§3.4 Turkey: two worlds part 1

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§3.4 Turkey: two worlds part 1

Turkije: twee werelden

Turkije: twee werelden

At the end of this lesson you know:

• How is it that Turkey is culturally linked to the Middle East and to Europe?
• What changes have taken place in Turkey in recent history
• Who Atatürk was

Border between two cultural areas

The Bosporus (Istanbul - Turkey)

Most important border between Asia and Europe natuurlijke grens tussen Azië en Europa

Istanbul

Turkey

cultural elements of the West and Middle-East

Turkey in the early days

• Part of the Ottoman Empire
  
• Main capital: Istanbul
  
• The culture of the Ottoman Empire was a combination of the Arab culture and Turkish culture
  

The nowadays Turkey

• Mustafa Kemal(1881) became the first president (1923)
  
•   "Atatürk", father of the Turkish people
  
• Goal: Making Turkey a modern country. Islam was a hindrance and therefore sharia (Islamic law) was abolished

Atatürk

To do

Paragraph 4: 1 to 5

At the end of this lesson you know:

how Turkey is culturally connected to both the Middle East and Europe

which parts of Turkey are facing water shortages now or in the future, and why

what the Southeastern Anatolia Project is and what kind of impact it has had

that Turkey is an emerging country

why Turkey has a high level of regional inequality

Turkey: Western influences

• Atatürk came to power: he wanted to make Turkey modern, Western. European ideas (fashion, technology, art)
• Western rules: Equal rights between men and women, replacing Arabic alphabet with Western alphabet
• No more headscarves allowed in schools and public places

Turkey: now

• In recent years, more influence of Islam 
• The new party wants Islamic rules again
  
• For example: female students headscarve
  

Regional inequality

Regional inequality= Differences in wealth between one area and another.

Western Turkey is richer than Eastern Turkey

Development

Turkey is an emerging country

Emerging country = Country that is not yet truly developed but is experiencing rapid economic growth

To do

Finish paragraph 4