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	NewsHour Extra: Turkey in the Middle -- March 3, 2003
		Turkey has been a bridge or barrier between the East and the West for thousands of years.
		Turkey wants to send tens of thousands of its own troops into northern Iraq to prevent a refugee crisis and keep tabs on Kurdish rebels who may want to create an independent state, something the Turks oppose.
		Turkey fears that the creation of a Kurdish independent state, or even providing arms to Kurds in northern Iraq, will create problems, such as separatist attacks, within its own borders.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/extra/features/jan-june03/turkey.html (747 words)

	Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turkey (4036 words)

	Ataturk’s reforms - All About Turkey
		It was important at the time for the Republic of Turkey to be modernized in order to progress towards the level of contemporary civilizations and to be an active member of the culturally developed communities.
		The president of the republic was elected for a four-year term by the assembly, and he in turn appointed the prime minister, who was expected to enjoy the confidence of the assembly.
		Establishment of secularism in Turkey was a process of distinguishing church from state or the religious from the nonreligious spheres of life.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /reform.htm (3200 words)

	Turkey Facts
		Turkey is surrounded by sea on three sides, by Black Sea in the north, the Mediterranean Sea 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, result in significant differences in climatic conditions from one region to the other.
		It is forbidden by law in Turkey to marry before the age of 15 in the case of females and 17 in the case of males.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/8878/turkeyfacts.htm (1947 words)

	Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture - Poetry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Poetry may be defined as an art form that makes use of sounds and rhythmic forms to express an emotion, idea or event in a dense and unusual manner.
		In other words, poetry is the expression of emotions and ideas in rhyme, in a way that is pleasing to the ear and impossible in prose.
		The main difference between that and poetry, is the depth of the former and the superficiality of the latter.
	www.kultur.gov.tr /portal/kultur_en.asp?belgeno=5574 (252 words)

	Symposium: Turkey: The Road to Sharia? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 (6763 words)

	Turkish Life and Culture - AboutTurkey.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Forbidden by Islam to portray human and animal forms in art, early Turkish artists turned their creative talents to architecture, music, poetry, weaving, wood and metal working, ceramics, glass-blowing, jewelry, manuscript mination and calligraphy.Through the centuries, Turkish artists and artisans have developed styles of art that are uniquely Turkish.
		Turkey's own musical heritage is rich, and traditional music is as important to young people as contemporary or pop.
		Sixteen of Turkey's universities are private and several more are expected to open over the next few years, another indication of the growing support of the private sector for Turkey's cultural life.
	www.aboutturkey.com /turkey/Turkish_Life_and_Culture.shtml (565 words)

	THE ALEVI OF ANATOLIA: TURKEY'S LARGEST MINORITY
		The early Kemalist republic is regarded as the ideal state in which the Alevis were fairly represented proportionately to their percentage of the total population in the National Assembly.
		His poetry inspired revolutionary Alevi youth in the 1970s, and his famous lines: "Come O people, let us be one, let us be alive, let us be great" became the Alevi slogan.
		Turkey is experiencing a new interest of non-Alevis in Alevism, and their identification with it.
	www.angelfire.com /az/rescon/ALEVI.html (9226 words)

	Selected Literatures and Authors Pages - Turkish Literature
		Turkish Literature of the Republic of Turkey (1920-)
		Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and of
		TURKEY: Yachar Kemal: A Man's Life is more valuable...
	learning.lib.vt.edu /slav/lit_authors_turkish.html (557 words)

	Global Voices Online » Turkey
		Miriam points out that Turkey is at a crossroads and that for the benefit of the country is should strike a fair deal with its Kurdish populations, by not doing this they are creating a worse situation by allowing possible terrorist ideals to fester within the country.
		Besides being the father of the modern Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is also accredited with major western reforms of the old Ottoman system, including language reforms which changed the Turkish language from being written in the Arabic script to the Latin script.
		Turkey has also been looked at for not only its formal opening of talks with the EU but also its citizens support of honor killings.
	cyber.law.harvard.edu /globalvoices/-/world/middle-east-north-africa/turkey (9486 words)

	Yacht charter in Turkey, motor yachts and sailing yachts, all information on routes, prices, conditions, travel tips, ...
		With the surface of 814,578 square km, Turkey is situated in the Eastern Mediterranean; 3% of the country called Thrace partly in Europe and with another part of 97% in Asia, called Anatolia or Asia Minor.
		Turkey is a magnificent country with interesting past, rich heritage and culture, a country of lakes, rivers, mountains, sea and sun, an extraordinary place with much to offer to its visitors.
		Turkey is a country of rich historical and cultural heritage.
	www.turkey-yacht-charter.com /about_turkey.asp (1847 words)

