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Mediterranean Middle East Turkey & Lebanon

Mediterranean Middle East Turkey & Lebanon. 2011. Turkey. Very Modern, Western and Progressive WHY IS TURKEY SO MODERN AND WESTERN? Location?. Western Influence . Istanbul C ity in Asia and Europe. Republic of Turkey Secular Democracy. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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Mediterranean Middle East Turkey & Lebanon

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  1. Mediterranean Middle EastTurkey & Lebanon 2011

  2. Turkey • Very Modern, Western and Progressive • WHY IS TURKEY SO MODERN AND WESTERN? • Location?

  3. Western Influence

  4. IstanbulCity in Asia and Europe

  5. Republic of TurkeySecular Democracy • Mustafa Kemal Atatürk • Founder of the Republic after WWI (Ottoman Empire) • Many Western reforms: secular, Latin letters, civil laws over Islamic laws, education reforms • Abolished veiling of women in public

  6. Old city of Constantinople is Istanbul today! Constantinople Roman Emperor-Constantine • First Christian Empire Roman Capital- Constantinople • Later in history- Muslims invade the area and rename the capital Istanbul and the bring Islamic monuments etc. • Very Diverse with Western influences!

  7. Blue Mosque

  8. Hagia Sophia • Museum today, it was a Christian Church and then a Muslim Mosque. • The next slide shows the elements of both religions in the museum today.

  9. Christian & Islamic

  10. Turkey is a true democracy!

  11. Beirut, Lebanon

  12. Like Turkey, very Modern and Western • A True Democracy • Located on the Mediterranean Sea, huge influence by west! • French Influence from the Mandate system

  13. French Influence! Mandate System Place d’Etoile I Beirut

  14. A Parliamentary Democracy! • Power Sharing among the diverse religious communities in the country. • Lebanon's unwritten National Pact of 1943 required that its president be a Maronite Christian, its speaker of the to be a Shiite Muslim, its prime minister be Sunni Muslim, and the deputy speaker of Parliament be Greek Orthodox.

  15. Lebanon after independence • Before 1975, the country experienced a period of relative calm and prosperity,-strong tourism, agriculture, and banking. • Because of its financial power and diversity, Lebanon was known in its heyday as the "Switzerland of the East”. • It attracted large numbers of tourists,such that the capital Beirut was referred to as "Paris of the Middle East.”

  16. Lebanon struggles withCivil War • In 1975, civil war broke out in Lebanon and lasted fifteen years, devastating the country's economy. • The war ended in 1990 with the signing of the Taif Agreement and parts of Lebanon were left in ruins. • Israel and Lebanon have also been involved in wars! • After all the wars, Lebanon had rebuilt most of the city of Beirut.

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