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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Turkey:
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
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sovereign
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The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or ...
Eurasia
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country
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that stretches across the
Anatolia
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
n peninsula in
Southwest Asia and
Thrace
Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to t ...
(
Rumelia
Rumelia ( ota, روم ايلى, Rum İli; tr, Rumeli; el, Ρωμυλία), etymologically "Land of the Names of the Greeks#Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι), Romans", at the time meaning Eastern Orthodox Christians and more specifically Christians f ...
) at the southeastern tip of the
Balkan Peninsula
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in
Southern Europe
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.
Turkey is a
democratic,
secular,
unitary
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, constitutional republic whose
political system
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was established in 1923 under the leadership of
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...
, following the fall of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
in the aftermath of
World War I
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.
General reference
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* Common English country name:
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
* Official English country name: The
Republic of Turkiye
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Common endonym(s), i.e., in tr, Türkiye
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Official endonym(s):
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Adjectival(s):
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
*
Demonym
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Turks ''(in
Turkish language
Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant sma ...
: Türkler)''
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Etymology
Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...
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Name of Turkey
The name for the country Turkey is derived (via Old French ') from the Medieval Latin '. It is first recorded in Middle English (as ''Turkye, Torke'', later ''Turkie, Turky''), attested in Chaucer, 1369. The Ottoman Empire was commonly referre ...
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International rankings of Turkey
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ISO country codes: TR, TUR, 792
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ISO region codes: See
ISO 3166-2:TR
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Internet
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country code top-level domain
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:
.tr
.tr is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Turkey. It is administered by trABİS (under the Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey) and managed by the Computer Center DNS Group of the ICT Authority. The ...
Geography of Turkey
![Ölüdeniz on the Turquoise Coast, Turkey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/%C3%96l%C3%BCdeniz_on_the_Turquoise_Coast%2C_Turkey.jpg)
* Turkey is: a
country
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* Location:
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Northern Hemisphere
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and
Eastern Hemisphere
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Asia
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(except
Thrace
Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to t ...
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Southwest Asia
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Europe
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Southeast Europe
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Time zone
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Turkey Standard Time (
UTC+03:00), since 2016
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Eastern European Time
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A number of African countries use UTC+0 ...
(
UTC+02:00)
Eastern Daylight Time
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(
UTC+03:00), until 2016.
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Extreme points of Turkey
The geographically extreme points of the Republic of Turkey are:
*Northernmost: The point is on the Turkish-Bulgarian border in Kofçaz, Kırklareli Province – ()
*Southernmost: The spring of Kale Stream, Yayladağı, Hatay Province – () ...
*** High:
Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat or , ''Ararat''; or is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and th ...
*** Low:
Mediterranean Sea
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and
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...
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** Land boundaries: 2,648 km (1645 mi)
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) 9 km (6 mi)
:*Coastline: 7,200 km (4,474 mi)
*
Population of Turkey: 82 million
19th most populous country
* Area of Turkey: 783,562 km
2 (302,455 sq mi)
36th most extensive country
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Atlas of Turkey
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Cities of Turkey, by population
Environment of Turkey
![VAN_CAT](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/VAN_CAT.png)
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Climate of Turkey
The coastal areas of Turkey bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea have a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and mild to cool, wet winters. The coastal areas of Turkey bordering the Black Sea have a temperate Oc ...
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Climate change in Turkey
Climate change in Turkey includes changes in the climate of Turkey, their effects and how the country is adapting to those changes. Turkey's annual and maximum temperatures are rising, and 2020 was the third hottest year on record. Turkey wil ...
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Environmental issues in Turkey
Turkey hosts more than three thousand endemic plant species, has high diversity of other taxa, and is almost entirely covered by three of the world's thirty-five biodiversity hotspots. Although some environmental pressures have been decoupled fro ...
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Ecoregions in Turkey
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Renewable energy in Turkey
Renewable energy in Turkey is mostly hydroelectricity, geothermal energy and solar energy. Although sun and wind could supply plenty of energy in Turkey, hydropower is the only renewable energy which is fully exploited, averaging about a fi ...
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Geothermal power in Turkey
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Solar power in Turkey
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Wind power in Turkey
Wind power generates about 10% of Turkey's electricity, mainly in the west in the Aegean and Marmara regions, and is gradually becoming a larger share of renewable energy in the country. , Turkey has 11 gigawatts (GW) of wind turbines. Th ...
