About Turkey

Official name: Republic of Turkey

Capital: Ankara

Area: 780,580 km2.

Location: Turkey is a bridge between three continents - Asia, Africa and Europe, bordered by four seas - the Black Sea, Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean. Turkey has borders with Georgia, Ar-meniey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Greece and Bulgaria

Population: 71,158,647 (2007). The basic population of the Turks. The country is home to over 25 national minority Kurds, Arabs, Greeks, Circassians, Armenians, Jews, Georgians.

Climate: The climate in the country vary from region to region, it Svyatopolk-zanno with the diversity of the landscape. Mediterranean climate (hot, dry summers and warm, rainy winter) predominates in the Aegean and the Mediterranean coasts of Turkey. In summer the temperature rises, Hsia +32- +35 C in winter to 9 C. In central and eastern regions of the country's climate is continental, a sharp-continental.

Political system: Republic. President: Ahmet Necdet Sezer (Ahmet Necdet Sezer). Elected for 7 years. Legislature: Aude nopalatnaya legal system. Prime Minister: Recep T. Al-Dogan (Recep Tayyip Erdogan). In 1952 Turkey was accepted into NATO. Neither the EU nor in the Schengen zone, Turkey is not included.

Time: behind Moscow for 1 hour.

Currency: Turkish Lira (Türk Lirasi - TL), in many shops in the Turi-acoustic zones take American dollars or euros.

Religion: 97og% of Turkey's population - Muslims. In addition to the Muslims living in Turkey, Greek, Armenian and Syrian-Orthodox hri-stiane, the Jews. In the country there are 373 religious communities. Turkey - a secular state, religion is legally separated from the state.

Holidays:

1 January: New Year's.
April 23: Day of National Independence and Children's Festival (date of formation of the Parliament - Grand National Assembly).
May 19: Memorial Day Celebration Atatürk and Youth and Sports (beginning of the liberation war).
30 August: Victory Day (victory over okuppantami in 1922)
October 29: Republic Day (proclamation of the Turkish Republic).
Ramadan: the Muslim festival celebrating end of fasting.
Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice): the main religious holiday. Continued for 4 days.

Key dates in the history of the country:

1071 - Beginning of colonization of Asia Minor by the Turks.
1075 - Establishment of Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate.
1299 - Founding of the Ottoman Empire.
1922 - The collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
1923 - Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. The first president and ac-er, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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