Turkey
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Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) is a country at the meeting point of Europe and Asia. The area of modern Turkey is about 780,000 square kilometres. Its population is about 72 million. Turkey's official language is Turkish.
Turkey has 81 provinces. It is governed as a democracy with many parties. The Turkish currency is New Turkish Lira (Yeni Türk Lirası). Its abbreviation is YTL.
The capital city is Ankara, a city in the central Anatolia plateau. The economic and industrial center is Istanbul, on the Bosphorus straits, and was in the past known as Constantinople.
Turkey was founded in 1923 by Atatürk as the Republic of Turkey after the war of independence. Before that, Turkey was part of the Ottoman Empire. Ataturk introduced many changes that made Turkey more modern and western.
Because of its important location, throughout history it has been the home of many civilisatons, including the Hittites and the Byzantine Roman Empire. Many important events in the early history of Christianity took place in what is now Turkey.
Modern Turkey has a strong and varied economy. And has 7th strongest army in the world. Its temperate climate allows the growing of many kinds of food crops, and livestock and forestry are important industries. There is a strong manufacturing sector making aviations, electronics, cars, clothing and textiles for home and for other countries.
These days Turkey is a popular tourist destination. It has hundreds of kilometres of beautiful beaches on its Aegean and Mediterranean coasts, and many important historical sites.
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