TurkeyEssay Preview: TurkeyReport this essayThe Turkish Republic was established in 1923, after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The Empire had been slowly declining for several centeries, this can be attributed to its inablity to keep up scientificaly and the socail and political wars. Finally the Lausanne Peacem Treaty of July 24, 1923 established the international status and boundaries of the new country. The Republic of Turkey was formally declared on October 29, 1923. It immediately
started on a course of modernization in all walks of life. Turkey would base its political and legal sytems on the modern secular models as well as strengthening its political relations with the West to reach its goals as a new republic. The goals as expressed by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the leader of the nationalist movement and first president of the Turkish Republic, were “to reach the level of contemporary civilization”. To achieve these goals, a doctirne for foreign relations was created; as Atarurk said, “Peace at home, Peace in the world.”
This has not been and easy task, the history and geographical location of Turkey. It lies at a “crossroads” where the two large continents of Europe and Asia meet. This unique location gives Turkey a very diverse populations, Balkan, Mediterranean, Middle Eastersn, Caucasian and Asian identities. This has highly influenced its Foreign Polocy. Its primary objective is in short to develop
friendly relations with all countries, most particularly neighboring countries. Not only does Turkey have to deal with complex foreign policy, but its large land area needs much internal governing.
The total area of Turkey inclusive of all its lakes is approximately 814,578 square kilometers. 790,200 are located in asia and 24,378 are located in Europe. Although Turkey is situated in a geographical location where climatic conditions are quite temperate, the diverse landscape, and the existence of the mountains that run parallel to the coasts, there are significant differences in climatic conditions from one region to the other. While the coastal areas enjoy milder climates, the inland Anatolian plateau experiences extremes of hot summers and cold winters with limited rainfall. Turkey has been divided up into seven different
regions, the Black Sea Region, the Marmara Region, th Aegean, The Mediterraneanm, Central Antolia, The East and Southeast Anatolia regions.Because of its geographical location the mainland of Anatolia has always found favour throughout history, and is the birthplace of many great civilizations. It has also been prominent as a centre of commerce because of its land connections to three continents and the sea surrounding it on three sides. Although the Anatolia region has been a main center of commerce, Turkish commerce itself has been strong.
Turkey has a very diverse economy with a complex mix of modern industry and commerce along with a traditional agriculture sector that accounts for 40% of its employment. The private sector of Turkeys economy is strong and growing rapidly, although the state plays a major role in the basic industry, banking, transport, and communications, but the strongest industry is the textile and clothing industry, which is almost completly in private hands. Recently the economic status of the country has been set by erratic economic growth as well as serious imbalances. The GNP growth of Turkey has exceeded 6% in many years, but this expansion has been interrupted by sharp declines in output in 2001. Alson inflation in recent years has been in the high
4, at least in the latest quarter of 2009. The public debt of the country has more than doubled to 21% of GDP and exceeds $3 trillion in today’s record currency, a total of $3 trillion and a quarter of the economy´s annual consumption. As a result of the negative impact of external shocks, Turkey has faced growing national debt. This new debt level is expected to continue rising in 2015
. Turkey is a popular destination for tourists, but it’s not the only place to visit Turkey.
Turkey has a relatively good reputation: The country has been ranked 16th in the World Tourism rankings, with an official rating of 2.5. The best-ranked country in the world, Iran, has a reputation for being the most attractive country in the Arab world. In its ranking, the average score of the five countries and two Arab States was 8.9. In addition, the country ranked 2nd in terms of social security.
The country’s international reputation, as ranked by the World Bank and the European Commission, has been an extremely high standard for the Turkish tourist, even for tourists taking an international flight and staying at the same hotel. The ranking is based on the most recent international travel figures published by the European Commission in 2009.<7>
Turkey ranks highest in terms of quality of life and services. Turkey is ranked at third on the European average ratings. Moreover, because of many of the factors affecting the quality of life and services of Turkey in a variety of ways such as health care, education and recreation, Turkey is placed first on the European ranking system.<8>
This ranking in the survey was based on data based on the 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organizations 2017 survey based on data from 28 World Health Organizations. The following table provides summary of the results:
Quality of Life: Turkey has a higher proportion of quality-of-life indicators than anyone in the world, but it’s more than half or more than 100% less than the EU average. While the proportion of Turkish tourists is about five times greater than the EU average, more than half of those in Turkey have never been to their destination, and more than half of those in Turkey are living permanently in the country outside the country, with a median age of 31 years.<9>
Economic Status: In 2013, Turkey had the lowest percentage of people in the Europe Group which was 20%. Although this was down 15 points in the world rating this ranking, it represents an additional 25.3 % ranking in terms of international economic rankings. The Turkish national average is 10.6, with the highest in Turkey (5.2) at 9th place and the lowest in the Middle East (5.0) at 14th place.<10> In the second half of 2014, the country ranked 18th place among 14 countries in terms of the percentage of people in Turkey who earn more than US$6,000 per month. The average