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TURKEY

Capital
Ankara

Area
774,815 square km (1 km = 0.62 miles), covering Asia Minor and the southeastern toe of Europe. Bordered by Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest, Iran, Georgia and Armenia to the east, Iraq and Syria to the southeast.

Language
Mainly Turkish. There are about six million Kurdish speakers and several hundred thousand Arabic speakers.

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thumb for TURKEY Izmir Building Density Sheet 2 16 Jul 2009 12:40:03 GMT
TURKEY Izmir Building Density Sheet 2
Turkey - This map shows the building density of Izmir, Turkey. The building density was derived by an object-based classification of a QUICKBIRD scene, acquired on February 12, 2009. Different ...

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TURKEY Izmir Building Density Sheet 3
Turkey - This map shows the building density of Izmir, Turkey. The building density was derived by an object-based classification of a QUICKBIRD scene, acquired on February 12, 2009. Different ...

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TURKEY Izmir Building Density Sheet 4
Turkey - This map shows the building density of Izmir, Turkey. The building density was derived by an object-based classification of a QUICKBIRD scene, acquired on February 12, 2009. Different ...

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TURKEY Izmir Building Density Sheet 5
Turkey - This map shows the building density of Izmir, Turkey. The building density was derived by an object-based classification of a QUICKBIRD scene, acquired on February 12, 2009. Different ...

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TURKEY Izmir Building Density Sheet 6
Turkey - This map shows the building density of Izmir, Turkey. The building density was derived by an object-based classification of a QUICKBIRD scene, acquired on February 12, 2009. Different ...

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Related links


  • American Kurdish Information Network

  • Amnesty International

  • BBC country profile, news and analysis

  • Eurasianet.org

  • Global IDP Project
  • Human Rights Watch reports
  • Journal of Kurdish Studies
  • Kurdish Information Network
  • Links on the Kurds
  • Multimap.com

  • ReliefWeb

  • TurkeyPost.com from WorldNews network

  • Turkish embassy in Washington

  • Turkish government site (mostly in Turkish)

  • turkishpress.com

  • U.S. Committee for Refugees

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