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I wanted to do Turkey for my Europe project because it was a country I knew nothing about and it sounded quite interesting to learn about.

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Turkey’s climate is temperate, they experience hot and dry summers with mild and wet winters, which are harsher in the interior of the country. To me, their climate sounds similar to ours. The terrain of Turkey consists of a high central plateau (Anatolia), a narrow coastal plain, and several mountain ranges. The capital city of Turkey is Ankara.

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The area of Turkey is about 302,535 square miles so it is the 38th largest country in area. Turkey is most comparable in size to Alaska, Alaska is about 270,000 square miles total. The reason why I chose this country was stated in the introduction. Elia Kazan was born on September 7, 1909 and died on September 28, 2003 at age 94, he was a Greek-American film and stage director known for many hit plays and movies at that time, he was one of many in history who influenced this type of art.

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Although soccer is the most popular sport in Turkey, basketball, volleyball, handball, track-and-field and wrestling (which is considered as the ancestral sport) are also popular. Furthermore, important international successes have been attained in weightlifting, boxing, taekwon-do, judo and archery in recent years. Here is a link to one of the traditional sports from Turkey. Handball: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pWkLtIY7j3Y

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Ruins of the Roman Senate (Odeon, or small theater) in Ephesus. The city, on the west coast of Asia Minor, was originally Greek, but later became part of the Roman Empire. In Roman times it had a population estimated between 250 and 500 thousand, making it one of the largest cities in the Mediterranean world. Ephesus was partially destroyed by an earthquake in A.D. 614. The city's harbor thereafter slowly silted up causing its commercial importance to decline.

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There is complex maritime, air, and territorial disputes with Greece in the Aegean Sea, status of north Cyprus question remains, Turkey has expressed concern over the status of Kurds in Iraq, in 2009, Swiss mediators facilitated an accord reestablishing diplomatic ties between Armenia and Turkey, but neither side has ratified the agreement and the rapprochement effort has faltered, Turkish authorities have complained that blasting from quarries in Armenia might be damaging the medieval ruins of Ani, on the other side of the Arpacay valley.

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Traditional instruments in Turkish classical music today include tanbur long-necked plucked lute, ney end-blown flute, kemençe bowed fiddle, oud plucked short-necked unfretted lute, kanun plucked zither, violin, and in Mevlevi music, kudüm drum and a harp. Here is a video of traditional Turkish music: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JsE05nXQPwo

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Slowly-Roasted Turkish Chicken with Vegetables (Koylu Kebab)

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Here is an example of a native dress from Turkey.