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Geology of Turkey
The geology of Turkey is the product of a wide variety of tectonic processes that have shaped Anatolia over millions of years, a process which continues today as evidenced by frequent earthquakes and occasional volcanic eruptions.
Background
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Earthquakes in Turkey
This is a list of earthquakes in Turkey, including any notable historical earthquakes that have epicenters within the current boundaries of Turkey, or which caused significant effects in this area. Overall, the population in major cities like Ist ...
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National parks of Turkey
The following is a list of national parks in Turkey. History
The concept of a national park was introduced for the first time in Turkey by Selahattin İnal, who argued that "nature reserves should have the status of a national park and they ...
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Protected areas of Turkey
Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although th ...
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Wildlife of Turkey
The wildlife of Turkey is abundant and very varied. Turkey is a large country with many geographic and climatic regions and a great diversity of plants and animals, each suited to its own particular habitat. About 1500 species of vertebrates have ...
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Flora of Turkey
about 9300 species of vascular plant were known to grow in Turkey. By comparison, Europe as a whole contains only about 24% more species (about 11500), despite having thirteen times the area.
The most important reasons for the high plant biodi ...
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Fauna of Turkey
The fauna of Turkey is abundant and very varied. The wildlife of Turkey includes a great diversity of plants and animals, each suited to its own particular habitat, as it is a large country with many geographic and climatic regions About 1500 s ...
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Amphibians of Turkey
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Birds of Turkey
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Mammals of Turkey
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Reptiles of Turkey
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Geographic features of Turkey
![Pamukkale 30](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Pamukkale_30.jpg)
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Glaciers of Turkey
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Islands of Turkey
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Lakes of Turkey
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Mountain peaks of Turkey
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Highest major summits of Turkey
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Most prominent summits of Turkey
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Most isolated major summits of Turkey
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Anti-Taurus Mountains
The Anti-Taurus Mountains (from el, Αντίταυρος) are a mountain range in southern and eastern Turkey, curving northeast from the Taurus Mountains.
At , Mount Erciyes ( Turkish: Erciyes Dağı) is the highest peak not just in the ran ...
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Pontic Mountains
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Sultan Mountains
The Sultan Mountains ( tr, Sultandağ), also known as Sultan Dagh range or Sultan Dag, is a short mountain range on the western edge of the Anatolian Plateau, Turkey with highest elevation of .
The town of Sultandağı is their namesake.
They ar ...
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Taurus Mountains
The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar'') are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğirdir ...
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Yalnızçam Mountains
The Arsiani Range ( tr, Yalnızçam Dağları) or ( ka, არსიანის ქედი, ''arsianis k’edi'') is a mountain range in Eastern Anatolia Region, northeast Turkey, and the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, southwest Georgia. The r ...
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Yıldız Mountains
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Volcanoes of Turkey
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Rivers of Turkey
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Büyük Menderes River
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Euphrates
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Kızılırmak
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Meriç
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Sakarya River
The Sakarya (Sakara River, tr, Sakarya Irmağı; gr, Σαγγάριος, translit=Sangarios; Latin: ''Sangarius'') is the third longest river in Turkey. It runs through the region known in ancient times as Phrygia. It was considered one of th ...
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Tigris
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Waterfalls of Turkey
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Valleys of Turkey
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World Heritage Sites in Turkey
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Regions of Turkey
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Aegean Region
The Aegean Region () is one of the 7 Geographical regions of Turkey, geographical regions of Turkey. The largest city in the region is İzmir. Other big cities are Manisa, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla, Afyonkarahisar and Kütahya.
Located in w ...
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Black Sea Region
The Black Sea Region ( tr, Karadeniz Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Samsun. Other big cities are Trabzon, Ordu, Tokat, Giresun, Rize, Amasya and Sinop.
It is bordered by the Marmara Region to the ...
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Central Anatolia Region
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Eastern Anatolia Region
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Marmara Region
The Marmara Region ( Turkish: ''Marmara Bölgesi'') is a geographical region of Turkey.
Located in northwestern Turkey, it is bordered by Greece and the Aegean Sea to the west, Bulgaria and the Black Sea to the north, the Black Sea Region to the ...
