Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Turkey
Learn about the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Turkey on this website.
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Odyssey: Teacher Zone: Middle East: Turkey Stay
This teaching unit is based upon a "teacher trek" to the area in 2000 and focuses on essential questions on wealth and poverty. Activities are offered to help students explore the religion and culture of this country. Activities are...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Peripatetics of Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey
The data concerning Afghanistan and Iran refer to the period prior to the Saur and Islamic revolutions, respectively. It is not known whether such communities still exist in these two countries. Each existing community is primarily...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Kurdistan
Kurdish Jews, a largely rural people, have lived in the mountains and plains of Kurdistan since time immemorial. They have been geographically isolated throughout much of their history and are thought to have retained some old Jewish...
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nato: 19 Member Countries
Provides a list of all of the NATO countries along with links to their government sites. Users can find a vast amount of information about each of the member countries. A great resource for researching and learning about NATO or...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Arabs
The Arab world is usually considered to be comprised of the following nineteen countries: Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Betsileo
The Betsileo (Bts) are one of approximately twenty "ethnies," or ethnic units, into which Madagascar divides its population. The Betsileo began to use that term for themselves after their conquest by the Merina in the nineteenth century....
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Turkish Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Turkish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Turks
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Turks. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note: Content...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Turkey Flag
The national flag of Turkey, a country with a population of over 75 million people.
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Press Display Real Newspapers on Your Pc
PressDisplay offers image captures of entire newspapers from 40 different countries. Select a country, then a newspaper, and view the entire contents of that newspaper online.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Map of Europe, 1858
A map of Europe in 1858 showing country borders of the time, including Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and European Turkey, and regions including Poland in Russia, Galicia, Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, and Transylvania in Austria, and...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Egypt, Abyssinia, Et Cetera, 1904
"Egypt is another of those countries whose prehistoric ages are wrapped in mystery as impenetrable as the sources of her Nile, whose exact location ling baffled the most enterprising of explorers. Great interest attaches to the country's...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Trans Caspia, 1886
Map showing the Trans-Caspian countries.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Chanak Crisis
Looks at the Chanak Crisis of 1922, which was an event that almost triggered an outbreak of war between Britain and Turkey. It was prevented due to opposition from Allied countries and the British public.