TURKEY EQUALS TURKEY. tur·key noun \ˈtər-kē\ : a large American bird that is related to the chicken and that is hunted or raised by people for its meat the meat of the turkey used as food :something (such as a play or movie) that has failed Tur·key (tûrk) A country of southwest Asia and southeast Europe between the Mediterranean and the Black seas. The region was dominated by many ancient civilizations and peoples, among them the Hittites (1800 b.c.), the Greeks (8th century b.c.), and the Persians (6th century b.c.), and in a.d. 395 it became part of the Byzantine Empire. The area was conquered by the Ottoman Turks between the 13th and 15th centuries and remained the core of the Ottoman Empire for more than 600 years. Its modern history dates to the rise of the Young Turks (after 1908) and the collapse of the empire in 1918. Under the leadership of Kemal Atatürk, a republic was proclaimed in 1923. Ankara is the capital and Istanbul the largest city. Population: 71,200,000.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:20:43 +0000
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