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• The Crossroads of Civilizations

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Asia Minor - Anatolia
Troy (3000-2500 B.C.) Hatti-Hittite Princedoms
(1660-1461 B.C.) Hittite Empire (1660-1190
B.C.) Urartu Kingdom (860-580 B.C.) Lydia, Caria,
Lycia People (575-545 B.C.) Ionian Civilization
(1050-1030 B.C.) The Romans (30 B.C. 595
A.D.) The Byzantine Empire (330-1453 A.D.) The
Seljuk Empire (1071-1300 A.D.) The Ottoman Empire
(1299-1923 A.D.) Columbus reached America
(1492) The Turkish Republic (1923-today)
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3000 B.C.
500 A.D.
1300 B.C.
100 A.D.
100 B.C.
600 B.C.
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Ottomans
Islamic Empire
Ruled between 1299 -1923
Conquered Constantinople (todays Istanbul)
Golden Years Suleyman the Magnificent 16th
century
Tolerance to different religions and cultures
Collapsed after World War I
Officially ended by the foundation of Turkish
Republic
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Ottomans
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Modern Turkey
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The official language Turkish
Latin Alphabet is being used since 1929
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Main Industries Textile Construction
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Main Industries Automotive Tourism
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Turkey is dangerous for American tourists ?
Source Interpol Data - 2000 Note 1.
Crime rate is volume of crime per 100,000
inhabitants. 10 million tourists have visited
Turkey last year.
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Basic Facts
Monarchy or Dictatorship ?
Western Democracy ?
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Western Democracy
Secular

Parliament
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1993-1996 - Prime Minister

1996-1997 - Vice Prime Minister
1993-2002 Minority leader in the
parliament
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Basic Facts
Most advanced women rights in the Islamic world

Women got the election rignts in 1939 (Before
Switzerland)
Any profession, doctors, writers, atrists,
musicians,engineers, executives, officers etc.
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Covering is not an obligation It is voluntary

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Traditional covers are common in country side
Black veil can be seen in cities but very few

Social norms change from region to region
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2002 Miss World

1925 Miss World
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NATO Member
Front runner in that region and Islamic World in
democracy despite its problems
Working hard to be a part of EU

A friend and ally of US since the Korean War
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People from Turkey in US

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Turkish citizens take the 6th place in the
population of international students in US.
They adopt to US very well

They become very productive
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Ahmed D. Kafadar

• He developed propellant-actuated devices used
  throughout the world in aircraft escape systems
  (F-15, F-16, B-1, B-2, etc.), space and missile
  systems (Ariane Launcher, Space Shuttle, Delta,
  Atlas, etc.), and automotive air bag systems.

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Ali Erdemir 1998 DISCOVER TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
FINALISTS

• He developed "near frictionless" carbon films,
  which has 40 times less friction than Teflon, and
  100 times less than lubricated steel.

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Arif Mardin

• He has worked with Average White Band, Anita
  Baker, the Bee Gees, Judy Collins, Phil Collins,
  Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway,
  Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Modern Jazz Quartet,
  and many more.

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Ahmet Ertegun

• Founder of Atlantic Records.
• He has worked with Ray Charles, Mick Jagger,
  Aretha Franklin, Robert Plant, Bette Midler,
  Percy Sledge, Wilson Pickett, Cher, Phil Collins,
  Roberta Flack, the Bee Gees, Tori Amos

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Mehmet Oz

• He was elected as a Global Leaders of Tomorrow
  (1999)
• His books, Healing from the Heart, won the
  prestigious Books for a Better America award
  (1999) and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery was
  elected as a Best Health Science Book by Doodys
  Review Journal (2000)

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• The Crossroads of Civilizations