Turkey is located Western Asia and east part of Europe. Bordered with 8 country with Aegaen sea is the west, Black sea is the north and Mediterranean sea is in the south.Turkey also seperate Asia ve Europe.
Turkey`s language mainly Turkish and about %85 of the population is mother tounge. Turkey is government republic and decleration of the republic 29 October 1923. Total area is 783.562 km and estimated about 75 million people.
Turkey`s currency Lira and drives on the right.Founder of the republic of Turkey is Ataturk which has many schools,airports, government buildings etc. name comes after his name. Capital is Ankara and biggest city is Istanbul.
Turkey is member of G-20 economies and also NATO and UN member.Turkey has second biggest army in NATO after United States. Turkey`s growing economy,military and diplomatic initatives have led its recognation as a regional power in the Middle East.
Turkey has 7 regions with 81 states.. Biggest city with 14 million population is Istanbul. Istanbul also is the financial,economic and cultural heart of the country.
The Anatolian peninsula is one of the oldest permanently settled regions in the world. Gobekli Tepe is the temple known man-made oldest structure dating back 10.000 BC.The settlement of Troy,Hattians,Hurrians,Hittites,Phrygians,Lydia and Byzantium also started in Anatolian peninsula.
Alexander the Great in 334 BC was the strongest in the Anatolia region and after his death in 323 BC Roman Republic established by the mid 1st century BC after what became Roman Empire and later capital was named Byzantium or Constantinople(modern day istanbul) till it was captured by Osmanli Empire Fatih Sultan Mehmet in 29 May 1453.
Turkey has 4 seasons in one year and summers are very hot and dry and winters are very cold but in south even at winters weather is cool,warm and wet. Eastern part in summer in winter -30 to -40 and summers are generally 30C to up 40-45C.
Turkey has the world 15th largest GDP. istanbul has largest shopping mall in Europe and Istanbul also world financial and economic center. Tourism in Turkey always number one in the economy and just in 2008 around 31 million tourist visited the country.Turkey has large and growing automotive industry and also number 4th in the world shipbuilding.
Life expectancy in Turkey for men`s 71.1 and women`s 75.3. Education is free 6 years to 15 years. Most people in Turkey lives in urban areas.Turkey also secular state with no offical religion but Islam is the most dominant religion in Turkey.
Turkish people loves soccer, they sleep with soccer and wake up with soccer and follow by basketball and volleyball.
- Next week I will write about my visit to Turkey and Istanbul. I haven`t gone back home 13 years and Istanbul has changed amazingly. Stay tune:)
Support Volunteer Hasan
トルコはアジアの西、ヨーロッパの東に位置します。そして、周りには８個の国があり、トルコは、西のAegaen、北のBlack、南のMediterranean海の３つに接しています。
トルコの85パーセントの人々がトルコ語を話します。トルコ政府は１９２３年１０月２９日に共和国を見つけました。国の面積は７８３．５６２Ｋ㎡で、人口は７５００万人です。
トルコの通貨はLiraで、道路は右側通行です。首都はAnkara、大都市はイスタンブールです。
トルコもＧ20とNATO、そしてＵＮのメンバーです。そしてＮＡＴＯの中ではトルコ軍は２番目に強いです。トルコは強い経済、軍隊で中東の中で大きな影響力を持つようになりました。
トルコは７つの地域、８１の都市からできています。大都市のイスタンブールは、人口１４00万で、トルコの金融や文化の中心です。
Anatolia半島は世界で最も古い地域があり、Gobekli Tepeは人間が作った世界で最も古いお寺でＢＣ10000に建てられました。トルコは昔、Troy,Hattians,Hurrians,Hittites,Phrygians,LydiaそしてByzantiumなどの国があった歴史的な国です。
トルコは四季があり、夏はとても暑く、冬はとても寒いです。東の地域は冬は－30℃～－40℃、夏はいつも30～45℃になります。
トルコはＧＤＰが世界で１５番目です。イスタンブールにはヨーロッパで１番大きなショッピングモールがあります。トルコの経済の中で観光は１番大切なものなのです。２００８年は３１００万人の観光客達がトルコに訪れました。また、自動車産業が世界的に有名で、造船産業は世界で４番目に栄えています。
平均寿命が、男性が71.1歳、女性は75.3歳です。教育費は６歳から１５歳までは無料です。ほとんどの人は都市に住んでいます。トルコ政府は世俗的で、公式な宗教は決まっていません。しかし、イスラム教が最も大きい宗教です。
最後に、トルコ人はサッカーが１番大好きで、バスケットボールやバレーボールも好きです。
来週は続きのパート２「イスタンブールについて」をブログにアップします。