	Konya, Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Situated at an altitude of 1016 meters in the south central region of the vast Anatolian steppe, the city of Konya is famous far beyond the borders of Turkey.
		Born in 1207 in the town of Balkh in Khurasan (near Mazar-I-Sharif in contemporary Afghanistan), Jalal al-Din Rumi was the son of a brilliant Islamic scholar.
		With the secularization of Turkey following World War I, the Mevlevi Brotherhood (and many others) were seen as reactionary and dangerous to the new republic, and were therefore banned in 1925.
	www.sacredsites.com /middle_east/turkey/konya.htm (1501 words)

	2blowhards.com: Turkey and the EU
		Turkey would be cast out into the geopolitical twilight, pushed towards regions such as the Middle East and the Caucaus that are sinking in despotism and failure.
		Turkey's ties with the present EU stretch back four decades to the time of De Gaulle, and decisions on its future need to be realistic.
		And to conclude, while Turkey may have been making improvements and are tyring to implement reform, they have to be absolutely crazy to think that all these years of corruption, etc., can be undone in just 2 yrs of implenting reforms.
	www.2blowhards.com /archives/001748.html (9054 words)

	The Central Anatolian Region, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org
		The seat of Turkey's government in the strategic heart of central Anatolia, Ankara is the city selected by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the republic's founder, to house the capital of the newly politically defined country.
		On the 13th of October, 1923, Ankara was declared the capital of the new Republic of Turkey.
		Akşehir, to the northwest, is known throughout Turkey as the birthplace of the 13th century humorist Nasrettin Hoca, whose mausoleum stands in the town.
	www.adiyamanli.org /central_anatolian_region.htm (5343 words)

	Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Central Anatolia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This central region is now the heart of modern Turkey's political life, and has been the centre of many significant societies and civilisations throughout history.
		This much-loved icon died in 1284 andhis tomb in Aksehir is the symbol of the city.
		He was considered to be an eminent pioneer of Turkish poetry, who used language, idioms and concepts of the ordinary man in an unpretentious fashion to conveydivine justice, love and friendship.
	goturkey.kultur.gov.tr /turizm_en.asp?belgeno=9281 (551 words)

	Yunus Emre : Poems and Biography
		The love people have for his liberating poetry is reflected in the fact that many villages claim to be his birthplace, and many others claim to hold his tomb.
		His poetry expresses a deep personal mysticism and humanism and love for God.
		Ivan M. Granger's original poetry, stories and commentaries are Copyright © 2002 - 2007 by Ivan M. Granger.
	www.poetry-chaikhana.com /E/EmreYunus (438 words)

	The New Republic -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The republic consisted of the seven northern Netherlands provinces that won independence from Spain from 1568 to 1609, and it grew out of the Union of Utrecht (1579), which was designed to improve the...
		The new Republic of Ireland was proclaimed on April 18, 1949.
		In 1973 the republic acknowledged British sovereignty over Northern Ireland as long as the majority of the people in the north agreed—which they did, in a referendum in March that was boycotted by the Roman Catholics.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9055502 (920 words)

	Discover Turkey
		Turkey was home to an astounding number of ancient cultures and the cradle of 10 of the world's greatest civilizations.
		Travelling in Turkey means passing from one scene, legend or world to another.
		Turkey is an element of stability in an otherwise turbulent part of the world.
	www.turkishnews.com /DiscoverTurkey (838 words)

	Ethnologue: Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		KABARDIAN [KAB] 202,000 in Turkey (1993 Johnstone); 443,000 speakers in Russia (1993); 2,000 speakers in USA (1981); 647,000 in all countries.
		1,000 villages of Kabardian and Adyghe in Turkey.
		In Turkey Kirmanjki is used for conversations with family, friends, and neighbors; Turkish is used for religious ceremonies and for official purposes.
	www.christusrex.org /www3/ethno/Turk.html (1899 words)

	Turkey
		Turkey is at the northeast end of the Mediterranean Sea in southeast Europe and southwest Asia.
		Turkey's current boundaries were drawn in 1923 at the Conference of Lausanne, and Turkey became a republic with Kemal Atatürk as the first president.
		Turkey became a full member of NATO in 1952, was a signatory in the Balkan Entente (1953), joined the Baghdad Pact (1955; later CENTO), joined the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) and the Council of Europe, and became an associate member of the European Common Market in 1963.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108054.html (1497 words)

	International Religious Freedom Report 2002: Turkey
		Normally all "religious" foundations had to have been in existence since the early days of the republic in order to be deemed as such.
		Fundamentalism, especially the advocacy of Shari'a law, is viewed by these groups as a threat to the democratic secular republic.
		Following the Constitutional Court's June 2001 closure of the Islamist Fazilet (Virtue) party for being a center of activities "contrary to the principle of the secular republic," two successor parties were formed--the Saadet (Contentment) Party and the AK (Justice and Development) Party.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2002/13986.htm (3636 words)

