• Individuals and events related to Turkey in 2021. President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly: Mustafa Şentop President...
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    Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast...
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  • Since the 1940's the number of wildfires in Turkey per year had increased from around 1000 to around 3500. In 2007, the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report said...
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    The Turkish economic crisis (Turkish: Türkiye ekonomik krizi) is a financial and economic crisis in Turkey. It is characterized by the Turkish lira (TRY)...
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    million in its metropolitan area as of 2021. Ankara, the capital of Turkey and Turkey's second-largest city, has a population of 5.7 million in its metropolitan...
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    The 2021 Turkish Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Turkish Grand Prix 2021) was a Formula One motor race, held on 10 October 2021 at...
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    Censorship in Turkey is regulated by domestic and international legislation, the latter (in theory) taking precedence over domestic law, according to Article...
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    violence against women in Turkey. The number of femicides has increased significantly in Turkey in the 2000s, compared to previous years. In 2019 alone, 474...
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    In August 2021, the Black Sea region in Turkey was affected by catastrophic flooding, as a series of thunderstorms that began on 7 August 2021 and continued...
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    (Turkish: çay pronounced [tʃaj]) is a popular drink throughout Turkey and the Turkish diaspora. Turkey has the highest per capita tea consumption in the...
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    the most practiced religion in Turkey. As much as 79% of the population follows the Sunni Madhab of Islam. Most Turkish Sunni Muslims belong to the Hanafi...
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    Turkey is a founding member of the OECD and G20. The country's economy ranked as the 18th-largest in the world and 8th-largest in Europe by nominal GDP...
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    Christianity in Turkey has a long history dating back to the early origins of Christianity in Asia Minor during the 1st century AD. In modern times the...
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    Religion in Turkey consists of various religious beliefs. While Turkey is officially a secular state, numerous surveys all show that Islam is the country's...
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    collapsing currencies of 2021. The Turkish lira reached a new low of ₺8.9 to the dollar in September 2021. In late 2021, the Turkish lira began collapsing...
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    In Turkey, secularism or laicism (see laïcité) was first introduced with the 1928 amendment of the Constitution of 1924, which removed the provision declaring...
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    The Greeks in Turkey (Turkish: Rumlar) constitute a small population of Greek and Greek-speaking Eastern Orthodox Christians who mostly live in Istanbul...
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    minority in Turkey. According to various estimates, they compose between 15% and 20% of the population of Turkey. There are Kurds living in various provinces...
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    rights in Turkey, including the right to vote and the right to run for office locally, in 1930, and nationwide in 1934. Article 10 of the Turkish Constitution...
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    The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America. There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)...
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  • The 2021–22 Turkish Cup (Turkish: Türkiye Kupası) was the 60th season of the tournament. Ziraat Bankası was the sponsor of the tournament, thus the sponsored...
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    spa, and health care. Since 2021, Turkey is the fourth most visited country in the world. At its height in 2019, Turkey attracted around 51 million foreign...
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    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Turkey face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents, though the overall...
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    the ten founding members in 1949, Turkey became one of the first new members (the 13th member) of the Council of Europe in 1950. The country became an...
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    cover almost a third of Turkey. They are almost all state-owned, and vary from temperate rainforest in the north-east to maquis in the south and west. Pine...
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  • " (in Turkish). medyanotu.com. June 21, 2021. Retrieved October 30, 2021. "Kanal D'den yeni dizi: Yargı!" (in Turkish). Kanal D. August 23, 2021. Retrieved...
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    fruit are major products; and Turkey is the world's largest grower of hazelnuts, apricots, and oregano. Half of Turkey's land is agricultural, and farming...
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  • The Homeland Party (Turkish: Memleket Partisi) is a political party in Turkey that was founded on 17 May 2021 by Muharrem İnce, the former candidate of...
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  • Prostitution in Turkey is legal and regulated. The secularization of Turkish society allowed prostitution to achieve legal status during the early 20th...
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  • Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 February 2023. "'New human rights plan for the people': Turkish leader". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 6 March 2021. "Erdoğan...
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