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	Turkey's physical geography - All About Turkey
		Examination of Turkey's topographic structure on a physical map of the world shows clearly the country's high elevation in comparison to its neighbors, half of the land area being higher than 1000 meters and two thirds higher than 800 meters.
		This also means that apart from the Asi river in Anatolia and the Meriç in Thracian Turkey, all Turkey's rivers have their sources within its borders and flow into the sea, into neighboring countries or into interior drainages.
		Despite the existence of broad plains and plateaus, the topography is largely hilly and mountainous across Turkey as a whole.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /cografya.htm (1415 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Geography of Turkey
		Turkey is situated in Anatolia and Southeastern Europe (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe, and Anatolia is part of Southwestern Asia), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria.
		Thrace is separated from the Asian portion of Turkey by the Istanbul Bogazi (Bosporus Strait), the Marmara Denizi (Sea of Marmara), and the Çanakkale Bogazi (Dardanelles Strait).
		Turkey is bordered to the east by Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran, to the south by Iraq and Syria, and to the west by the Aegean Sea and its islands, Greece and Bulgaria.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Geography-of-Turkey (774 words)

	Tolerance.org: TURKEY: A Cultural Geography
		Turkey is located on the Anatolian Peninsula in between West Asia and Eastern Thrace, bordering the Black Sea.
		Although Turkey is still a developing country, recent improvements in services have resulted in the proliferation of electricity nationwide and telephone connections for all its 34,500 villages.
		Turkey has been officially secular since 1924, although 98% of the population is Muslim, most belonging to the Sunni branch of Islam.
	www.tolerance.org /news/article_tol.jsp?id=310 (760 words)

	SMMIB 05 - About Turkey
		Turkey enjoys a variety of climates, changing from the temperate climate of the Back Sea region, to the continental climate of the interior, then, to the Mediterranean climate of the Aegean and Mediterranean costal regions.
		Turkey has heen called "the cradle of civilizaton" and by traveling through this historic land, tourists will discover exactly what is meant by this pharase.
		Turkey is a founding nember of OECD, the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization,a member of NATO, the European Council and the European Parliament, and a member of the European Union.
	www.smmib05.net /EN/VENUE/ven_turkey.asp (728 words)

	Turkey
		Turkey is bordered to the east by Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran, to the south by Iraq and Syria, and to the west by the Aegean Sea and its islands, Greece and Bulgaria.
		Turkey forms a bridge between Europe and Asia, with the division between the two running from the Black Sea to the north down along the Bosporus strait through the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles strait to the Aegean Sea and the larger Mediterranean Sea to the south.
		Turkey's dynamic economy is a complex mix of modern industry and commerce along with a traditional agriculture sector that in 2001 still accounted for 40% of employment.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/re/Republic_of_Turkey.html (995 words)

	Geography of Turkey
		Located between 350 and 420 north latitude, and 250 and 440 west longitude, Turkey is a big country with a small part called Thrace in Europe and a larger part called Anatolia in Asia.
		The two continents are separated by the Marmara Sea, the Straits of Bosphorus, and the Dardanelles.
		This region, with an average rainfall of 670 mm, is the second most humid region in Turkey.
	www.asiaminortours.com /turkey/geography.htm (592 words)

	The Geography of Turkey
		The northern part of Turkey is known for its hazelnuts and cherries which are grown in abundance, however perhaps more unusually there are tea plantations on the slopes of some of the mountainous areas.
		The geography of this part of Turkey is formed of high land plateaus although there are some mountain ranges and even volcanoes.
		The geography in this part of turkey consists mostly of rolling hills which are suitable both for the grazing of animals and farming.
	www.kwintessential.co.uk /articles/article/Turkey/The-Geography-of-Turkey/145 (442 words)

	Places: Turkey Political Geography topics on Encyclopedia.com
		The fourth largest city in Turkey, it is the commercial center of a farm region where cotton, grains, and fruits...
		Turkey's largest city after Istanbul, Ankara is primarily an administrative city, but it is also an important commercial, industrial, and cultural center.
		It is a rail junction and the center of a fertile agricultural region.
	www.encyclopedia.com /category/Places/Asia/turgeo.html (1503 words)

	Turkish Embassy.org - Republic of Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Turkey's borders on the European continent consist of a 203-kilometer frontier with Greece and a 269-kilometer border with Bulgaria.
		Turkey is surrounded by sea on three sides, by the Black Sea in the north, the Mediterranean in the south and the Aegean Sea in the west.
		Although Turkey is situated in a geographical location where climatic conditions are quite temperate, the diverse nature of the landscape, and the existence in particular of the mountains that run parallel to the coasts cause significant differences in climatic conditions between regions.
	www.turkishembassy.org /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=196&Itemid=199 (1276 words)

