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BACKGROUND
Information: A country.
Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is located mainly in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south. The country is encircled by seas on three sides, with the Aegean Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
The Ottoman Empire entered World War I on the side of the Central Powers and was ultimately defeated. Turkey remained neutral during most of World War II, but entered the closing stages of the war on the side of the Allies on February 23, 1945. Since the liberalization of the Turkish economy in the 1980s, the country has enjoyed stronger economic growth and greater political stability.
National Dances: Zeybek, Halay, Horon
Location: Middle East
Region: Anatolian Turkey, European Turkey.
Language: Turkish
Religion: Predominantly Muslim
DOCUMENTS
- Ali Paşa, a dance.
- Ağir Halay, a dance.
- Anatolia, a region.
- Asia, a region.
- Assyria, an empire.
- Balkan Words from Turkish, an article.
- Beware of Gift Giving Customs in Foreign Lands, a list.
- Bora Özkök, an article.
- Çavit Kangöz, an article.
- Dance and Music of Anatolia, an article.
- Dancing in Turkey, an article.
- Istemem Babacim, a song.
- Lıngo Lıngo Şişeler, a song.
- Kurds, a culture.
- Middle East, a region.
- Middle Eastern Drums, an article.
- Mysterious Age-Old Zurna, an article.
- National Geographic Magazine Folklore Index 1914-1997, a list.
- Rampi, Rampi, a song.
- Rençber, a dance.
- Rom, a culture.
- Sıra Sıra Paytonlari, a song.
- Turkish Culture, an article.
- Turkish Folk Dance, an article.
- Turkish Folk Dance Origins, an article.
- Turkish History Through Folk Dance, an article.
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