	The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center at Indiana University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Factbook on Turkey, Kurds and PKK Terrorism, addressed from the perspective of the Turkish Government.
		The Republic of Turkey Washington, DC Embassy homepage provides country information and information by subject (culture, travel, etc.), links and a calendar of events.
		Turkey: Time Travel into History is an illustrated tour of prehistoric Anatolia.
	www.indiana.edu /~iaunrc/turkey.html (504 words)

	Turkey News
		Turkey News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		AXIS OF EVIL ADMITS TURKEY; NOW CALLED BLOC OF BADNESS Written by Ponderous Oaf The Spoof, UK Dec 21 2005 Confirming weeks of speculation, the Axis of Evil proudly admitted a new member yesterday, the Republic...
		The total eclipse of the sun that will take place on Wednesday 29 March 2006 has been far less publicised in the UK than the one that took place in 1999 - hardly surprising, since daytime darkness was then...
	www.topix.net /world/turkey (846 words)

	The Ottomans - AboutTurkey.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The sixteenth century saw many achievements of the Ottoman Turks in various fields ranging from architecture to poetry, embodied in the persons of such great figures as the architect Sinan and the poet Baki.
		No one living around the year 1300 could have ever dreamt that a small principality led by Osman, son of Ertugrul, on the north-western frontier of Anatolia at the turn of the fourteenth century, would become one of the mightiest empires in world history.
		The Republic of Turkey is the product of a historic choice of the Turkish nation, founded through a War of Independence, in the aftermath of the dissolution of the multi-national, multi-ethnic and multi-religious Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I. Aug 3, 2005, 11:54
	www.aboutturkey.com /turkey/Ottomans.shtml (430 words)

	Turkish Embassy.org - Republic of Turkey
		The name of the script of the language spoken in Turkey proper, the dialect falls into the southwestern dialects of the Western Turkish language family and also into the dialects of the Oguz Türkmen language group.
		The Turkish of Turkey that developed in Anatolia and across the Bosphorus in the times of the Seljuks and Ottomans was used in several valuable literary works prior to the 13th century.
		With the proclamation of the Republic in 1923 and after the process of national integration in the 1923-1928 period, the subject of adopting a new alphabet became an issue of utmost importance.
	www.turkishembassy.org /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=86 (1964 words)

	Turkey
		In addition to the country's Sunni Muslim majority, there are an estimated 5 to 12 million Alevis, followers of a belief system that incorporates aspects of both Shi'a and Sunni Islam and draws on the traditions of other religions found in Anatolia as well.
		By the end of the period covered in this report, the vast majority of petitions to recover properties expropriated by the State had been rejected or deferred due to what authorities asserted was a lack of documentation.
		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.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35489.htm (4967 words)

	pmpoetry: Links to Poets
		The Poetry Paralax, The Psalmist, and Poetic Paradox.
		William Topaz McGonagall, poet and tragedian of Dundee, widely hailed as the writer of the worst poetry in the English language.
		Carol Stetser, visual poetry with an essay by C.S. Recommended for those sceptical about visual poetry and those who are not.
	www.pmpoetry.com /linkspb.shtml (7414 words)

	Poetry of the Republic of Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		http://www.osmanlimedeniyeti.com Has samples of Ottoman Divan Poetry and Ziya Pasha'a Terkib-i Bend (in Turkish)
		Turkish poetry Samples from Turkish poetry, in Turkish and English
		This page was last modified 19:32, 31 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poetry_of_the_Republic_of_Turkey (88 words)

	Poets And Poetry - PoetsWest Directory M-Q
		His poetry first appeared in print while abroad and was eventually published at Poetry Ireland, and later in The London Magazine.
		Poetry is the form that most closely evokes and articulates that experience.
		Her poetry was a finalist for the Hearst, Pablo Neruda and Beulah Rose Awards and appears in numerous journals including: Smartish Pace, The Atlanta Review, Southern Review, North American Review, and Nimrod.
	www.poetswest.com /directory3.htm (7103 words)

	TURKISH HISTORY - REPUBLIC OF TURKEY - TURK TARIHI - TURKIYE CUMHURIYETI
		Turkey and the Korean War - Fusun Turkmen
		Turkey and Eurasia in the Aftermath of the September 11 Tragedy - an Armenian view of Turkish foreign policy - Ruben Safrastyan
		Discussion on Turkey and the EU - Hatice Gezen
	www.gencturkler.8m.com /TURKEY/turkey.html (210 words)

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