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	Turkey
		Turkey is the gene centre of many horticultural species.
		Turkey is montainous in the east and has high mountains parallel to the sea line in the northern and southern coast.
		Marmara region is known for processing vegetables, Southeast Turkey for pistachio and Northeast Turkey for hazelnut and tea.
	www.hridir.org /countries/turkey (469 words)

	Articles - Turkey
		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's 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.
		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.gaple.com /articles/Turkey?mySession=544e44c20d4558594280de2c40cc7940 (469 words)

	JICA-Activities / Regions & Countries / Middle East
		The Middle East region consists of 21 countries stretching from Afghanistan in the east to Morocco in the west and from Sudan in the south to Turkey in the north.
		Such training is aimed at more than 20 countries in the Middle East and Central Asia, including Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia.
		For instance, the Gulf States have pushed ahead with economic and social development using the vast oil revenues gained from development of petroleum resources, and this has enabled them to establish a high level of infrastructure*.
	www.jica.go.jp /english/activities/regions/10eas.html (469 words)

	Hotels in Turkey Hotels in Istanbul Blue Voyage Yachting and Cabin Charters
		Explore Turkey covers all the important and famous historical and tourist sites and regions in detail in Turkey with the help of our sponsors.
		Explore our site to discover beauties and secrets of Turkey.
		Explore Turkey site is dedicated to supply most in-depth and broad information on Turkey on the Internet.
	www.exploreturkey.com (477 words)

	Anatolia - Turkey Regions - Eastern Region - Van
		Van on the southeastern shores of Lake Van, the largest lake in Turkey, was Tuspa, the capital city of the Urartians (1000 B.C.).
		Furthermore, Van cats are famous because the color of each eye is different and they have thick white fur.
		The city of Van was at the southern foot of the citadel before the First World War.
	7woa.com /eastern.asp?submenu=eastern&pos=16&a=1305 (337 words)

	VOA News - Rights Groups: Abuses on the Rise in Turkey's Kurdish Regions
		Huseyin Kalkan is the mayor of Batman, and belongs to Turkey's largest pro-Kurdish party, the Democratic Society Party, which controls the majority of municipalities in the Kurdish region.
		Turkey has in recent years adopted a series of democratic reforms in an effort to meet European Union standards for membership.
		Abdullah Gul is Turkey's foreign minister and a leading proponent of Turkey's membership in the EU.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-04-19-voa41.cfm (831 words)

	Second Turkish teen dies from bird flu - Boston.com
		VAN, Turkey --A 15-year-old girl died of suspected virulent strain of bird flu in eastern Turkey on Thursday, four days after her brother succumbed.
		Eker said the problem of containing bird flu in eastern Turkey is aggravated by the fact that almost every house has fowl and they allow them to go inside their homes at night when temperatures drop.
		Preliminary tests in Turkey indicated the siblings died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
	www.boston.com /yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2006/01/05/second_turkish_teen_dies_from_bird_flu?mode=PF (577 words)

	Kastamonu - All About Turkey
		Home > Regions of Turkey > Black Sea > Kastamonu
		To the east of lnebolu is the Abana holiday center.
		Kastamonu is a lovely city hidden in the midst of forests in Anatolia.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /kastamonu.htm (577 words)

	Geography of Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As a result, Turkey is one of the world's more active earthquake and volcano regions.
		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).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Turkey (3268 words)

	Turkey - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		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.
		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.
		The territory of Turkey extends from 36° to 42° N and from 26° to 45° E in Eurasia.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Turkey (5014 words)

	Hotels in Turkey Hotels in Istanbul Blue Voyage Yachting and Cabin Charters
		Explore Turkey covers all the important and famous historical and tourist sites and regions in detail in Turkey with the help of our sponsors.
		Explore our site to discover beauties and secrets of Turkey.
		Anatolia: Anatolia, the land of sun and history, is one of the rare places in the world which have been inhabited ever since the first man was seen on the earth.
	www.exploreturkey.com (488 words)

	Hotels in Turkey Hotels in Istanbul Blue Voyage Yachting and Cabin Charters
		Explore Turkey covers all the important and famous historical and tourist sites and regions in detail in Turkey with the help of our sponsors.
		Explore our site to discover beauties and secrets of Turkey.
		Explore the country that represents a cultural mixture, a synthesis of east and west, while it geographically bridges Europe and Asia.
	www.exploreturkey.com (488 words)

	Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Peru, provinces are a tertiary unit of government, as the country is divided into twenty-five regions, which are then subdivided into 194 provinces.
		Province is a name for a subnational entity that is a secondary level of government in most countries.
		The provinces of the Ottoman Empire had various types of governors (generally a pasha), but mostly styled vali, hence the predominant term vilayet, generally subdivided (often in beyliks), sometimes grouped under a governor-general (styled beylerbey).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Province (1007 words)

	The Struggle of the Kurdish Nation in Turkey
		The pictures published here are evidence of a savagery that took place in April 1995 in the district of Hakkari in the Kurdish regions of southeastern Turkey.
		More information relating to the suffering of the Turkish nation at the hands of the Turkish state can also be found at the Fascism in Turkey and the MHP (Grey Wolves) page.
		An even better source of course is the Press Agency Ozgurluk dedicated to the Peoples Liberation Struggle in TURKEY.
	users.westnet.gr /~cgian/kurds.htm (480 words)

	Demographics of Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Turkey has recently recognised, under the pressure of the European Union, a series of languages such as Kurdish (Kurmanji), Arabic and Zaza as minority languages together with several other smaller ethnic group languages.
		In Turkey: A Country Study, a 1995 on line publication of the U.S. Library of Congress, there is a whole chapter about Kurds in Turkey where it is stated that 'Turkey's censuses do not list Kurds as a separate ethnic group.
		Modern Turkey spans bustling cosmopolitan centres, pastoral farming villages, barren wastelands, peaceful Aegean and Mediterannean coastlines, and steep mountain regions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demographics_of_Turkey (1659 words)

	Kocaeli, Turkey and Chi-Chi, Taiwan Earthquake Event Reports
		The reports also offer insights into how the earthquakes have shaped the emerging insurance markets in Turkey and Taiwan, where the majority of earthquake insurance covers high-valued, industrial and commercial risks.
		Since publication of the 1999 event reports, RMS has released new catastrophe models for earthquake risk in Taiwan and industrial facility vulnerability analysis in regions worldwide.
		RMS released event reports covering two catastrophic earthquakes in 1999: the August 17 earthquake in Izmit, Turkey and the September 21 earthquake in Chi-Chi, Taiwan.
	www.rms.com /Publications/Turkey_Taiwan_eventreports.asp (1659 words)

	Report
		In Turkey, the price of increased vulnerability and inadequate preparedness was the loss of thousands of lives, the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, and the economic impact of over $20 billion.
		The August 17, 1999 Kocaeli earthquake tragically illustrated the inability to cope with the result of poorly controlled development and rapid population growth in disaster-prone regions.
		The Izmit (Kocaeli), Turkey Earthquake of August 17, 1999, Special Earthquake Report, October 1999.
	www.seas.gwu.edu /~icdm/Turkey_Report.htm (1659 words)

	Hotels in Turkey Hotels in Istanbul Blue Voyage Yachting and Cabin Charters
		Explore Turkey covers all the important and famous historical and tourist sites and regions in detail in Turkey with the help of our sponsors.
		Explore our site to discover beauties and secrets of Turkey.
		Explore Turkey site is dedicated to supply most in-depth and broad information on Turkey on the Internet.
	www.exploreturkey.com /exptur.phtml (1659 words)

	Geography of Turkey, Aegean, Black sea, Marmara and Istanbul
		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 total area Turkey covers is a bit less than 800.000 sq km (774,815 sq km), which makes it one of the biggest countries in Europe and the Middle East.
		The eastern region of Turkey, Thrace, lies in Europe and has 23,000 sq km surface area.
	www.turizm.net /turkey/info/geography.html (609 words)

	Turkey: Country Profile - Geography, History, Government and Politics, Population and Economy
		Much of Turkey is covered by hills and steppe, whilst the east of the country is very mountainous, especially near the Iranian and Caucasus border regions.
		Turkey was unable to reach this goal, but it has been able to go from a 20% inflation rate in 2003 to a target rate of 12% in 2004, with the rate falling to 8% in September 2005.
		In the north, Turkey borders the Black Sea, and is connected to the Mediterranean via the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles.
	www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com /country.asp?country=1 (1274 words)

	Turkey's Climate & Geography
		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.
		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 has seven distinct geographic and climatic regions (click on each for a description).
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhenToGo/ClimaticRegions.html (572 words)

