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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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CONTINENT: Europe and Asia

OFFICIAL NAME:  Republic of Turkey

FORM OF GOVERNMENT:  Parliamentary democracy

CAPITAL: Ankara

AREA: 302,535 square miles (783,562 square kilometers)

POPULATION: 81,619,392

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Turkish

MONEY: Turkish lira

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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Balıkesir is a province in midwestern of Turkey, having coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean.

360.000 people live in Balikesir city centre.

With all its towns it reaches to 1.000.000

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One of their favorite meals is kebab made from grilled lamb. Their diet includes lamb, eggplant, and yogurt. A sweet flavored candy with rose petals called Turkish delight, or lokum, is sold in many flavors and colors.

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The Turkish people are from diverse backgrounds, a reminder of the many different groups that conquered Turkey over thousands of years. The majority of the population lives in cities, and children who want to go to high school must move to a city. The people are primarily Sunni Muslim. One fifth of the population is Kurdish.

Children who live in the European side of Istanbul may cross the Bosporus by ferry to visit grandparents in Asia. Turks are family oriented and are very hospitable people. They invite visitors to their homes and make sure they have something to eat and drink before they leave.

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Turkey is a large peninsula that bridges the continents of Europe and Asia. Turkey is surrounded on three sides by the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Aegean Sea. Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, is built on land in the Bosporus seaway. The city is partly in Europe and partly in Asia.