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The Republic of Turkey is an Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Bal an re!ion o" southeastern Europe# It is $ordered $y ei!ht countries% Bul!aria to the northwest& Greece to the west& Geor!ia to the northeast& Ar'enia& A(er$ai)an and Iran to the east& and Ira* and Syria to the southeast# The capital o" Tur ey is An ara& $ut the 'ost populated is Istan$ul#

LOCATION

MAP OF TURKEY

LANGUAGE Tur ish is the sole o""icial lan!ua!e throu!hout Tur ey#

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RELIGION Tur ey is o""icially a secular +epu$lic# The Tur ish Constitution pro,ides the "reedo' o" reli!ion and conscience& $ut does not represent or pro'ote a reli!ion# The population o" Tur ey is predo'inantly -usli' .//01& the 'a)ority are Sunni .2301 and a lar!e 'inority are Ale,i .435 6301#

Turkeys Government
Turkeys leader is Abdullah Gul. The prime minister is Recep Tayyip Erdogon. Turkeys legislature (the people who make the laws) is called the Grand National Assembly.
Recep Tayyip Erdogon Abdullah Gul

Top ap7 8alace& Istan$ul

Traditional water"ront houses& called ,ali& on the Bosporus

Close up ,iew o" Dol'a$ah9e 8alace "ro' the Bosporus

Beyler$eyi 8alace "ro' the Bosphorus Center Anatolia

Famous cities
stanbul Anatalya Edrine !anakkale "mir #ursa $onya Trab"on

Major ports
%ort o& Alemdar' (ilo)as* %ort o& Ambarl*' stanbul %ro)ince Akcansa Ambarli %ort Alemdar %ort Ambarli Armaport Ambarli +ardas %ort Ambarli ,oyak %ort

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%ort o& #andirma %ort o& (erince %ort o& (iler' -ereke Gemport %ort o& -aydarpa.a' stanbul $umport %ort o& +arta.' +armara Ere/lisi %ort o& ,ede&' (ilo)as* %ort o& Tekirdag (Akport)

atura! resources
+inerals %etroleum and natural gas Nuclear energy Geothermal energy Energy security

Turkis" #mport an$ e%port

Acc to 0oreign Trade ,tatistics' No)ember 1234 Exports increased by 3.6% and imports increased by 2.2% According to the pro)isional data' produced with the cooperation o& the Turkish ,tatistical nstitute and the +inistry o& !ustoms and Trade' in No)ember 12345 e6ports were 37 181 +illion (ollars with a 4.9: increase and imports were 13 724 +illion (ollars with a 1.1: increase compared with No)ember 1231.

Foreign trade deficit decreased by 0.6%

At the same month' &oreign trade de&icit decreased by 2.9: &rom ; 3<8 +illion (ollars to ; 383 +illion (ollars. n No)ember 1234' e6ports co)erage imports was 99.9:' while it was 98.;: in No)ember 1231.

#mport partners
Russia (33.4:) Germany (<:) !hina (<:) =, (9:) taly (8.9:) ran (8.3:)

#mport commo$ities
+achinery !hemicals ,emi &inished goods 0uels Transport e>uipment

E%port partners
Germany (?.9:) ran (;.3:) =$ (8.;:) =AE (8.7:) Russia (7.7:) taly (7.1:) 0rance (7.3:)

E%port commo$ities
Apparel 0oodstu&& Te6tiles +etal manu&acturing Transport e>uipment

Turkey&s tra$e 'airs ()*+

(oor 0air Turkey

nternational trade &air &or doors . !#+E Turkey nternational stanbul !hildren #aby +aternity E6po An&as 0ood %roduct nternational mediterranean &ood and be)erage e6hibition An&as -otel E>uipment international trade &air &or the hospitality industry and decoration