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104 Years Old Grandma A Survivor of The Armenian Genocide Sharing Her Memory's

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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"

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5/1/2015- Police get violent with May Day protesters in Istanbul, 10,000+ Police were called in.

4/25/15- Turkish airline plane makes a crash landing after one of its engines catch fire

4/7/15- Two 17 year old guys travel to Syria from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

4/7/15- Turkish Security fears as thought to be destroyed Italian passports are being used by Syrian citizens to enter turkey

4/5/15- Bus carrying Turkish soccer players shot at on the highway. Bus driver wounded and put in hospital, no players were hurt.

4/1/15- Turkish Security forces shoot a female assailant armed with explosives and a gun. Her goal was to attack the Police Headquarters in Istanbul

3/9/15- The Oncupinar and Cilvegozu border gates in Hatay Province were closed in fear of terrorist attack

3/4/15- Turkish airlines make an emergency landing in Morocco after terrorist threat. Note found on plane saying "C4 Cargo", no explosives were found.

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Continues the growth of the Ottomans and builds Mosques and monuments

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Founder of the Ottoman Empire

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Conqueror of Constantinople and extends Ottoman control

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2/1/13- Suicide bomber detonated outside US Embassy in Ankara killing security guard and injuring several.

3/20/14- three foreigners connected to the conflict in Syria killed three security officers and injured five others in Nigde

1/1/15-  suspected DHKP/C member attempted to attack the Turkish Prime Minister’s office in Istanbul with hand grenades.

1/6/15- police building in Istanbul’s main tourist district, Sultanahmet, was attacked by a suicide bomber killing a police officer and the assailant, a foreigner who was possibly connected to the Syrian conflict.

1/30/15- DHKP/C member fired a machine gun at police in Taksim Square in Istanbul, no on was injured

3/31/15- two DHKP/C members held hostage a prosecutor in a courthouse in Istanbul. The gunmen and hostage were killed.

4/1/15-  two armed individuals attacked a police station in Fatih district, Istanbul. One attacker was killed, and the other detained.

Closer to Syrian/Iraq/Iran border the worse it gets

(https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/advice/Turkey) MB

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Turkish Government claims it is discrimination to call the deaths of the Armenians a genocide.

Government blocks thousands of websites throughout the internet.

Leader of Turkey's  pro-Islamist Justice and Development (AK) party reprimands the President (Recep Tayyip Erdogan)

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan interfering with Prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's  government and violates the Constitution

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- First flag concept was made in 1793 during the Ottoman Empire

- Flag they have now was adopted in 1844 when the 5 Point star was added

- The Moon and the Star are symbols in the Muslim Faith or come from a time before Islam to worship the gods of the moon and stars.

-The reasoning varies from person to person

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Amazing Turkish Art technique known as Ebru

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Take a look at the Turkish art of "marbling" known as Ebru. Video by Shihab/Khlaeej Times WATCH MORE AT: http://www.khaleejtimes.com/videos FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/khaleejtimes/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/khaleejtimes INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/khaleejtimes/

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The Real History Of Turkey During WW1(1915)

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The Armenian Genocide[4] (Armenian: Հայոց Ցեղասպանություն, [hɑˈjɔtsʰ tsʰɛʁɑspɑnuˈtʰjun]), also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, traditionally among Armenians, as the Great Crime (Armenian: Մեծ Եղեռն, [mɛts jɛˈʁɛrn]; English transliteration: Medz Yeghern [Medz/Great + Yeghern/Crime])[5][6] was the Ottoman government's systematic extermination of its minority Armenian subjects from their historic homeland in the territory constituting the present-day Republic of Turkey.

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Derinkuyu, Kurdish Underground City | Ancient Man-made Underground Civilization

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It is an ancient multi-level underground city of the Median Empire in the Derinkuyu district in Nevşehir Province, Turkey (Cappadocia). Extending to a depth of approximately 60 m, it was large enough to shelter approximately 20,000 people together with their livestock and food stores.

