History in Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey
Wars of Turkey
Wars of Turkey
Aug 14, 2005, 09:01
History in Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey
Power for the Future of Turkey
Once famous as the starting point of the Silk Route to the fabled East, Turkey now has a new importance for its position astride the main export routes for the world's newest oil and gas reserves, the huge but unexploited fields of the Caspian basin.
Aug 1, 2005, 18:20
History in Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey
Building the South-East of Turkey
32.000 square miles and $32 billion-these are the raw statistics of the most ambitious development project under way today between Europe and Asia. The South-eastern Anatolia Project, commonly known by its acronym, GAP (Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi), is designed to bring the Turkey's remote and often arid south-eastern provinces to the levels of prosperity seen elsewhere in the country.
Aug 1, 2005, 18:18
History in Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey
The Economic Setting of Turkey
Turkey offers the investor a unique range of assets. For the past three decades, Turkey has been the fastest growing economy in Europe, a country in ransformation, with rapidly developing financial markets, a dynamic entrepreneurial class, a fast-growing industrial base, and a vigorous consumer society.
Aug 1, 2005, 18:15
History in Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey
Democracy in Turkey
The republic that Atatürk founded and subsequent leaders have shaped is radically different from the imperial society of the Ottoman Empire.
Aug 1, 2005, 18:00
History in Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey
Allied to the West
Three generations ago, Atatürk committed Turkey to the West. Today this commitment is embodied in the country's application for full membership of the European Union.
Aug 1, 2005, 17:54
History in Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey
Turkey and Her Neighbors
The Turkish Republic occupies a strategic position of the utmost importance. As the land bridge between Europe and Asia, and the protector of the straits between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, Turkey is, quite simply, the most important country in the region.
Aug 1, 2005, 17:50
History in Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey
Who are the Turks?
The Turks date back 4,000 years as a people, with ancestral roots extending to theTurkic tribes who originated in the vast steppe lands of Central Asia and rode out in successive waves of conquest as their plains began to dry.
Aug 1, 2005, 17:46
History in Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey
A Quick Look at Turkey
The land on which the Turks have been building stretches 1,000 miles from the Balkans in the west to the Caucasus in the east, and from the Black Sea in the north to the Mediterranean in the south.
Aug 1, 2005, 17:32
History in Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey
The Birth of a Nation
Like the Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires, the Ottomans failed to survive theturmoil of the Great War. At the war's conclusion, Istanbul was under occupation and the Sultan reduced to a mere figurehead.
Aug 1, 2005, 17:23
History in Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey
An Introduction For Turkey
The Turkish story is one of remarkable accomplishment - the construction of an enduring, secular democracy on the ashes of an empire.
Aug 1, 2005, 17:09
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