Difference between revisions of "Turkey" Revision as of 11:37, 6
November 2012 Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye)  is on the
Mediterranean, in the Anatolian region of West Asia, with a
small section in Southeastern Europe separated by the Turkish
Straits (Bosphorus, Sea of Marmara, and Dardanelles). With the
Black Sea to the north and the Aegean Sea in the west and
Mediterranean Sea to the southwest, Turkey is surrounded by
Bulgaria and Greece to the west, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
to the northeast, Syria, Iraq and Iran to the southeast. There
is evidence that the bed of the Black Sea was once an inhabited
plain, before it was flooded in prehistoric times by rising sea
levels. Mount Ararat (Ağrı Dağı), at 5,165 meters, is the
country's highest point and legendary landing place of Noah's
Ark, lies in the mountains on the far eastern edge of the
country. Turkey was founded in 1923 from the remnants of the
Ottoman Empire. Soon thereafter the country instituted secular
laws to replace traditional religious fiats. In