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Turkey culture display - Multicultural Cup

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Turkey's national Australian Football team performs a traditional Turkish cultural display before a match of the 2005 Australian Football Multicultural (Harmony) Cup tournament at Optus Oval/Princes Park/MC Labour Park in Carlton, Melbourne, Australia. From www.aussierulesinternational.com

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Originally known as the Anatolia peninsula
Was ruled by the Byzantines up until the 11th century when Seljuk turks came to the area and beat the Byzantines. After the Seljuks took over the area Turkish tribes populated the Anatolia peninsula. At this point the area is now referred to as Turkey. About the 13th century the Ottoman Turks were starting to make their mark and grow an empire. Turkey, like most the Middle East, is an area of constant fighting or power struggle ever since its birth. The Ottoman Empire controls Turkey for 621 years, right up until 1920. In 1915-1918 Turkish Official set forth a plan to expel all Armenians. In 1919 Mustafa Kemal leads a rebellion and ends up becoming president of Turkey in 1923 and launches reforms all around. In 1930 Constantinople is renamed to Istanbul. 1982, After a military takeover a new constitution was adopted. Through 1984-1999 the Government of Turkey fights a Kurdish Separatist group, over 30,000 people were killed. -MB

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Video: Aug. 17, 1999: Earthquake in Turkey

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A severe quake near Istanbul levels neighborhoods, traps thousands under rubble.

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Turkey's Gov't is a Republican parliamentary democracy

has both a President and a Prime Minister

President is Recep Tayyip Erdogan

the Prime Minister is Ahmet Davutoğlu

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Nationality- noun ( turks ), adjective ( turkish )

Ethnic Groups- Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 18%, Other 7-12%

Languages- Turkish( official ), Kurdish, other

Religion- Muslim 99.8% ( mostly Sunni), Other 0.2% ( mostly Christians and Jews )

Population- 81,619,392 as of july 2014
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Turkey’s has more diversity of animal life then it does plant life. There is over 80,000 species of animals with in turkey. If you also include subspecies, the number raises well over 100,000. -AB

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In the year 2000, about 9,300 species of vascular plants were known.The most important reasons for Turkey’s high plant biodiversity are supposed to be the relatively high proportion of endemics in combination with a high degree of climatic and edaphic variety. -AB

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During the early years of the republic, the government invested a large amount of resources into fine arts such as paintings, sculpture and architecture. This was a process of modernization and of creating a culture identity. With different historical factors defining the Turkish identity, the culture combines clear efforts of modern and western undertake in varying degrees since the 1700’s. They still have the desire to maintain traditional religious and historical values.Turkey may be the only country that contains every extreme of Eastern and Western culture. After WW1, the republic adapted a unitary approach, which forced all the different cultures within its borders to mix with each other. -AB

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Turkey's Geographical Elements and Culture

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Turkey's Geographical Elements and Culture

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Turkey is facing alot of environmental issues. There's water pollution, due to the dumping of chemicals and detergents. Air pollution in urban areas. There's alot of deforestation as well as major concerns for oil spills from the increasing Bosporus ship traffic. -AB

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With any country, there are many minor natural hazards. Even Turkey has them too. But with Turkey, there are many severe earthquakes to the northern part of Turkey. -AB

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Turkey has many natural resources. Some of the many ones are coal, copper, mercury, gold, limestone, marble, clay, hydropower. -AB

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Turkey's Location, Map References, Terrain, and Elevation Exterems 

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Turkey's Location, Map References, Terrain, and Elevation Exterems 

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Turkey is found in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia. It is slightly bigger then the state of Texas. The climate for Turkey is temperate; meaning hot dry summers with mild, wet winter. It becomes harsher the more inland you go.

Turkey has narrow coastal plains and several mountain ranges. Lowest point for Turkey is the Mediterranean Sea at O meters. The highest point of Turkey is Mount. Ararat at 5,166 meters. -AB