REPUBLIC OF TURKEY (TÜRKIYECUMHURIYETI)
•CAPITAL: ANKARA
•CURRENCY: TURKISH LIRA
•LARGEST CITY: ISTANBUL
•POPULATION: 74 MILLION
•OFFICIAL LANGUAGE : TURKISH
•LOCATED ON TWO CONTINENTS --EUROPE
AND ASIA
HISTORY
•TURKEYWASPROCLAIMEDAREPUBLICIN1923,EMERGINGFROM
THERUINSOFTHEOTTOMANEMPIRE
•WHICHRULEDTHEMIDDLEEAST,NORTHAFRICA,THEBALKANS
ANDPARTSOFEASTERNEUROPEFOROVER450YEARS.
•FROM1923TO1938,MUSTAFAKEMALATATÜRK,THEFOUNDER
ANDFIRSTPRESIDENTOFTHETURKISHREPUBLIC.
•TRANSFORMED THECOUNTRYFROMABACKWARD, FEUDAL
STATETOAPROGRESSIVENATIONWITHAWESTERNOUTLOOK.
•ATATÜRKREPLACEDTHESHARIA,ORISLAMICHOLYLAW,WITH
CIVILIAN,TRADEANDCRIMINALCODESADOPTED FROM
SWITZERLAND,ITALYANDGERMANY.
SOCIAL
•One of the social system strengths in Turkey is that they have growing proportion of young
population as they have more than half the population being aged below 30.
•This will allow Turkey to increase their employment rate by getting the most out of the young
labour force.
•This is an advantage for the business and Industry being brought into Turkey as shows there is a
healthy supply of young population willing to work so the company could create jobs for these
people.
•Turkish culture is influenced by the ancient history of Anatolia, the Mediterranean, the
Middle east, the Caucasus, eastern Europe, and certainly by the Aegean culture.
•TOURISM IN TURKEY IS FOCUSED LARGELY ON
A VARIETY OF HISTORICAL SITES, AND ON
SEASIDE RESORTS ALONG ITS AEGEAN AND
MEDITERRANEAN SEA COASTS.
•IN RECENT YEARS, TURKEY HAS ALSO BECOME
A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR CULTURE, SPA,
AND HEALTH CARE TOURISM.
•THE 6TH MOST POPULAR TOURIST
DESTINATION IN THE WORLD
Blue Mosque,
Istanbul
Important Monuments
Interior of an early Ottoman
mosque in Edirne
Interior of the
Sultanahmet
Mosque in
Istanbul, Turkey
Topkapı Palace, Istanbul
Traditional waterfront houses, called vali, on the Bosporus
One of the main entrance
gates of the
DolmabahçePalace
Grand Bazaar
Close up view of Dolmabahçe
Palace from the Bosporus
BeylerbeyiPalace from the Bosphorus
Centre Anatolia
TOP TURKISH
COMPANIES
Source: Fortune
500 -2015
TURKISH
AIRLINES
•ITISTHENATIONAL FLAG
CARRIERAIRLINEOFTURKEY,
HEADQUARTERED AT THE
TURKISH AIRLINES GENERAL
MANAGEMENT BUILDING ON
THEGROUNDS OFATATÜRK
AIRPORT IN YEŞILKÖY,
BAKIRKÖY,ISTANBUL.
TÜPRAŞ
•TURKEY’SONLYOILREFINER,OPERATING
FOUR REFINERIES WITH ATOTAL
CAPACITYTOHANDLEANANNUAL28.1MN
TONSOFCRUDE.
•TÜPRAŞOPERATESFOUROILREFINERIES,
THREEOFWHICH PROCESS IMPORTED
CRUDEOIL.
•TUPRASALSOOWNSAMAJORITY STAKE
(79,98%)INTHESHIPPINGCOMPANY DİTAŞ
AND,SINCE2006,A40%OWNERSHIP OF
PETROLRETAILEROPET.