	Turkey (04/06)
		Turkey’s five straight years of tight fiscal policy have brought public sector balances under control, with the overall public sector deficit now less than the 3% of GDP requirement in the EU’s Maastricht criteria.
		Turkey entered NATO in 1952 and serves as the organization's vital eastern anchor, controlling the straits leading from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean and sharing a border with Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
		Turkey and EU officials have begun the process of screening Turkey’s laws and policies in order to begin negotiating the individual chapters required for ultimate EU accession.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3432.htm (3869 words)

	Turkey - Geography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Turkey is a large, roughly rectangular peninsula situated bridge-like between southeastern Europe and Asia.
		Turkey extends more than 1,600 kilometers from west to east but generally less than 800 kilometers from north to south.
		Thrace is separated from the Asian portion of Turkey by the Bosporus Strait (Istanbul Bogazi or Karadeniz Bogazi), the Sea of Marmara (Marmara Denizi), and the Dardanelles Strait (Çanakkale Bogazi).
	countrystudies.us /turkey/18.htm (242 words)

	Indigo Tourism - Turkey Geography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Turkey this diversity is high enough to challenge even the most experienced eye because it is packed in spaces with abrupt changes in scenery.
		The landscape of Turkey is a magnificent, but threadbare Turkish carpet, hundreds of years old, displaying patterns which had evolved to perfection over the centuries.
		Turkey's humanized landscape is inseparable from its culture.
	www.indigotour.com /turkey_geography.php (1569 words)

	Turkey - GEOGRAPHY
		Turkey and Britain agreed on the 331-kilometer boundary between Turkish and Iraqi territory in the 1926 Treaty of Angora (Ankara).
		Turkey's most severe earthquake in the twentieth century occurred in Erzincan on the night of December 28-29, 1939; it devastated most of the city and caused an estimated 160,000 deaths.
		Turkey's largest lake, Lake Van, is situated in the mountains at an elevation of 1,546 meters.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/turkey/GEOGRAPHY.html (2997 words)

	Geography Turkey
		In other words, Turkey is a huge big peninsula wrapped up by seas on three sides that looks like the head of a horse, as a Turkish poet has put it.
		The highest mountain of Turkey is the Mount Ararat in the east, on which Noah's Ark is believed to be,and it is not far from the lake Van, the biggest lake of the country.
		The Asian part of Anatolia comprises a large part of the present day Turkey, although the area.,mentioned above was only a small portion of the pre World War I. Once the Ottoman Empire had its widest borders from the Adriatic Sea to the Persian Gulf i.e.
	www.gofethiye.com /turkiye/geography.asp (927 words)

	Property Frontiers \| Turkey : Geography
		Turkey's population is concentrated in the west and along the coastal areas.
		Turkey has a small ethnic population consisting of Kurds, Greeks, Arabs and Armenians who live mostly in border provinces but still retain their customs, religions and languages.
		The Black Sea coast is Turkey's wettest region (781 mm); as a result, humidity is high and average temperatures range from 0°C to 30°C. The climate is suited to growing hazelnuts, cherries and tobacco.
	www.propertyfrontiers.com /countries/turkey/geography.html (1077 words)

	Get Oriented, Turkey
		Geography and Neighbors I Population I Regions and Cities I Rivers I Mountains I Lakes I Flora and Fauna I Animals
		Turkey is located on the Southeast corner of the European and Midwest border of the Asian continents.The European and Asian sides are divided by the Istanbul Bogazi (The Bosphorus), the Sea of Marmara, and the Canakkale Bogazi (Dardanelle).
		Turkey is divided to 7 regions and 81 cities.
	www.enjoyturkey.com /info/facts/GetOriented.htm (818 words)

	TURKEY IN BRIEF
		Turkey enjoys a variety of climates, changing from the temperate climate of the Black Sea region, to the continental climate of the interior, then, to the Mediterranean climate of the Aegean and Mediterranean coastal regions.The coastline of Turkey's four seas is more than 8333 km long.
		Turkey has been called "the cradle of civilization" and by travelling through this his toric land the tourist will discover exactly what is meant by this phrase.
		Turkey is a founding member of OECD, the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organisation, a member of NATO, the European Council and the European Parliament, and an associate member of the European Community.
	www.armory.com /~turkiye/turkey/travel/trinbrif.html (776 words)

