Turkey Part 1 Country Research By: Lauren E. Riley
Important Landforms – High Central Plateau (Anatolia) – Narrow Coastal Plain – Several Mountain Ranges
Turkey is Located – In Europe – Southwestern Asia – Northern Hemisphere
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 – years MALE – years FEMALE
SWEET 15 LITERACY RATE – 87.4% TOTAL POPULATION – 95.3% MALE – 76.6% FEMALE
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT – Republican Parliamentary Democracy
*IMPORTANT * PEOPLE* Head of Government P rime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc
$$ MONEY $$ JOBS – 29.5% Agriculture – 24.7% Industry – 45.8% Services
CAPITA GDP – 11,200
Turkey PART 2 WINTER OLYMPICS 2010
Athletes Turkish athletes in the olympics 3 Women= Tugba Dasdemir Kelime Tugba CetincayaKarademir 1 Man= Erdinc Turksever
EVENTS # OF EVENTS Three
MEDALS # of Medals GOLD= SILVER= BRONZE=
RECORDS
NEWS MY COUNTRY IS… …NOTHING HAPPENS