The World in Focus series provides a thorough, comprehensive, and up-to-date view of individual countries around the world. Each volume examines a major nation's history, geography, climate, economy, transportation, natural resources, industrial development, and future challenges. Also featured are in-depth treatments of the nation's political, religious, and cultural institutions, as well as a close-up view of the people of the nation, their lifestyles, and their activities while at work, at home, and at play. In addition to the readable and engaging text, each volume contains a time line and numerous full-color photos, maps, charts, graphs, data boxes, and special "Did You Know?" features containing intriguing facts that are bound to encourage readers to continue their search for information.
Turkey explores the history, culture, and people of the country that lies at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Made up mostly of the mountainous peninsula of Asia known as Anatolia, a small part of the country-Thrace-is part of Europe. Ruled over its long history by the Hittites, the Persian, the Romans, and the Ottomans, Turkey took its modern form in the early twentieth century under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The reforms brought by Ataturk transformed Turkey into a modern, secular state. Turkey's history in the twentieth century, however, has been fraught with controversy and conflict. The massacres of the country's Armenian population in 1915, its years of military rule, its unresolved dispute with Greece over Cyprus, and problems with its Kurdish population have cast a shadow over Turkey's modernization and development. As Turkey works through the process of joiningthe European Union, it must face challenges on all of these fronts to convince the EU countries that it is ready to become a member of one of the world's most powerful alliances of nations.
The World in Focus series provides a thorough, comprehensive, and up-to-date view of individual countries around the world. Each volume examines a major nation's history, geography, climate, economy, transportation, natural resources, industrial development, and future challenges. Also featured are in-depth treatments of the nation's political, religious, and cultural institutions, as well as a close-up view of the people of the nation, their lifestyles, and their activities while at work, at home, and at play. In addition to the readable and engaging text, each volume contains a time line and numerous full-color photos, maps, charts, graphs, data boxes, and special "Did You Know?" features containing intriguing facts that are bound to encourage readers to continue their search for information.
Turkey explores the history, culture, and people of the country that lies at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Made up mostly of the mountainous peninsula of Asia known as Anatolia, a small part of the country-Thrace-is part of Europe. Ruled over its long history by the Hittites, the Persian, the Romans, and the Ottomans, Turkey took its modern form in the early twentieth century under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The reforms brought by Ataturk transformed Turkey into a modern, secular state. Turkey's history in the twentieth century, however, has been fraught with controversy and conflict. The massacres of the country's Armenian population in 1915, its years of military rule, its unresolved dispute with Greece over Cyprus, and problems with its Kurdish population have cast a shadow over Turkey's modernization and development. As Turkey works through the process of joiningthe European Union, it must face challenges on all of these fronts to convince the EU countries that it is ready to become a member of one of the world's most powerful alliances of nations.
Focus on Turkey
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Focus on Turkey
64
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780836867602 |
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| Publisher: | Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
| Publication date: | 07/07/2007 |
| Series: | World in Focus Series |
| Pages: | 64 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.75(w) x 10.00(h) x (d) |
| Age Range: | 10 - 13 Years |