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Mediterranean Region
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Southeastern Anatolia Region
The Southeastern Anatolia Region ( tr, Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The most populous city in the region is Gaziantep. Other examples of big cities are Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Mardin and Adıyaman.
It is ...
Ecoregions of Turkey
List of ecoregions in Turkey {{Short description, none
The following is a list of ecoregions in Turkey as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial
Turkey is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are sorted by biome.
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
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Ecoregions in Turkey
Administrative divisions of Turkey
Administrative divisions of Turkey
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Provinces of Turkey
Turkey is divided into 81 provinces ( tr, il). Each province is divided into a number of districts (). Each provincial government is seated in the central district (). For non- metropolitan municipality designated provinces, the central distr ...
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Districts of Turkey
The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the ''kaza''.
Most provinces bear the same name as their respectiv ...
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Cities of Turkey
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Provinces of Turkey
Turkey is divided into 81 provinces ( tr, il). Each province is divided into a number of districts (). Each provincial government is seated in the central district (). For non- metropolitan municipality designated provinces, the central distr ...
Turkey is divided into 81 provinces, called ''iller'' in
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
=Districts of Turkey
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Districts of Turkey
The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the ''kaza''.
Most provinces bear the same name as their respectiv ...
The provinces of Turkey are divided into 923
district
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s (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe'').
Demography of Turkey
Demographics of Turkey
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Turkey, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
As of Dec ...
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Census in Turkey
Government and politics of Turkey
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Form of government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
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Unitary
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Mathematics
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* Unitary element
* Unitary group
* Unitary matrix
* Unitary morphism
* Unitary operator
* Unitary transformation
* Unitary representation
* Unitarity (physics)
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presidential
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese fu ...
constitution
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republic
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Capital
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Common uses
* Capital city, a municipality of primary status
** List of national capital cities
* Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences
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of Turkey:
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
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Flag of Turkey
The national flag of Turkey, officially the Turkish flag ( tr, Türk bayrağı), is a red flag featuring a white star and crescent. The flag is often called "the red flag" (), and is referred to as "the red banner" () in the Turkish national an ...
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Elections in Turkey
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Voting rights in Turkey
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Political parties in Turkey
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Justice and Development Party (AKP)
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Republican People's Party
The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...
(CHP)
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Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)
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Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)
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Good Party
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Worker's Party
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Democracy and Progress Party
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Communist Party
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Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
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Future Party
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Political divisions of Turkey
National government
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Constitution of Turkey
The Constitution of the Republic of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası), also known as the Constitution of 1982, is Turkey's fundamental law. It establishes the organization of the government and sets out the principles and rules of ...
Legislative branch
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Parliament of Turkey
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( tr, ), usually referred to simply as the TBMM or Parliament ( tr, or ''Parlamento''), is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Consti ...
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Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
This article lists the speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The name of the parliament of the Republic of Turkey, originally and currently the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi) since its est ...
Executive branch
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Head of state
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and
Head of government
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President of Turkey
The president of Turkey, officially the president of the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı), is the head of state and head of government of Turkey. The president directs the executive branch of the government of Tu ...
,
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the List of presidents of Turkey, 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as Lis ...
(12th)
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Vice President of Turkey
The vice president of Turkey, officially the vice president of the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısı), is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Turkey, after the presi ...
: Fuat Oktay (1st)
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Cabinet of Turkey
The Cabinet of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Kabinesi) or Presidential Cabinet ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kabinesi) is the body that exercises supreme executive authority in Turkey. It is composed of the President and the heads of the ministries.
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Judicial branch
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Turkey national courts
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Constitutional Court of Turkey
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Chief Justice of Turkey
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High Court of Appeals of Turkey
The Court of Cassation, also called Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Yargıtay Başkanlığı – ''Yargıtay'' for short) is the last instance for reviewing verdicts given by courts of criminal and civil justice in Tur ...
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Supreme Council of Public Accounts
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Court of Jurisdictional Disputes
Foreign relations
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Foreign policy of Turkey
International organization membership
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Member state of the Group of Twenty (G20)
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Member state of Council of Europe
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Member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Member state of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
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Member state of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Member state of the United Nations
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The criteria ...
