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TURKEY AN OPEN-AIR MUSEUM WHERE CONTINENTS AND CIVILIZATIONS CULTURE HISTORY TRADITION MEET… 2

TURKEY THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY WAS FOUNDED BY MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK IN 1923.

A bridge between Asian and European continents

Ankara is the capital of Turkey.

Political Structure : Parliamentary democracy THE TURKISH GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (THE PARLIAMENT) HAS 550 MEMBERS THE PRESIDENT IS THE HEAD OF THE REPUBLIC THE PRIME MINISTER IS THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT

Demographics POPULATION: 74.000.000 Age groups in population - 0 - 14 Ages 29 % - 15 - 64 Ages 65 % - 65 + Ages 6 %

Memberships: A CANDIDATE FOR THE “EUROPEAN UNION” SINCE 2005 A MEMBER OF “UNESCO” SINCE 1945 A MEMBER OF “COUNCIL OF EUROPE” SINCE 1949 A MEMBER OF “NATO” SINCE 1952 A MEMBER OF “UNITED NATIONS” SINCE 1945 A MEMBER OF “OECD” SINCE 1961 A MEMBER OF “G-20” SINCE 2008

Turkey-Regional Turkey is divided into seven geographıcal regions:

TURKEY PROFILE & FACTS OFFICIAL NAME: REPUBLIC OF TURKEY DATE OF FOUNDATION: 29 OCTOBER 1923 CAPITAL: ANKARA BIGGEST CITIES: İSTANBUL, ANKARA, İZMİR, ADANA, ANTALYA, BURSA

TURKEY PROFILE & FACTS AREA: 814.578 KM2 COASTAL BORDERS: MEDITERRANEAN SEA, AEGEAN SEA, BLACK SEA LANGUAGE: TURKISH CURRENCY: TL (TURKISH LIRA) 1 €: 3.1 TL

TURKEY PROFILE & FACTS UNIVERSITIES: 196 (123 state universities and 73 foundation universities). 7 GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS 81 PROVINCES WHICH ARE RULED BY GOVERNORS MORE THAN 1000 DISTRICTS

TURKEY PROFILE & FACTS 5522 RECORDED ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES 33 OFFICIAL NATIONAL PARKS 16 OFFICIAL NATURAL PARKS 58 OFFICIAL NATURE MONUMENTS

SOME PHOTOS FROM TURKEY

AYASOFYA MUSEUM

ATATÜRK’S MAUSELEUM

TEMPLE OF APOLLON

ASPENDOS THEATRE

BODRUM CASTLE

DIM RIVER

HASANKEYF

IHLARA VALLEY

ISHAK PASHA PALACE

GIRLS’ CASTLE

GIRL’S TOWER

KLEOPATRA BEACH

ALANYA

ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH

DEAD SEA

THE BOSPHORUS BRIDGE

THE BOSPHORUS

GALATA TOWER

TROY

DÜDEN WATERFALL

MANAVGAT WATERFALL

MOUNT NEMRUT

FETHİYE

PAMUKKALE

ANATOLIAN TOWER

SAGALASSOS

MONASTERY OF SUMELA

FAIRY CHIMNEYS

CAPPADOCIA

SAFRANBOLU HOUSES

MOSQUE WITH 2 MINARETS

AKDAMAR CHURCH

AYASOFYA MOSQUE-MUSEUM

CLOCK TOWER OF İZMİR

SULTANAHMET MOSQUE

PERGE

3 BIG RELIGIONS

VAN CAT

TRADITIONAL FOLK DANCE

OPERA

TRADITIONAL WRITING

PAINTING

TURKISH CINEMA

RELIGIOUS DANCING

THEATRE

HUNDREDS OF ACTIVITIES

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