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Turkey
By Maya Larson
Geography
Southeastern Europe and
southwestern Asia, bordering black
sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia
Climate: hot, dry summers with mild,
wet winters
Geography
Area: total: 783,562 sq km
land: 769,632 sq km
water: 13,930 sq km
Turkey is a high central plateau and
has several mountain ranges
Turkey Info
population: 78,785,548
70-75% Turkish, 18% Kurdish, 7-12%
other
99.89% Muslim, 0.2% other (mostly
christens and Jews)
Health
Infant mortality rate: 23.94
deaths/1000 live birth
Life expectancy:
male: 70.61 years
female: 74.49 years
Economics
Income per capita: $12,300
Industry: textiles, food processing,
autos, electronics, mining (coal,
chromate, copper, boron) steel ,
petroleum, construction, lumber,
paper
Government
Republican parliamentary democracy
President: Abdullah Gul
Turkey has a very stable government
USA relationship with
turkey
We our allies with turkey
The USA helps give money to support
economic aid and military assistance
Our friendship goes back to the 18th
century
In 2006, a document called Shared
Vision Statement addressed common
values and goals of the two counties
Education
Percent of budget spent on education:
$500/capita
4% of the GDP
Literacy rates:
87% (women 80%, men 95%)
Current Events
On October 23 a earthquake hit the
city of Van and killed over 600 people.
People are going to be employed with
construction which will help the
economy
This month Turkish troops went into
northern Iraq in name of Kurdish
separatists who ambushed and killed
24 Turkish soldiers in southern Turkey
Bibliography
http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/tu/.
November 28, 2011.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publicatio
ns/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html.
November 28, 2011.