History+of+Turkey

History of Turkey Here is a brief recent history of the country of turkey. Turkey is at the northeast of the Mediterranean Sea. Turkey is in southeastern part of Europe. Turkey is bordered by Grecce,Bulgaria,Russia, Ukrain, and Romania. Turkey is a republican parliamentary democracy. The first major empire of the area was the Hittites which was there from the 18th century to the 13th century. Starting about the time of 1200BC ,the west coast of Anatolia was settled by the Aeolian and the lonian Greeks. Turkey entered World War ll on the side of the Allies on February 23, 1945 as a ceremonial gesture and became a charter member of the United Nations in 1945. The first president of Turkey was Mustafa Kemal Ataturk who was also the finder of the republic of Turkey. Also the Turkish strait was prompted to the United States to delcare the Truman Doctrine in 1947. Turkey then joined the NATO in 1952. Nine years later the TRNC was established. TheTRNC is only reconised by Turkey. Turkey is a founding member of the United Nations and many others. Turkey also has armed forces that consist of the Army, Navy, and the Air Force. Turkish armed forces is the second largest standing armed force in the NATO. The U.S. is the number one largest armed force. This is a little info on the history of Turkey.