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Background: Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopted wide-ranging social, legal, and political reforms. After a period of one-party rule, an experiment with multi-party politics led to the 1950 election victory of the opposition Democratic Party and the peaceful transfer of power. Since then, Turkish political parties have multiplied, but democracy has been fractured by periods of instability and intermittent military coups (1960, 1971, 1980), which in each case eventually resulted in a return of political power to civilians. In 1997, the military again helped engineer the ouster - popularly dubbed a "post-modern coup" - of the then Islamic-oriented government. Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes. A separatist insurgency begun in 1984 by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - now known as the People's Congress of Kurdistan or Kongra-Gel (KGK) - has dominated the Turkish military's attention and claimed more than 30,000 lives, but after the capture of the group's leader in 1999, the insurgents largely withdrew from Turkey, mainly to northern Iraq. In 2004, KGK announced an end to its ceasefire and attacks attributed to the KGK increased. Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and in 1952 it became a member of NATO. In 1964, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community; over the past decade, it has undertaken many reforms to strengthen its democracy and economy, enabling it to begin accession membership talks with the European Union.



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Ankara
29 days ago: cecilmarie published a blog
Ankara
June 17th 2008  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara
Ankara, the capital of Turkey, is a city on development. There are construction sites everywhere. Beside the Ataturk Mausoleum, which is very impressive, and the Museum of the Civilizations there is ... 7 photos [full story]

56 days ago: Paul68 published a blog
this is a missing blog I never posted
July 4th 2008  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara
We went out the other night to the restaurant in the park again. We happened in on a family festival happening. I asked the waiter and with a few words he jestered it was the muslim tradition of the c ... [full story]

64 days ago: Paul68 published a blog
A day of repairs
July 2nd 2008  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara
Well we only had minor damage today. Joe landed pretty hard and bucked the fuslage a bit. Everyone is trying to fix yesterdays damage as I try to properly pace my self as the Jack Daniel van just ope ... [full story]

66 days ago: Paul68 published a blog
Day one World Cup
July 1st 2008  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara
Got off the field late Sunday night from the opening ceremonies which were impressive. They were giving out free Jack Daniels Vodka and tequila by good looking girls in tight white shirts. Pictures to ... [full story]

67 days ago: Paul68 published a blog
Back to the field
June 30th 2008  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara
Well we had a prep day and registration for the Worlds and did some practise flying. The day was going well till Joe buried his plane in the trees (Small poplar used for pulp). Some damage but he seem ... [full story]

turning in your blog late doesn
May 14th 2008  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara
A few really busy weeks, nice weather, and a headful of thoughts too personal to blog about are collectively responsible for postponing this entry. Life is full of all types of surprises. Three we ... 13 photos [full story]

The 7th cırcle of hell...
117 days ago: patanderin published a blog
The 7th cırcle of hell...
May 10th 2008  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara
We left Goreme at about 0900 for our first day of solo riding with the Turkish capital of Ankara as our destination. The ride itself was pretty unremarkable, afew stretches of scenery, but mostly f ... 11 photos [full story]

154 days ago: tamam published a blog
SHAME
April 3rd 2008  Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara
It was the begining of the semester and I showed up for my Turkish class. The professor had not arrived yet and there were only two other students waiting in the room: a young woman from Baghdad, an ... [full story]


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