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Officially known as the Republic of Turkey. Location: Southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria Capital: Ankara Climate: Temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior Population: 68,893,918 (July 2004 est.) Ethnic Make-up: Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20% (estimated) Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) Government: republican parliamentary democracy

He was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey. He transformed the former Ottoman Empire (traditional and religious) into a modern, westernized and secular nation-state. The principles of Atatrk's reforms, upon which modern Turkey was established, are referred to as Kemalism. There are six fundamental pillars of the ideology(Kemalism) : Repulicanism, Populism, Secularism, Revolutionism, Nationalism, Statism.

Meeting and Greeting Etiquette:

'Asalamualaykum' (peace be upon you) or 'Nasilsiniz' (How are you?)

dining or sight seeing trips rather than lavish gifts. - As Turkey is a Muslim country. Before giving alcohol to anyone be 100% sure that they drink.

Gift Giving Etiquette : - Relationship building and the like will usually take the form of

Dining Etiquette :
-Turks smoke during meals and will often take breaks between courses to have a cigarette and a few drinks before moving onto the next. - Tea or Turkish coffee is served at the end of a meal sometimes with pastries. Turkish coffee is a national drink.

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