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Member state of the Turkic Council
Military
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Turkish Army
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Turkish Gendarmerie
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Turkish Air Force
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Turkish Coast Guard
Intelligence organizations
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National Intelligence Organization (MİT)
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KDGM
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General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces
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Gendarmerie Intelligence Organization
Jandarma İstihbarat ve Terörle Mücadele or Jandarma İstihbarat Teşkilatı (abbr. ''JİTEM'' or ''JİT''; English: "Gendarmerie Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism" or "Gendarmerie Intelligence Organization") is the unofficial and illegal intel ...
History of Turkey
History of Turkey, by period
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Ancient settlements in Turkey
Below is the list of ancient settlements in Turkey. There are innumerable ruins of ancient settlements spread all over the country. While some ruins date back to Neolithic times, most of them were settlements of Hittite Empire, Hittites, Phrygians ...
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Ancient kingdoms of Anatolia
Below is a list of ancient kingdoms in Anatolia. Anatolia (most of modern Turkey) was the home of many ancient kingdoms. This list does not include the earliest kingdoms, which were merely city states, except those that profoundly affected histor ...
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Ottoman Empire
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Rebellions in the Ottoman Empire
During the 623-year existence of the Ottoman Empire, there were many rebellions. Some of these rebellions were in fact interregnum (such as Cem’s rebellion). Some were national uprisings (such as Greek War of Independence). In the list below on ...
History of Turkey, by subject
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Constitutional history of Turkey
Over the centuries, Turkey has had many constitutions and can be characterised by the steady establishment of a nation-state, democratisation and recognition of international law.
Turkey has a rich constitutional history, dating from 1808 to the ...
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Economic history of Turkey
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Genetic history of the Turkish people
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History of the Jews in Turkey
The history of the Jews in Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Yahudileri or ; he, יהודים טורקים, Yehudim Turkim; lad, Djudios Turkos) covers the 2400 years that Jews have lived in what is now Turkey. There have been Jewish communities in An ...
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Military history of Turkey
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History of Turkish navies
Culture of Turkey
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Architecture
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Ottoman architecture
Ottoman architecture is the architectural style that developed under the Ottoman Empire. It first emerged in northwestern Anatolia in the late 13th century and developed from earlier Seljuk architecture, Seljuk Turkish architecture, with influen ...
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Cuisine
A cuisine is a style of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques and dishes, and usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region. Regional food preparation techniques, customs, and ingredients combine to ...
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Languages
Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of met ...
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Adyghe (Circassian)
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Northern Kurdish
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Ladino
Ladino, derived from Latin, may refer to:
* The register of Judaeo-Spanish used in the translation of religious texts, such as the Ferrara Bible
*Ladino people, a socio-ethnic category of Mestizo or Hispanicized people in Central America especi ...
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Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
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Regional Turkish
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Turkish Sign Language
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Western Armenian
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Media
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Newspapers
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...
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Radio stations
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Television
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Museums
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Public holidays
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Sovereign nations and territories observe holidays based on events of significance to their history, ...
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Traditions
A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or ...
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Carpets
A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but since the 20th century synthetic fibers such as polypropylene, nylon, or polyester have ...
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Folk dances
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Shadow play
Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim. The cut-ou ...
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Turkophilia
A Turkophile or Turcophile, ( tr, Türksever) is a person who has a strong positive predisposition or sympathy toward the government, culture, history, or people of Turkey. This could include Turkey itself and its history, the Turkish language, Tur ...
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Turquerie
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World Heritage Sites in Turkey
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Art in Turkey
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Cinema
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Golden Orange Awards
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Turkish actors This is a list of all Turkish actors.
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*Ali Şen
*Alp Kırşan
*Altan Erkekli
*Alp Navruz
*Aras Bulut İynemli
*Arda Kural
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Turkish directors
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Turkish films
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
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Turkish production companies
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Turkish scriptwriters
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Literature
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...
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Turkish novelists
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
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List of contemporary Turkish poets
This list includes the notable Turkish poets.
*Ahmet Emin Atasoy (1944-)
*Behçet Aysan (1949-1993)
*Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958)
* Asım Bezirci (1927-1993)
* Ahmet Haşim (1885–1933)
*Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (1898–1973)
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Turkish short story writers
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
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*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
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Museums
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Music
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Classical composers
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Composers
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Classical music, Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
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Theater
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actor, actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The p ...
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Turkish playwrights
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Television
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Television series
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Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...