	TURKEY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Turkey is a paradise of sun, sea, and mountains, and offers tourists a complete change from the anxieties and routine of every day life.
		Turkey enjoys a variety of climates, changing from the temperate climate of the Back Sea region, to the continental climate of the interior, then, to the Mediterranean climate of the Aegean and Mediterranean coastal regions.
		Turkey's countryside is dotted with major archeological sites and Anatolia, or Asia Minor as the Romans called this bridge between Europe and Asia, was home to the Hittites, Urartians, Phrygians, Lycians, Lydians, Romans and Byzantines before the arrival of the Turks early in the 11th century AD.
	walmart.vacationoutlet.com /packages/show_country.asp?countryid=TR (1635 words)

	Turkey \| Turkish geography: Asia Minor, Anatolia, Aegean, Mediterranean
		Lycian Turkey: a luxurious gulet cruise exploring the archaeology of the Turkish coast.
		Turkey's mountainous north coast offers a stark contrast to the entire rest of the country.
		The highest area in Turkey, the vast majority of it has an average altitude of 1,500-2,000 m / 4,920-6,560 ft, and the region is frequently characterised by the country's highest peak, Mount Ararat.
	www.petersommer.com /Turkey_geography.html (1159 words)

	Turkey Overview \| Turkey Tour Guide \| iExplore.com
		His ambition and achievement was to transform Turkey into a modern, secular state, and his legacy of political secularism was guarded throughout the 20th century by the powerful Turkish military, which has intervened in national politics whenever it has deemed the country’s stability to be at risk.
		Turkey became an official EU candidate country in 1999, whereupon it initiated a series of important human rights and economic reforms in accordance with EU requirements.
		Turkey borders the Black Sea and Georgia and Armenia to the northeast, Iran to the east, Iraq to the southeast, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Mediterranean to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Turkey/Overview (636 words)

	Turkey's Climate & Geography
		Turkey's southern shore is hemmed in by high mountain ranges.
		The center of Turkey is high plateau (elevation 900m/3000 feet at Ankara) of rolling steppe framed by mountain ranges, some of which boast snow-capped dormant volcanoes.
		Turkey's Black Sea coast, 1700 km/1000 miles long, is surprisingly lush and green because of its 781 mm/31 inches of annual rainfall dropped as the winds crossing the Black Sea rise to vault the coastal mountains.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhenToGo/ClimaticRegions.html (590 words)

	Geography of Turkey
		Thrace is the western part of Turkey on the European continent.
		Another significant aspect of Turkey's topography is its continental character, preserved in the ancient name of Asia Minor.
		The fact that Anatolia is surrounded on there sides by sea, its situation in the temperate climatic zone, its geological and geomorphic structure, and topography are all contributing factors.
	www.worldturkey.com /lang/eng/geography.php (726 words)

	Turkey Information, Turkey Geography
		The nation of Turkey was concretely established by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in 1923, subsequently to Ottoman decline.
		turkey is a trans-continental nation, half of it being in Asia and another half in Europe.
		The country of Turkey is comprises of seven sections based on the region it surrounds or the region that surrounds it.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/turkey-information-geography-history.html (783 words)

	Geography of Turkey
		Geography and Neighbors :Turkey is located on the Southeast corner of the European and Midwest border of the Asian continents.The European and Asian sides are divided by the Istanbul Bogazi (The Bosphorus), the Sea of Marmara, and the Canakkale Bogazi (Dardanelle).
		Speaking about the mountains of Turkey, in the Marmara region the most important peak is the Uludağ (2543 m) at the same time it is a major winter sports and tourist center.
		Turkey is the habitat of the same animals that can be found in the European countries, plus many from Asia and Africa.
	www.istanbulparasol.com /touroperator/en/geography.htm (841 words)

	About Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Examination of Turkey's topographic structure on a physical map of the world shows clearly the country's high elevation in comparison to its neighbors, half of the land area being higher than 1000 metres and two thirds higher than 800 metres.
		This also means that apart from the Asi river in Anatolia and the Meric in Thracian Turkey, all Turkey's rivers have their sources within its borders and flow into the sea, into neighboring countries or into interior drainages.
		The fact that Anatolia is surrounded on three sides by sea, its situation in the temperate climatic zone, its geological and geomorphic structure, and topography are all contributing factors.
	www.omarsguide.com /aboutturkey/info_tips/geography.shtml (1419 words)

	Turkey Factbook
		Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopted wide-ranging social, legal, and political reforms.
		Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes.
		Turkey's dynamic economy is a complex mix of modern industry and commerce along with a traditional agriculture sector that in 2004 still accounted for more than 35% of employment.
	www.geography-site.co.uk /pages/countries/atlas/turkey.html (1600 words)

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