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Turkey, also called Türkiye, country that occupies a unique geographic position, lying partly in Asia and partly in Europe. Throughout its history it has acted as both a barrier and a bridge between the two continents. Turkey is situated at the crossroads of the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, and eastern Mediterranean.

c. 1300 - 1922 Major Events: World War I Napoleonic Wars French Revolutionary wars Fall of Constantinople Armenian Genocide. (Show more) Key People: Kemal Ataturk Mehmed II Philip II Leopold I Janos Hunyadi Related Topics: Young Turks Janissary Associations for the Defense of Rights Young Ottomans Philikí Etaireía. (Show more) Related Places:

c. 1300 - 1922 Major Events: World War I Napoleonic Wars French Revolutionary wars Fall of Constantinople Armenian Genocide. (Show more) Key People: Kemal Ataturk Mehmed II Philip II Leopold I Janos Hunyadi Related Topics: Young Turks Janissary Associations for the Defense of Rights Young Ottomans Philikí Etaireía. (Show more) Related Places:

The geology of Turkey is complex, with sedimentary rocks ranging from Paleozoic to Quaternary, numerous intrusions, and extensive areas of volcanic material. Four main regions can be identified: the northern folded zone, the southern folded zone, the central massif, and the Arabian platform.

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Rescue teams worked frantically through the night into Tuesday after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey and war-torn northern Syria on Monday morning, crumbling.

Only three earthquakes have registered above 6.0 on the Richter Scale since 1970 in the area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. But in 1822, a 7.0 quake hit the region, killing an estimated.

The plant, whose first of four reactors is scheduled to go online later this year, will have a total capacity of 4,800 megawatts of electricity, providing about 10% of Turkey’s electricity needs.

Although Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) is the major city and was the capital of the Ottoman Empire, the first president—Mustafa Kemal Atatürk—chose Ankara, an interior Anatolian city, as the capital in 1923. Militarily Ankara was less exposed and more easily defended than Istanbul.