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Turkish painters
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Turkish photographers
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
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Turkish sculpturist
Law in Turkey
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Constitution of Turkey
The Constitution of the Republic of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası), also known as the Constitution of 1982, is Turkey's fundamental law. It establishes the organization of the government and sets out the principles and rules of ...
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Separation of church and state in Turkey
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Separation of powers under the Turkish Constitution
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Civil liberties in Turkey
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Abortion in Turkey
Abortion in Turkey has been legal on request since May 27, 1983. Abortion is legal up to 10 weeks of pregnancy, and in special circumstances the time threshold can be extended if there is danger to the woman's life or the life of the fetus. During ...
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Assisted suicide in Turkey
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Freedom of assembly in Turkey
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Freedom of association in Turkey
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Freedom of information in Turkey
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Freedom of movement under Turkish law
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Freedom of religion in Turkey
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Freedom of speech in Turkey
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LGBT rights in Turkey
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Polygamy in Turkey
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Prostitution in Turkey
Prostitution in Turkey is legal and regulated. The secularization of Turkish society allowed prostitution to achieve legal status during the early 20th century. Known as "general houses" (''genelevler'') in the country, brothels must receive pe ...
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Freedom of the press in Turkey
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Criminal law in Turkey
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Criminal law procedure in Turkey
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Capital punishment in Turkey
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Crime in Turkey
Crime in Turkey is combated by the Turkish police and other agencies. Since the 1990s, overall crime in Turkey has been rising. As of 2014, Turkey has seen a 400% rise in crimes. In 1994, the number of arrested prisoners was recorded as 38,931; 20 ...
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Crimes against the public
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Sumptuary law in Turkey
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Alcohol laws of Turkey
Alcohol laws of Turkey regulate the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Background
Rakı (Rakija) is a famous Balkan alcoholic beverage, and is a significant part of Turkey's food and drinking culture, a significant cultural-historic ...
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Smoking ban in Turkey
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Crimes against property
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Bribery in Turkey
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Embezzlement in Turkey
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Gambling in Turkey
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Intellectual property violation
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Tax evasion in Turkey
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Crimes against animals in Turkey
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Animal cruelty laws in Turkey
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Family law in Turkey
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Marriage in Turkey
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Marriageable age
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Dissolution of marriage in Turkey
Dissolution may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Books
* ''Dissolution'' (''Forgotten Realms'' novel), a 2002 fantasy novel by Richard Lee Byers
* ''Dissolution'' (Sansom novel), a 2003 historical novel by C. J. Sansom Music
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No-fault divorce in Turkey
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Child custody laws in Turkey
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Child support in Turkey
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Parenting coordinator in Turkey
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Grandparent visitation rights in Turkey
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Adoption in Turkey
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Surrogacy in Turkey
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Child protective services in Turkey
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Emancipation of minors in Turkey
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Juvenile law in Turkey
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Intellectual property law in Turkey
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World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, 15 specialized agencies of the United Nation ...
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Copyright law in Turkey
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Public domain in Turkey
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Commercial law in Turkey
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Bankruptcy in Turkey
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Consumer protection in Turkey
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Securities regulation in Turkey
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Capital Markets Board of Turkey
The Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB) ( tr, Sermaye Piyasası Kurulu) is the financial regulatory and supervisory agency of Turkey. Its board is appointed by the Turkish finance ministry.
History
The CMB was created in 1982 with the passing ...
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Financial Regulation in Turkey
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Jurisprudence in Turkey
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Judicial review in Turkey
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Practice of law in Turkey
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Law making in Turkey
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Ballot measures in Turkey
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Executive orders in Turkey
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Legislative rulemaking in Turkey
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Treaties of Turkey
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Statutory law
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Acts of Parliament in Turkey
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Law enforcement in Turkey
Law enforcement in Turkey is carried out by several departments and agencies, all acting under the Ministry of Internal Affairs except military police which is under the command of the Turkish Armed Forces and the National Intelligence Organizat ...
Religion in Turkey
![Agia_Triada_Greek_Orthodox_Church,_İstanbul](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Agia_Triada_Greek_Orthodox_Church%2C_%C4%B0stanbul.jpg)
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Bahá'í Faith in Turkey
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Buddhism
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Christianity in Turkey
Christianity in Turkey has a long history dating back to the early origins of Christianity in Asia Minor during the 1st century AD. In modern times the percentage of Christians in Turkey has declined from 20 to 25 percent in 1914 to 3–5.5 pe ...
