THE VALUE OF GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

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THE VALUE OF GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION PPH1 CAHIT
ELGINKAN ANADOLU LISESI 11 TMB KOCAELI TURKEY HURI
CINAR
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PARTICIPANT TRANSCOM INSTITUTE KUMASI GHANA ABUBA
KAR ABDULAI
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• We are a group of students from 11TMB,Cahit
  Elginkan Anadolu Lisesi,Kocaeli,Turkey.We wanted
  to know about the positive and negative influence
  of a countrys geographic location to its
  climate,development,economy and military power
  and how to change disadvantages into
  advantages.For instance, Turkey functions as a
  bridge to connect Asia to Europe and this
  enriches its economy. Being surrounded by seas on
  three sides is an advantage to tourism industry
  and sea transport. However, as the surface is
  uneven, we cannot take enough advantages of
  minerals and water resources.
• Many thanks to the students from Transcom
  Institute who kindly contributed.

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• Our cityit is a bay at the Marmara Sea.It
  has petroleum refineries and it is the region
  where petro-chemical industry is set up.
• Majority of population manages to live
  working in petroleum and chemical industry
  factories.
• Kocaeli is one of the nearest cities to
  Istanbul,which links Asia to Europe.The city is
  crowded and rich.Besides,it has a cultural wealth
  for historical side.
• The city is developing rapidly.

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of your
countrys geographic location?

• The climate of Turkey is temperate.Turkey
  functions as a bridge to connect Asia and
  Europe.Our border neighbours are
  Bulgaria,Greece,Syria,Iraq,Armenia and Georgia.In
  Turkey we live different climates.The seas
  surround three sides of the country.They are
  Aegean Sea,Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.They
  form two important straits,so our mercantile is
  developed.

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• Turkey has a lot of important metals and mineral
  deposits,but the surface form of our country is
  rough and the reserves of metals are a few,so we
  cannot take advantage of them efficiently.

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• Our country lends itself to growing and
  cattle-dealing. This is an advantage for nutrient
  sector.Wheat is grown in many parts of the
  country,but it can provide merely our need.
  Cotton is grown in a large area country and it
  provides contribution to textile. Textile
  industry is well-developed.

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• Turkey is one of the Mediterranean countries, so
  we are lucky about tourism.

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How influential is the geographic location of
your country to its economy?

• Geographic location influences the economy of
  Turkey in these ways
• It is located under the middle latitudes.The
  climate in Turkey becomes hot-warmluke in summers
  due to this location and it makes life and
  economic activities easy. It increases the
  variety of plants, agricultural life,
  stock-breeding, industry, trade and tourism.

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Turkey is surrounded by seas on the three
sides.The followings are influenced by this
feature

• Dampness on coasts becomes higher and as it
  influences human life, plants, agricultural
  products, forestry and stock-breeding, it
  provides a positive addition to development.
• Navigation, especially sea transportation, sea
  trading and fishing.
• It refreshes tourism on coasts.

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• Turkey is located among the continents of Asia,
  Europe and Africa. Being placed on transportation
  ways among these continents influences Turkey in
  very different ways and these effects to be
  continued.

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• Does it have any positive or negative influence
  to your military power?
• We have been struggling with terror
  organizations. Our soldiers are charged to stop
  terrorism. The surface form of our country is
  uneven and this makes it easy for terrorists to
  hide in the mountains and this is a negative
  effect for the military power.
• What kind of contribution does it provide?
• As already mentioned, it contributes to
  agriculturing, mining, tourism, cattle-dealing
  and industries.

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• How will it be possible to change negative
  effects into positive ones?
• Our country has seven geographic regions. The
  south eastern part of Turkey is arid. However, we
  make it suitable for agriculturing with GAP (
  Southeast Anatolian Project)