	Almira Hotel, Bursa, Turkey MER
		Both groups and individual guests can enjoy specialty dishes from the northern and southern regions of Turkey.
		Hanzade Restaurant offers a delectable open buffets and set menus.
		Located only minutes away from Bursa's most popular attractions, and is only 15 kms, from the airport.
	www.asiatravel.com /turkey/bursa/almira/index.html (208 words)

	Bursa: Turkey Hotels - all hotels in Turkey - page 1
		Tours Travel Turkey Turkey offers private and group Turkey tours and hotel reservations in Istanbul and all regions of Turkey.
		Bursa: Turkey Hotels - all hotels in Turkey - page 1
		Dear Messrs, We produce Marble, Travertine, Granite, Onyx, Sandstone from Turkey' s Natures.
	www.tatet.org /search-Bursa.html (275 words)

	IANSA: Bulgaria
		With just 100,000 firearms registered in a population of over 8 million, the main light weapons concern in Bulgaria is the arms industry.
		Before the collapse of the Iron Curtain, this industry contributed 20% of the GDP, but has since been badly hit by the recession.
		Large contracts have been placed by India, Iran, Iraq and Turkey.
	www.iansa.org /regions/europe/bulgaria.htm (275 words)

	Turkey , Landmine Monitor Report 2004
		Turkey also used mines on limited sections of its borders with Iraq, Iran and Armenia, and in “critical areas in east and south-eastern parts of Turkey...with the purpose of hindering terrorists from moving into central regions.” Mostly antipersonnel mines were laid, but also antivehicle mines on the Syrian border.
		Turkey is a signatory to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), and reported in May 2004 that it has “reached the final stages of ratifying” the CCW and its Amended Protocol II, together with Additional Protocol I and Protocol IV.
		Turkey denied that the US has a stockpile of antipersonnel mines in Turkey and stated that it considers the stockpiling or transit of foreign antipersonnel mines on its territory as a breach of the treaty.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2004/turkey (3670 words)

	Antalya - All About Turkey
		Home > Regions of Turkey > Mediterranean > Antalya
		Although the little museum at the entrance displays some of the finds, most of the artifacts are housed in various museums throughout Turkey.
		Antalya, Turkey's principal holiday resort in the Mediterranean region (ancient Pamphylia), is an attractive city with shady palm-lined boulevards, a prize-winning marina.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /antalya.htm (736 words)

	STATE OF TURKEY'S CHILDREN
		Although the Constitution of Turkey and other legislation uphold the right of non-discrimination, persistent disparities deprive some Turkish children (particularly those living in rural areas and in the Eastern regions) from their rights.
		Turkey has a foster family system and the opinion and consent of children is taken into account if they are able to discern the situation.
		Pre-school education is extremely limited in Turkey suggesting an absence of public recognition of its importance and lack of state support (pre-school education is not required by law).
	www.die.gov.tr /CIN/got-unicef/sotc/sotc.htm (4332 words)

	TURKISH ISLAMIST PARTY WILL LEAD TURKEY
		Turkey uses a complex system of proportional representation election system that favors large parties with support across the country at the expense of groups that may be strong in particular regions.
		A vote threshold means that any party drawing less than 10 percent of the national vote is excluded from Parliament and its votes discarded, regardless of the result in individual constituencies.
		The situation, this time, however, will be complicated as for the first time in parliamentary history, the leader of the leading party will not be a parliamentarian, as Erdogan, who served four months of a 10-month jail sentence for Islamist sedition in the late 1990s, is banned from Parliament.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles_2002/Nov_2002/turkish_elections_41102.html (1244 words)

	Insight Turkey
		Turkey has been active in constructing the pipeline infrastructure necessary to provide energy to Europe and to open markets for long-neglected resources in neighboring countries in the Middle East and Caspian regions.
		Turkey started accession negotiations after intense indecision on the part of the Europeans and aggravation in domestic quarters.
		Turkey is likely to ratify the Rome Statute, as long as the perspective for full membership in the EU remains in effect.
	www.insightturkey.com (1516 words)

	Anadolu - Tourism in Turkey - İlker Temir
		Tourism in Turkey By İlker Temir When it comes to tourism, Turkey is usually known for sea, sand and sun with its 8,333 km long coastal line, stunning beaches and warm climate especially in southern and south western regions, averaging 300 sunny days a year.
		Turkey, with its magnificent past, is the home of historic and cultural treasures from 13 different civilizations spanning more than 10,000 years.
		In the center of Turkey is the "land of beautiful horses", Cappadocia.
	www.anadolu.be /2004-07/38.html (1163 words)

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