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Catholic Church in Turkey
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Latin Church
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Archdiocese of Izmir
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Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia
The Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Anatoliensis, tr, Anadolu Havarisel Vekilliği) is a Roman Catholic Latin apostolic vicariate in the eastern half of Anatolia (Asian Turkey).
The missionary pre-diocesan jurisd ...
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Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul
The Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Istanbulensis) is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate based in the city of Istanbul in Turkey.[Armenian Catholic Church
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Archeparchy of Istanbul
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Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
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Greek Catholic Exarchate of Istanbul
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Syriac Catholic Church
The Syriac Catholic Church ( syc, ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ, ʿĪṯo Suryayṯo Qaṯolīqayṯo, ar, الكنيسة السريانية الكاثوليكية) is an Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic Christianity ...
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Syriac Catholic Exarchate of Istanbul
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Chaldean Catholic Church
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Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Istanbul
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Greek Orthodox Church
The term Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also call ...
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Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...
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Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch ( el, Ελληνορθόδοξο Πατριαρχείο Αντιοχείας), also known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church and legally as the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East ( ar ...
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Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate
The Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate ( tr, ), also referred to as the Turkish Orthodox Church ( tr, ), is an unrecognised Orthodox Christian denomination, descending from Turkish-speaking Karamanlides.
General Congregation of the An ...
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Nestorian Church of the East
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Assyrian Church of the East
The Assyrian Church of the East,, ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية sometimes called Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East,; ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية الرسول ...
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Armenina Apostolic Church
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Armenian Apostolic Church
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Protestanism
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Armenian Evangelical Church
The Armenian Evangelical Church ( hy, Հայաստանեայց Աւետարանական Եկեղեցի) was established on July 1, 1846, by thirty-seven men and three women in Constantinople.
History
In the 19th century there was an intellectua ...
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Protestant Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany (german: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, abbreviated EKD) is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United (e.g. Prussian Union) Protestant regional churches and denominations in Germany, ...
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Greek Evangelical Church
The Greek Evangelical Church (Greek: Ελληνική Ευαγγελική Εκκλησία, ''Elliniki Evangeliki Ekklisia'') is a Presbyterian denomination in Greece. It was the first Protestant church established in the country.
History
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Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the ...
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...
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Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
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Alevism
Alevism or Anatolian Alevism (; tr, Alevilik, ''Anadolu Aleviliği'' or ''Kızılbaşlık''; ; az, Ələvilik) is a local Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Alevi Islamic ( ''bāṭenī'') teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, w ...
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Quranism
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Shi’a Islam
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...
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Alawites
The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isla ...
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Twelver
Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...
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Sufism
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...
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Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagre ...
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Judaism
Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the ...
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Karaite
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Orthodox
Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to:
Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...
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Hasidic
Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...
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Modern Orthodox
Modern may refer to:
History
*Modern history
** Early Modern period
** Late Modern period
*** 18th century
*** 19th century
*** 20th century
** Contemporary history
* Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century
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Tengrism
Tengrism (also known as Tengriism, Tengerism, or Tengrianism) is an ethnic and old state Turkic peoples, Turko-Mongolic peoples, Mongolic religion originating in the Eurasian Steppe, Eurasian steppes, based on folk shamanism, animism and general ...
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Yazidism
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Sports in Turkey
Sports in Turkey
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Football in Turkey
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Football clubs in Turkey
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Turkey at the Olympics
Turkey, then the Ottoman Empire, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908 and has sent athletes to compete in most editions of the Summer Olympic Games since then, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, the 1932 Summer Olympics in L ...
Economy and infrastructure of Turkey
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Economic rank, by nominal GDP(2021): 20th
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Economic rank, by GDP (PPP) (2021): 11th
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Currency of Turkey: ₺ Turkish lira
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ISO 4217
ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual cu ...
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TRY
Try or TRY may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''Try!'', an album by the John Mayer Trio
* ''Try'' (Bebo Norman album) (2014) Songs
* "Try" (Blue Rodeo song) (1987)
* "Try" (Colbie Caillat song) (2014)
* "Try" (Nelly Furtado song) (2004)
* " Try (Ju ...
