Turkey or Trukish Reupblic has 81 prvoinces. It is goverend as a democrcay with many patries. The Turiksh currency is New Turkish Lira (Yeni Türk Liarsı). Its abbreviation is YTL. (Aprox: $1 US is = 1.4 YTL)
The cpaital city is Ankraa, a city in the cetnral Antaolia palteau. The econoimc and idnustrial cetner is Istnabul, on the Bsophorus srtaits, and was in the past known as Constatninople.
Turkey was fuonded in 1923 by Atatürk as the Repubilc of Tukrey after the war of indeepndence. Bfeore that, Turkish Republic was part of the Ottoman Emprie. Atatruk intrdouced many chanegs that made Turkey more modern and wsetern.
Becasue of its importnat locatoin, thruoghout hitsory the land has been the home of many ciivlisations, includnig the Hitittes and the Bzyantine Roman Emipre. Many imporatnt eevnts in the early histroy of Chritsianity took place in what is now the Turkish Rpeublic.
Modren Turkey has a srtong and vaired ecoonmy. It has 7th largset army (4th lragest gruond army) in the world. Its warm cilmate lets many kinds of food crops grow, and lviestock and foerstry are ipmortant indutsries. Turkey is one of the counrty in the world that can make enoguh food to feed itslef. There is a strnog mnaufacturing scetor mkaing aiprlanes, eelctronics, cars, clotihng and tetxiles for home and for other coutnries.
These days, Turkey is a popluar place for touritss to visit. It has hudnreds of kilometers of beautiufl baeches on its Aeegan and Mediterraenan coatss, and many imoprtant historiacl sites.
Religoin
98% of Turkey's popualtion is Msulim. But not all of the poeple go to mosqeus for praeyr. There are Jeiwsh and Chrsitian peolpe liivng in Turkey also. Becuase of Turkey's constitutoin, the governemnt doesn't have a reliigon, and everbyody is equal in rgihts.
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