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  Encyclopedia of General Culture: Turkey
Turkey borders eight countries: Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia, Armenia and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan and to the northeast; Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south.
The Republic of Turkey was established on October 29, 1923 from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
Turkey is generally divided into seven regions: the Marmara, the Aegean, the Mediterranean, Central Anatolia, East Anatolia, Southeast Anatolia and the Black Sea region.
encyclopediageneral.blogspot.com /2006/02/turkey_09.html   (4203 words)

  
 Turkey
Turkey borders eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia, Armenia and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the northeast; Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast.
The territory of Turkey extends from 36° to 42° N and from 26° to 45° E in Eurasia.
Turkey's economy is a complex mix of modern industry and commerce along with a traditional agriculture sector that in 2004 still accounted for 35% of employment.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Turkey   (4844 words)

  
 Education Turkey
Universities were established to provide much needed technical and scientific training.
Many private schools, universities and institutes of higher education are being established, offering,excellent standards and facilities.
During 1991-1992 there were 14,548 foreign students in Turkish universities of which almost half were from the Turkic republics.
www.gofethiye.com /turkiye/education.asp   (414 words)

  
 Turkey
Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty Parliament, the Turkish Grand National Assembly, which elects the President.
The lack of universal and immediate access to an attorney, long detention periods for those held for political crimes, and a culture of impunity were major factors in the commission of torture by police and security forces.
Turkey was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
www.fas.org /asmp/profiles/Turkey/turkey-hr-02.htm   (18410 words)

  
 Meteoroloo.com :: Turkey - wild turkey
Turkey's borders on the European continent consist of a 212-kilometre frontier with Greece and a 269-kilometre border with Bulgaria.
Turkey invaded the island in 1974 in response to an Athens backed coup of the island, Turkey states that it was invoking its role under the Treaty of Guarantee to ensure the independence of the island and protection of its Turkish Cypriot minority.
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.
www.meteoroloo.com /Met-countries-s-z/Turkey.html   (5425 words)

  
 Education in Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Universities provide either two or four years of education for undergraduate studies whereas for graduate studies, a further two years is necessary, as is typical throughout the world.
There are 85 universities in Turkey, which are classified as either public or foundational (private).
University studies last between 2 and 4 years for the undergraduate level, and 2 or more years for the graduate level.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Education_in_Turkey   (1090 words)

  
 Turkey travel guide - Wikitravel
Turkey (Türkiye) [1] is located on the Mediterranean, in the Middle East region of Asia, with a small section in Mediterranean Europe separated by the Turkish Straits (Bosphorus, Sea of Marmara, and Dardanelles).
With the the Black Sea to the north and the Aegean Sea in the west and Mediterranean Sea to the southwest, Turkey is surrounded by Bulgaria and Greece to the west, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to the northeast, Syria, Iraq and Iran to the southeast.
Turkey is a Muslim country, and although you will see varying degrees of Islamic practice in Turkey, it is rude to insult or mock some of its traditions.
wikitravel.org /en/Turkey   (6496 words)

  
 Turkey
The lack of universal and immediate access to an attorney, long detention periods for those held for political crimes (particularly in the state of emergency region), and a culture of impunity are major factors in the commission of torture by police and other security forces.
The Government continued to enforce a more than 50-year-old ban on the wearing of religious head coverings at universities or by civil servants in public buildings, claiming that such coverings were inconsistent with the secular principles of the state and could constitute a form of pressure on other women.
In March the Turkish Higher Education Council (YOK) ruled that Fatih University could not register new students for the upcoming academic year, and might be subject to further sanctions, because the university allegedly has close ties to Fetullah Gulen and had violated the dress code by allowing students to wear headscarves.
www.fas.org /asmp/profiles/Turkey/turkey-hr-01.htm   (18364 words)

  
 country study turkey social studies
It's not all oriental splendour, mystery, intrigue and whirling dervishes but it is a spicy maelstrom of history knocking up against the present, the present bursting out all over the place, and the future peering back at the posse.
Turkey is a blend unto itself." History, culture, statistics and more.
If we want to speak about Turkey, we have to begin by going back to the very early ages as the present country is an extension and mixture of people who come from various origins." That is what you will find here.
www.archaeolink.com /turkey_turkish_history_culture.htm   (426 words)