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Banking in Turkey
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Central Bank
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union,
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List of banks in Turkey
As of September 2006, the size of the banking industry is 88.2% of total financial sector in Turkey. There are 51 banks as of April 2022: 3 public deposit, 8 private deposit, 21 foreign deposit, 3 public investment, 9 private investment, 4 foreig ...
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Telecommunications in Turkey
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Internet in Turkey
The Internet in Turkey has been available to the public since 1993, although experimentation at Ege University started in 1987. The first available connections were dial-up. Cable Internet has been available since 1998 and ADSL since 2001.
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Regional Internet Registry for Europe (RIPE NNC)
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Economic history of Turkey
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National debt of Turkey
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Energy in Turkey
Energy consumption per person in Turkey is similar to the world average, and over 85 percent is from fossil fuels. From 1990 to 2017 annual primary energy supply tripled, but then remained constant to 2019. In 2019, Turkey's primary energy ...
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Energy policy of Turkey
Energy consumption per person in Turkey is similar to the world average, and over 85 percent is from fossil fuels. From 1990 to 2017 annual primary energy supply tripled, but then remained constant to 2019. In 2019, Turkey's primary energy ...
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Electricity sector in Turkey
Turkey uses more electricity per person than the global average, but less than the European average, with demand peaking in summer due to air conditioning. Most electricity is generated from coal, gas and hydropower, with hydroelectricity from ...
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Coal in Turkey
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Nuclear energy in Turkey
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Renewable energy in Turkey
Renewable energy in Turkey is mostly hydroelectricity, geothermal energy and solar energy. Although sun and wind could supply plenty of energy in Turkey, hydropower is the only renewable energy which is fully exploited, averaging about a fi ...
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Geothermal power in Turkey
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Solar power in Turkey
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Wind power in Turkey
Wind power generates about 10% of Turkey's electricity, mainly in the west in the Aegean and Marmara regions, and is gradually becoming a larger share of renewable energy in the country. , Turkey has 11 gigawatts (GW) of wind turbines. Th ...
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Energy conservation in Turkey
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Energy policy of Turkey
Energy consumption per person in Turkey is similar to the world average, and over 85 percent is from fossil fuels. From 1990 to 2017 annual primary energy supply tripled, but then remained constant to 2019. In 2019, Turkey's primary energy ...
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Department of Energy
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Turkish energy law
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Health care in Turkey
Healthcare in Turkey consists of a mix of public and private health services. Turkey introduced universal health care in 2003. Known as Universal Health Insurance , it is funded by a tax surcharge on employers, currently at 5%. Public-sector fun ...
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Industry trade groups in Turkey
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Tourism in Turkey
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mor ...
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Shopping malls in Turkey
This is a list of shopping malls in Turkey. Opening year is given in parentheses.
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Transportation in Turkey
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Air transportation in Turkey
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Airports in Turkey
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Highway system in Turkey
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Rail transport in Turkey
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High-speed rail in Turkey
The Turkish State Railways (TCDD) started building high-speed rail lines in 2003. TCDD has branded its high-speed service as Yüksek Hızlı Tren (YHT) which currently operates on two lines: the Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway and the Ank ...
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History of rail transport in Turkey
The history of rail transport in Turkey began with the start of the placement in 1856 of a railway line between Izmir and Aydın. The first finished Ottoman railway line was a line between Köstence ( Constanţa, Romania today) and Boğazk ...
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Trade policy of Turkey
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European Union Customs Union
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation
in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...
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Wealth in Turkey
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Household income in Turkey
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Income inequality in Turkey
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Personal income in Turkey
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Poverty in Turkey
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Welfare in Turkey
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Water supply and sanitation in Turkey
Education in Turkey
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Higher education in Turkey
This is a list of universities in Turkey. There are 209 universities and academies in total: 129 state universities (eleven technical universities, one institutes of technology, and two fine arts university, one special national defense university, ...
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Medical education in Turkey
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Legal education in Turkey
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List of schools in Turkey
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List of private schools in Turkey
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List of international schools in Turkey
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List of yeshivas in Turkey
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List of public schools in Turkey
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Lists of universities and colleges
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List of law schools in Turkey
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List of medical schools in Turkey
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Anti-schooling activism in Turkey
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Department of Education in Turkey
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Board of education in Turkey
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Compulsory education in Turkey
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Foreign language education in Turkey
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Homeschooling in Turkey
See also
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Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
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Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...