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| Imam Hatip Lisesi Aksaray Principal: Mr Bilâl Bilecik Staff: Femail 7 Male: 27 Students: Female 122 Male: 178 Website: http://www.aksarayihl.k12.tr E-mail: aksarayimamhatiplisi@yahoo.com Project coordinator: Mr Osman Oz E-mail: firtinaosman@hotmail.com Turkey (Türkiye) is a country in both Europe and Asia. The area of Turkey is about 780,000 square kilometres. Its population is about 71 million. Turkey's official language is Turkish. Turkey is a democracy. There are 81 cities in Turkey. The Turkish money is New Turkish Lira (Yeni Türk Lirası). Its short name is YTL. The capital city is Ankara, a city in the central Anatolia. The cultural and economic center is Istanbul. In the past Istanbul was known as Constantinople. Turkey was founded in 1923 by Atatürk after the war of independence. Before that, Turkish Republic was part of the Ottoman Empire. Atatürk made many changes that made Turkey more modern and more western.  Because of its place, in history the land has been home to many civilizations, like the Hittites and the Byzantine Roman Empire. Many important events in the history ofChristianity happened in Turkey. Modern Turkey has a strong economy. It has 7th largest army (4th largest ground army) in the world. Its warm climate lets many kinds of food crops grow, and livestock and forestry are important industries. Turkey is one of the countries in the world that can make enough food to feed itself. There is a strong manufacturing sector making airplanes, electronics, cars, clothing and textiles for home and for other countries. These days, Turkey is a popular place for tourists to visit. It has hundreds of kilometres of beautiful beaches on its Aegean and Mediterranean coasts, and many important historical places. Religion 99% of Turkey's people are Muslim. There are also some Jewish and Christian people living in Turkey. But because of the secular laws in Turkey, the government doesn't have a religion, and everybody is equal in rights.  EU Turkey wants to join the European Union. The EU says that before Turkey can join, it must resolve its human rights issues first, and also bring its econimical and political system to equal that of the EU. But some say that the reason that Turkey was denied membership was because of its 99% muslim majority. Economy The economy of Turkey develops every year.Turkey is a member of OECD and G-20. Export Turkey exported amounted 73.5 billion dollar in 2005.In 2007 the number got bigger and reached 106 billion dollar.At the date of May 2008 the export of last one year reached more than 110 billion dollar.  The
main language in Turkey is the Turkish language. However, there are also
people who speak
Kurdish, although they are a
minority, and some speak
Greek.  High
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