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<font color=blue><font face=”comic sans ms” font size=+1><center>Country Profile Turkey</center></font><font color=black><font face=”comic sans ms”><center>World War I Hero Mustafa Kemal "Ataturk" founded Turkey in 1923 and propelled the failing Ottoman Empire into the modern world by emphasizing education, religious freedom and the emancipation of women. Today, Turkey serves as a bridge between Western Europe and the Middle East--a NATO member as well as a key Mideast trading partner. The country's ancient ruins and mild temperatures attract tourists from around the world.</center></font></font>
<font color=darkviolet><font face=”comic sans ms” font size=+1><b>People:</b></font></font>
<font color=blue><font face=”comic sans ms”>Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, and many local dialects.</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face=”comic sans ms”>Major Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face=”comic sans ms”>Ethnic Groups: Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20%</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face=”comic sans ms”>Growth Rate: 1.6%</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face=”comic sans ms”>Birth Rate: 21.38 births/1,000</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face=”comic sans ms”>Death Rate: 5.35 deaths/1,000</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Fertility Rate: 2.47 children/woman</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face=”comic sans ms”>Male Life Expectancy: 70</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face=”comic sans ms”>Female Life Expectancy: 75</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face=”comic sans ms”>Infant Mortality Rate: 38.27 deaths/1,000 live births</font></font>
<font color=darkviolet><font face="comic sans ms" font size=+1><b>Economy:</b></font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Labor Force: 21.6 million</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Unemployment Rate: 5.9% (1997)</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Inflation Rate: 99% (1997)</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">GDP (Total Value of Goods & Services Produced Annually): $388.3 billion (1997 est.)</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Budget: $52.9 billion (1997 est.)</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Debt: $84.5 billion (1997)</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Exports: $26.0 billion (1997 est.), primarily at $5.8 billion</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Imports: $46.7 billion (1997 est.), primarily machinery 26%, fuels 13%, raw materials 10%, foodstuffs 4% (1997)</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Defense Spending: 3.5% of GDP (1997 est.)</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Highways: 381,631 km (1996)</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Size: 780,580 sq. km</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Location: Southwestern Asia (that Part West Of the Bosphorus)</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Population: 64.6 million</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Government: Parliamentary Democracy</font></font>
<font color=blue><font face="comic sans ms">Leader: Bulent Ecevit, Prime Minister of a Coalition Government of three parties.</font></font>
<font color=maroon><font face=”comic sans ms”><center><b>Please click below link to see Turkey map and her surrounding countries in Macromdeia Flash Player. After having the page appeared on your screen please right click the page and look at the menu popped up for zooming in or zooming out.</center><center><a href="http://www.turkey.org/intro.html">Turkey Map & Her Surrounding Countries</a></center></font></font>
<TABLE BORDER=5 BGCOLOR=CYAN ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=450 <TR><TD><center><WIDTH=00 HEIGHT=40><FONT FACE=”COMIC SANS MS”><FONT COLOR=red><FONT SIZE=+1><CENTER>NEW FEATURES OF ERKAN KIRAZ’S PAGES</CENTER></FINT></FONT><FONT FACE=”COMIC SANS MS”><FONT COLOR=darkgreen>Dear Visitors soon, I will add two features of <b>English-Turkish Small Dictionary Link</b> and <b>An Easy Html Language Getting Satrted Page</b> under to my main pages of <b>ErkanKiraz’s Turkey Pages</b> and <b>ErkanKiraz’s Kocaceli Pages</b>. I know learning html is for long was left behind and nowadays everybody tended to use more sophisticated Html Editor programs. However to some like me, knowing html from scratch is better to use and easy to make good if any sections go wrong. Added to that it gives aspiration page-builder when he/she is getting interested behind the built-up pages.
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At my pages at the initial days, I have spent my times only loading information texts and pictures. During the those days I thought only building pages. Afterwards, I try to put some touchs on the pages as much as possible. </FONT></FONT></center><BR></TD></TR></TABLE>
<font face=”comic sans ms”><font color=darkgreen><center><b> If you wish you may drop to my new site at the address and may build your own pages: </a></b></center></font></font><center><a href="http://community.webshots.com/user/erkankiraz"> Welcome to ErkanKiraz’s World </a></b></center></font></font>
<font face="comic sans ms"><font color=maroon size=1><center>Please visit my BilgisayerVeInternetGüvenlik (Computer & Internet Security Group) Page at below site address. It is a Turkish Internet Security Group with moderator. However, knowing Turkish is not a must for joing into our group. All questions asked in English and all problems posted in English will be replied in English </center><center><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BilgisayarVeInternetGuvenlik"> BilgisayarVeInternetGüvenlik Group</a></center></font></font>
<font face="comic sans ms"><font color=darkgreen><center>Thank you for visiting my pages. Please keep coming to see new wonders of my pages. Erkan Kiraz. Mail to: </center><center><a href="mailto:erkankiraz@yahoo.com">erkankiraz@yahoo.com</a></center></font></font>
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ukirsari Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:54 UTC
happy birthday Erkan, hope you all the best :) | BettyAndrews Mon Jun 23, 2003 23:10 UTC
Excellent page, really enjoyed all the information, may now try different hotels, especially as I travel alone. Thank you, Bettyxx | tini58de Fri Aug 16, 2002 14:43 UTC
why buy a guide book? It`s all on this page! Amazing! tesek | jenviolin Fri Apr 12, 2002 11:07 UTC
Unbelievable amount of information! |
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