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This is a map of Turkey,also this is the country of Turkey!

Turkey is located in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria

A short history of turkey isThe area in what is now considered Turkey was a site that served for many battles and is also one of the areas that has been continually inhabited. Many countries have come in to stake their territory and many empires have risen and fallen in this country. Some of the many countries and or empires that have reigned on this land include, Hittites, Phrygisns, Gauls, Greeks, Macedonians, Parthians and the Mongolians. The Ottoman Empire is the empire that was transformed during the Mongolian invasion. (Many of the features of Turkish people resemble that of a Mongolian.). This empire continued to grow and expand and when they were at their largest, they controlled a large portion of the eastern Mediterrianian. The fall of the Ottoman Empire began in the 1800s (4). Much territory was lost during this time and when World War I came about, the Ottoman Empire joined forces with Germany. This was in hopes that the lost territory would again be regained. This never happened. In 1923, the Republic of Turkey was born. The first President was Ataturk Kemal, who set the stage for the modern Turkey. ECONOMIC INFO: The main crops grown in turkey are wheat, barley, corn, rye, and oats they also grow poppies which are used to make opium for medical purposes.[|google]

the natural resources of turkey are:coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower [|cia] Turkey page 3