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Turkey

Turkey. Created by: Garrett Bollinger Lauren Pelaia. Climate. Harsh weather despite a southern location Cold winters due mainly to high altitude throughout the country Inland plateau areas are dry due to moisture being blocked by mountains

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Turkey

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  1. Turkey Created by: Garrett Bollinger Lauren Pelaia

  2. Climate • Harsh weather despite a southern location • Cold winters due mainly to high altitude throughout the country • Inland plateau areas are dry due to moisture being blocked by mountains • Some regions have up to 20 inches of rain a year, while others have as little as 5 to 10 inches • In Istanbul, it is not uncommon to have snow storms in the winter

  3. Vegetation • Vegetation is limited with many treeless barren grasslands • Despite popular belief, Turkey is not mainly desert land • In the mountain and plateau regions, tulips and other flowers bloom in the spring • The coastal regions along the Mediterranean have abundant pine, oak, cedar, and juniper trees

  4. Current Governement • Parliamentary representative democracy • Very secular state; Islam is not the official religion like in most other Muslim nations • President (largely ceremonial)- Abdullah Gül • Prime Minister (executive power)- RecepTayyipErdoğan • Very progressive when compared to other NASACA countries (i.e. headscarf ban, universal sufferage)

  5. Government Cont. • Population: 72.5 million (based on 2009 Census) • Life Expectancy: Women: 75.3 years Men: 71.1 years

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