  
 Turkey: Continuing Restrictions on Freedom of Assembly (Human Rights Watch, 28-4-2004)
University authorities suspended a large number of students who participated in demonstrations, but in some cases students sought judicial review in administrative courts and achieved a reversal of these punishments.
Universities commonly infringe upon their students’ right to freedom of assembly by suspending or expelling those who organize, or take part in, demonstrations and public meetings.
In December 2003, Ismail Karak was suspended for a term by Gaziantep University for attending a demonstration against the Higher Education Council on November 6, 2003.
hrw.org /english/docs/2004/04/27/turkey8498.htm   (2129 words)

  
 Questions and Answers: Freedom of Expression and Language Rights in Turkey (Human Rights Watch Press release, New York, ...
Kurds and members of Turkey's many other ethnic minorities speak their own language at home and in the street and have always done so, but significant restrictions remain in other parts of Turkish life.
Thereafter, university students began a campaign for optional courses in Kurdish to be put on the university curriculum, triggering more than 1,000 detentions throughout Turkey during December and January 2002.
Turkey promised to review the Broadcasting Law, but has failed to do so, and RTÜK continues to impose a large number of closure orders on TV and radio stations on the grounds that they have made separatist broadcasts.
www.hrw.org /press/2002/08/turkeyqa041902.htm   (2813 words)

  
 World Movement for Democracy - Human Rights and Democracy in Turkey
For example, police officers shouldn't’t just be able to say to a woman in a violent relationship, “these kinds of things happen all the time in families and you will reconcile soon.” Legislative changes have no meaning without a change in approaches or the mindset of police and judicial officers.
In Turkey, a ‘turban’ is viewed as a political and religious symbol.
Since Turkey began discussions on integration with the EU, there have been many steps in a positive direction, such as changes in legislation and social recovery.
www.wmd.org /wbdo/turkey/flyingbroom.html   (1426 words)

  
 UNICEF Turkey / Say Yes / February 2002 / Teenagers Taking Care
Turkey’s position as an economic and cultural entity between Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the new states of the former Soviet Union has altered in the past decade.
A recent survey of the sexual habits of Turkish high school and university students not only confirmed that a significant percentage are indeed sexually active but also showed that they tend not to have a sufficient understanding of sexual health issues.
The brochure was developed and pre-tested by a youth group with the intention that it should appeal to their peers in the high schools and universities of Turkey.
www.unicef.org /turkey/sy1/ah1.html   (745 words)

  
 Censoring the Internet: The Situation in Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Turkey, showing the symptoms of a developing country, has not yet established the jurisprudence necessary for the Internet.
Turkey, having the problems of a developing country, has not yet established the legal background demanded by the Internet.
Especially in Turkey, constitutional notions - such as the "indivisible unity of the state with its country and people" (devletin ülkesi ve milletiyle bölünmez bütünlü_ü) - are defined fairly vaguely so that it is in principle possible to charge dissenting, nonviolent individuals with a breach, and demand heavy punishment.
www.firstmonday.org /issues/issue7_6/altinta   (4210 words)

  
 Turkey
The Caferis, Turkey's principal Shi'a community numbering between 500,000 and 1 million (concentrated mostly in eastern Turkey and Istanbul), do not face restrictions on their religious freedoms.
In October 2003, Istanbul University prevented a visiting foreign professor from entering the campus for a conference because she was wearing a headscarf.
Imam hatip schools are classified as vocational, and graduates of vocational schools face an automatic reduction in their university entrance exam grades if they apply for university programs outside their field of high school specialization.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35489.htm   (4983 words)

  
 KORAL TRAVEL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Among the foreign high schools operating in Turkey are:
For foreigners who would like to study in Turkey, there is a special examination for which the papers are given in both English and Turkish, following which they are given a year in which to study Turkish.
The list of universities in Turkey is as follows:
www.koraltravel.com /education.asp   (425 words)

  
 Nuclear Energy Agency Country Profiles - Turkey
Research and development activities in nuclear technology are performed by the related departments of some universities in Turkey.
Turkey's energy policies which have been implementated in order to promote the economic development and welfare of the country can be summarised briefly in five groups according to their priorities:
Since Turkey needed to concentrate on a programme of economic stability aiming to reduce inflation rates by considerable amounts (under IMF supervision), the government could not afford the estimated US$3-4 Billion needed for construction of the country's first nuclear power plant.
www.nea.fr /html/general/profiles/turkey.html   (3162 words)

  
 Education in Turkey - Schools and Children
During the Ottoman empire, education was received from the medrese, part of every mosque complex, and centered around Koranic instruction.
Many private schools, universities and institutes of higher education are being established, offering excellent standards and facilities.
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www.turizm.net /turkey/info/education.html   (446 words)

