about its culture people economy religion ...etc
2006-06-16 07:37:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Turkey has been occupied by the Turks since about 1200 AD. The Turks were fearsome warriors who also conquered southern Europe, the Middle East, Egypt, Tunis, Libya and Algeria. Their empire, The Ottoman Empire, lasted until the end of WW1, when it fell apart. The British and the French occupied most of its territories. Turkey itself went through a revolution inspired by the army, and Ataturk established Turkey as a modern country with a modern, secular constitution.
Turkey has always been a Muslim country. However, the state is adamantly secular, which creates great tension in Turkish society. Turkey has significant problems with certain minorities such as the Kurds, and the Greeks and Turks hate each other.
Turkey is very mountainous and scenic. Turks are quite open to Americans and travel there is safe and inexpensive. Just don't violate the drug laws!
2006-06-16 07:47:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know that the Anatolian Peninsula was once the domain of the Greeks. For thousands of years it was populated by Greeks until the Seljuk Turks descended on the Middle East from Central Asia. They virtually annihilated the Greek population of the Anatolian, then under the control of the Empire of Byzantium. The Seljuks then repopulated the Anatolian as a Turkish state, with Islam as its religion. They took Constantinople, the Great City that sat on Straits of Marmara and guarded the entrance to the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. The Turks looted, raped, and pillaged the city, again, decimating the Greek population that had called the region home for thousands of years.
I know that the other Christian powers of Europe sat idly by and let this tragedy occur. But when the greedy Ottomans started to push further into Europe, they reached as far as the Gates of Vienna, before a combined army repulsed them, and over time drove them back to the shores of Turkey. If only that Army had existed a few hundred years earlier, and the Byzantine Empire had been saved, Turkey would be a much better place today.
2006-06-16 14:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by Kyle J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are a rather conservative country with a high muslim population. their population ranges from extremely westernize to traditional middleeastern in culture.
they are locatd on a major fault line and have experienced several large earthquakes.
the people are generally very nice - my best friend is from there!!
2006-06-16 14:42:21 · answer #3 · answered by Shopaholic Chick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know anything about Turkey except they have nice artistry and Istanbul was Constantinople.
2006-06-16 14:41:27 · answer #4 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i remember kamal attarturk.
the major religion used to be Islam,and I think its prety 50%-50% as for now.
and i still and will always remember Ilhan Mansiz the football player. *drool*
2006-06-16 14:41:43 · answer #5 · answered by heartyhoney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that it is named after a bird that tastes great with gravy and cranberry sauce.
and that there are some terrorists around there.
2006-06-16 14:39:52 · answer #6 · answered by sobrien 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THEY ARE MUSLIM,NICE COUNTRY BUT ALSO WITH TERRORIST
2006-06-16 14:47:20 · answer #7 · answered by mandycryss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