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Turkey (Country)
Officially known as the Republic of Turkey, Turkey is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolain peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. It is a country with a significant geostrategic importance with its location at the crossroads of Asia and Europe.
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What country do Turks live in?
There are many countries around the world that have turkeys living in them. One of these countries is the United States.
What is turkey's economy like?
Turkey's economy is increasingly driven by its industry and service sectors, although its traditional agriculture sector still accounts for about 30% of employment. An aggressive privatization program has reduced state involvement in basic industry, banking, transport, and communication, and an emerging cadre of middle-class entrepreneurs is adding dynamism to the economy. Turkey's traditional textiles and clothing sectors still account for one-third of industrial employment, despite stiff competition in international markets that resulted from the end of the global quota system. Other sectors, notably the automotive, construction, and electronics industries, are rising in importance and have surpassed textiles within Turkey's export mix. Oil began to flow through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in May 2006, marking a major milestone that will bring up to 1 million barrels per day from the Caspian to market. Several gas pipelines also are being planned to help move Central Asian gas to Europe via Turkey, which will help address Turkey's dependence on energy imports over the long term. After Turkey experienced a severe financial crisis in 2001, Ankara adopted financial and fiscal reforms as part of an IMF program. The reforms strengthened the country's economic fundamentals and ushered in an era of strong growth - averaging more than 6% annually until 2008, when global economic conditions and tighter fiscal policy caused GDP to contract in 2009, reduced inflation to 6.3% - a 34-year low - and cut the public sector debt-to-GPD ratio below 50%. Turkey's well-regulated financial markets and banking system weathered the global financial crisis and GDP rebounded strongly to 7.3% in 2010, as exports returned to normal levels following the recession. The economy, however, continues to be burdened by a high current account deficit and remains dependent on often volatile, short-term investment to finance its trade deficit. The stock value of FDI stood at $174 billion at year-end 2010, but inflows have slowed considerably in light of continuing economic turmoil in Europe, the source of much of Turkey's FDI. Further economic and judicial reforms and prospective EU membership are expected to boost Turkey's attractiveness to foreign investors. However, Turkey's relatively high current account deficit, uncertainty related to policy-making, and fiscal imbalances leave the economy vulnerable to destabilizing shifts in investor confidence.
Is a 1000000 bir milyon turk lirasi of 1970 still valid?
No. It has no value as an actual piece of money. The creation of YTL or New Turkish Lira made all previous Turkish Liras worthless as money. However, as a collector's item, it may be worth a little bit.
Yes, Turkish airlines is safe. If Turkish airlines were unsafe, they would no longer be serving customers. They also are known for their discounted rates.
Is Turkish a European or an Asian language?
Yes, most of Turkey's population is Muslim. Islam is the main religion of the Turkish people according to the CIA World factbook which states that 99.8% of Turkey's population are nominal Muslims. Most Muslims in Turkey are Sunnis forming about 70-80%, and Alevis of the Shia-sect form about 20-30% of the Muslim population.
It is important to note that especially in the West and South of the country, the people are much less religious (similar to how people in Western Europe may identify as Christian, but are not terribly religious).
Did Mustafa Kemal Ataturk modernize Turkey?
Mustafa Kemal became the First President of Turkey from 1923-1938 (when he died) and began to modernize the country in new and innovative ways, making the country more Westernized. Many Turks consider these improvements to have directly led to Turkish success as a country where most of the Islamic World is significantly poorer or sustained only by oil riches. Mustafa Kemal made the following reforms to modernize Turkey while he was a president:
- separated the laws of Islam from the laws of the nation
- replaced the old Muslim calender with the Gregorian calender
- abolished religious courts and created a new legal system based on European law as opposed to the previous system based on the Islamic law code
- granted women the right to vote in all elections and to hold public office
- launched government-funded programs to industrialize Turkey and to spur the economic growth
- attempted to modernize Turkey by banning the Fez which was of Greek origin
- marriage was considered civil and not religious and polygamy was abolished
No. It has a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea, an extension of the Atlantic Ocean.
How much 1000000 Turkish lira in American dollars?
About 75 cents US.
There are 1,000,000 old lira in 1 New Turkish lira, so your old lira have little money value, just curiosity value. (1 New Turkish lira is worth (March 2009) about US$0.75.)
Any remaining old lira has to be converted at either the Turkish Central Bank or T.C. Ziraat Bank branches, at the rate of 1 million old lira = 1 new lira
What is the distance between Sofia and istanbul?
The distance between the above mentioned places is 560.8km approximately. The distance is straight path from one place to another place. There might be slight difference between the actual distance and the above mentioned distance because of the route chosen.
No, of course not!
Racism is an attribute of people. A country is a geographic area and cannot itself be racist. There are likely to be racists in Turkey as there are anywhere else.
What is strait on which is Istanbul located?
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and dates to ancient times as Constantinople. It lies on the Bosporus Strait that connects the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea.
What do the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara compose?
For a+ useres! the answer is Turkish Straits!!!
(someone prolly already said this but I wanted to make sure)
What does the red mean on the Turkish flag?
bofore the rebublic green was on the flag. ( Islamic color ) but after Turkish War oF independence , red means blood all of died for this nation.
What does the white crescent moon and a star mean on the Turkish flag?
The Moon stands for trust and honesty.
The Star stands for making wishes and for all your dreams to come true.
What is the weather like in Turkey in February?
In İstanbul and most of the north, the weather is generally cold, rainy and sometimes snowy. In fact sunny days are rare at winter.
What were Ataturk's achievements in modernizing Turkey?
Ataturk pushed for the people of Turkey to learn to read and write. He also had them adopt the European custom of having a first and last name.
If what you're asking is the Turkish word for 'whatever' then it is (her*) neyse.
*not necessary
