TurkeyBy: Cooper Gray

Geography

• Turkey is located North of the middle east and is bordered by 7 countries, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Greece, and Bulgaria. It is over 485,029 miles in size. It's capitol is Ankara which has over 4,660,000 million people.

People

• There are 77 million people living in Turkey at the last census.

• 99% of those people are Muslim.• The population is growing at a 1% increase.• Another name for a person from Turkey is a

Turk.

Landforms

• The highest peak in Turkey is Greater Ararat at 16,854 feet.

• The lowest point in Turkey is the Mediterranean Sea at 0 feet.

• The biggest island in Turkey is Prince island

Waterforms

• Turkey is bordered by two seas, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.

• The longest river in Turkey is the Kizilirmak.• The biggest lake in Turkey is Lake Van

stretching over 119 miles at some points.

Entertainment

• Soccer is the #1 sport in Turkey. Although basketball is becoming more and more popular every year.

• The younger population in Turkey enjoy casinos and gambling all over Turkey.

• There are also hundreds of miles of coastline in Turkey which means there are a lot of beach goers to.

Food

• Food in Turkey is eaten from very fresh ingredients because most of the ingredients they use are grown locally.

• They have a large variety of different dishes that use a variety of vegetables and fruits

Food cont.

Cabbage Dolma Baklava

Customs

• It is rude to blow you nose or pick your teeth in public.

• If someone asks you a yes or no question you would do one of the following:

Yes: nod your head.No: Raise your head and eyebrows and say “tsk”I do not understand: Shake your head rapidly.

Fun facts

• You cannot hunt any animal on Sunday’s except for raccoons.

• Youtube has been banned in all parts of Turkey after insults to the founding fathers of the country.

• Turkey is actually part of two continents, Europe, and Asia. Thrace is in Europe and Anatolia is Asia.

Thrace

Anatolia

The End