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Turkey



Red is a traditional Islamic color and was the color used by the Ottoman Empire, who formerly ruled Turkey, but the empire collapsed in 1918. The crescent and star are ancient symbols of Islam and are considered to be signs of good luck. The color red is a prominent color in Turkish history and even though the crescent and star are symbols of Islam they have been used in Asia Minor even before the advent of Islam.

**What are the names of countries rhat share a land border**? If it is         an island what countries are located nearby?syria, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, Georgia.


 * __The population is__ ** 71,892,807


 * __The capital city is__ ** Ankara

__**Agricultural products**-__ tobocco, cotton, olives, sugar, beets, pulse.

** __Industries-__ ** textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper

__**//chief of state//**-__ President Abdullah GUL (since 28 August 2007) __**//head of government//**-__ Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (since 14 March 2003) **// __Deputy Prime Minister-__ //** Cemil CICEK (since 29 August 2007) __**//Deputy Prime Minister//**-__ Hayati YAZICI (since 29 August 2007) **// __Deputy Prime Minister-__ //** Nazim EKREN (since 29 August 2007.        **// __cabinet-__ //** Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the nomination of the prime minister  __**//elections//**-__ president elected by the National Assembly for one seven-year terms **//__prime minister-__//** appointed by the president from among members of parliament   ** __//president//-__ **elect must have a two-thirds majority of the National Assembly on the first two ballots and a simple majority on the third ballot                // __**election results**-__ // Abdullah GUL received 339 votes in the third round of voting on 28 August 2007, after failing to garner the two thirds vote required by law in the first two rounds  The type of government is republican parliament ory demucracy. The capital is Ankara. They Had there independence in october 29, 1923.

__ **Places to visit in turkey**? __ Ephesus, Blue Mosque, and Hagia sophia


 * __Two importent dates from the country's history?__ **

1923: The Modern turkey was found. 1950: The election victory of the opposition Democratic Party.

__** Written Response to a current Event **__

[|Turkey: 'Kurdish rebels killed in northern Iraq']

a.** __The title of your article?__ **Turkey: 'Kurdish rebels killed in northern Iraq' b.** __The author of the article?__ **CNN c.** __The source of the information?__ **www.CNN.com d.** __The date of the article?__ **march 29, 2008

__** Summarize the the six points in a paragraph? **__ The PKK group was planning to attack and trying to leak through the border into turkey.The European Union is comprised of militants who have been lounching attacks against Turkey.The group was under fire by a long range weapens and 15 terrorists were killed.There was no asault was conducted Thursday and Friday add added that no operations have beenconducted in northern Iraq.

__** Relate the information from www.cia.gov? **__ The miltary branches are Turkish armed forces, land forces, Naual forces and so on. The militory service age is 20 years of age (2004). The military manpower is males ages 20-49 16,756,323 and the females is ages 20-49 16,051,706 (2005 est).

Form 1: One student that has the same country Your name:_Zach Snow

Is there any information that incorrect on this Wiki space? No all his information is accurate

In terms of layout, font, backgrounds etc., is there anything you would change on this page? Explain. No because his information was good he included some pictures and it was accurate

Read the students’ current event article then read the students’ summary. Is their summary accurate? yes

Compare your current event article with their article. Does this information add to your understanding of your country? I dont have a current event article in mine,yes

Form 1: One student that has the same country Your name:stacy

Is there any information that incorrect on this Wiki space? the information is correct and neat

In terms of layout, font, backgrounds etc., is there anything you would change on this page? Explain. i would add more color but other then that its neat and put together nicely

Read the students’ current event article then read the students’ summary. Is their summary accurate? i dont see a summary but there is a link.

Compare your current event article with their article. Does this information add to your understanding of your country? yes it adds to the understading about how they communicate with other countries.