (2013)
They Elect there leaders by the Turkish Parliament.
The citizens are honored by the Government
Economy
They use Lira, Lira was also the name for Italy's pre-euro currency. The Italian plural of lira is lire, but this is Italian, not Turkish. (In Turkish, the former Italian currency is the liret, lee-REHT.) In English, the usage is lira and liras: TL1 = one lira; TL5 = five liras.
Exports$176.6 billion (28th) (2014)
Export goodsList[show] apparel foodstuffs textiles metal manufactures transport equipment
Main export partnersGermany 9.6% Iraq 6.9% United Kingdom 6.3% Italy 4.5% France 4.1% USA 4% (2014 est.) [13]
Imports$240.4 billion (22nd) (2014)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95%
male: 98.4%
female: 91.8% (2015 est.)
16.33 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)
Culture
The people that live in Turkey speak Turkish.
The thing is that Turkey doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving, one of the most famous food in Turkey is Dolma.
Climate
The Black Sea coasts (Rize, Hopa) receive 2,200 mm rainfall while Konya and Iğdır 250-300mm.
The weather didnt have a big effect on Turkey.
History
Turkey has recently found something amazing its called limestone pillar
Compare and Contrast
Compare
1. Transportation2. Both have Presidents
3. The color red is on both flags
4. Both have belivers in GOD
Contrast
1. Different languages
2. Cloths
3. Domident Religion
4. Holidays