REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

TRKYEREPUBLIC OF TURKEY ATATURK FOUNDED THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY IN 1923MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK (1881-1938)

He reconstructed all the educational, juridical and political base of Turkey.He made many reforms and tried Turkey to integrate the Europe and world.

TURKEY IS APARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACYIslam is the dominant religion of TurkeyThere are about 120,000 Christians, including an estimated 80,000Oriental Orthodox,35,000 Roman Catholics,5,000Greek Orthodox and smaller numbers ofProtestants, and about 26,000 people who are JewishTurkey is asecular statewith no officialreligionOFFICIAL LANGUAGE: TURKISHThe other big cities are :zmirBursaAdanaKonyaAntalya

CAPITAL CITY: ANKARATHE MOST CROWDED CITY: ISTANBULBULGARIA- GREECE-GEORGIA-ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-IRAN-IRAQ-SYRIATurkey is bordered by eight countries:MEDITERRANEAN SEA, AEGEAN SEA, BLACK SEATHE SEA OF MARMARATHE FOUR SEAS74,724,269POPULATIONTURKEY ABOLISHED POLYGAMY IN 1926TURKEYDOES NOT HAVE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

TURKEY ACCEPTED LATIN ALPHABET IN 1928TURKISH LIRACURRENCYNOW TURKEY IS A CANDIDATE COUNTRY IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF EUROPEAN UNION

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