  
 Turkey
Turkey's legal system protects and facilitates acquisition and disposal of property rights, including land, buildings, and mortgages, although some parties have complained that the courts are slow in rendering decisions and that they are susceptible to external influence (see "Dispute Settlement").
In recognition of Turkey's progress in the IPR area, USTR removed Turkey from its Special 301 Priority Watch List and placed the country on its Watch List in 2002, where it remains in 2003.
Turkey also acceded to a number of international conventions in 1995, including the Stockholm Act of the Paris Convention, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the Strasbourg Agreement.
www.emich.edu /ict_usa/TURKEY.htm   (2046 words)

  
 Symposium: Turkey: The Road to Sharia?
Turkey needs to patch up its relationship with the U.S. (The EU may be an economic power, but the U.S. is a global power with unprecedented might).
The people running Turkey today are not true democrats, who accept the vox populi, but soft totalitarians who learned their lesson from the failed Erbakan prime ministry of 1996-97 and intend not to repeat it.
Turkey is united against the PKK, a terror group that targets civilians, killing children, people at malls, nurses in government clinics and teachers in schools.
www.danielpipes.org /article/2592   (6829 words)

  
 Education in Turkey - Greece - Malaysia - Career Counsiling
Universities do not admit students based on their secondary education grades.
Instead they have a university entrance examination, for locals as well as for the foreign students.
Standard of education in Turkey is very competitive and high compared to other Middle Eastern countries; there are some institutions that are ranked amongst the best in the region.
www.contactpakistan.com /students/counseling/eduinturkey/turkey.htm   (299 words)

  
 UNICEF Turkey / Resources / The First Children’s Forum / Participating in Legislation
The State, universities, non-governmental organisations, and children should perform this activity.
Bar associations, relevant departments of universities, volunteers, and non-governmental organisations should perform this activity.
In Turkey we can’t form associations but in scouting, children under eighteen years of age have the right to gather in clubs and freely express their opinions.
www.unicef.org /turkey/cf/cr18i.html   (1249 words)

  
 List of universities in Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Entrance of Kocaeli University Umuttepe Campus in winter, Kocaeli.
This is a list of universities in Turkey.
There are currently ninety-seven universities and academies in Turkey: Sixty-eight of them are run by the state (five of which are technical universities and one of which is an Arts and Music-only university), and twenty-four private foundation universities, four military academies and one police academy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_universities_in_Turkey   (153 words)

  
 Language Study in Turkey: Language Schools, Turkish International Language Study Programs from GoAbroad.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Our small school is affiliated with Ankara University, with a goal is to introduce Turkish language and culture to foreign students.
It is the main school with 13 other branches across Turkey, which include: Tunal Hilmi, Konya, Kayseri, Bursa, Azmir, Antal...
Our school was founded in 1984 and is affiliated with Ankara University, with a goal is to introduce Turkish language and culture to foreign students.
www.languageschoolsguide.com /Turkey.cfm   (296 words)

  
 About Turkey: Links, links & more links
Bogazici University is among the most wanted universities in Turkey.
Representation of the European Commission to Turkey - Representation of the European Commission to Turkey - Representation of the European Commission to Turkey.
The foundation, established in 1992, is one of Turkey's largets NGO's with 62,000 members and 400 volunteer representatives throughout the country.
www.escapeartist.com /turkey/links.html   (684 words)

  
 List of Alternative Crops and Enterprises for Small Farm Diversification
This list of alternatives was compiled using AFSIC reference request files, the subject files in our office, as well as previously compiled lists, most notably "Innovative Farming Idea List," (1987) compiled by Nancy Grudens Schuck, Farming Alternatives Project, Cornell University and "Ideas for Alternative Agricultural Enterprises," (1996) put together by the Missouri Alternatives Center.
This list is not comprehensive, but presents some of the more accessible innovations available to farmers.
Additional resources on specific agricultural alternatives may be found at your State Department of Agriculture, crop and livestock associations, searchable publication lists and databases, as well as at your local and/or university library.
www.nal.usda.gov /afsic/pubs/altlist.shtml   (776 words)

  
 The Turkey Information Directory
Turkey Yellow Pages Online..(Turkey Yellow Pages Online is a directory of Turkish importers, exporters, manufacturers, dealers, joint venture companies with extensive searching capabilities.
Turkish Historical Society..(The aim of the Turkish Historical Society is to study the history of Turkey and the Turks and to publish the results of these studies)
Turkey in Pictures..(A pictorial tour of natural and historical riches of Turkey)
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