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ID: 1000144
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000144
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Turkey (nation)  Turkey (nation)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 035 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Indigenous Anatolian peoples were invaded by Indo-European Hittites, forming empire ca. 1900 BCE; ruled by Persians 6th century BCE, then Greeks, then Romans 1st century BCE; settled by Turks from central Asia 11th century; was heart of Ottoman Empire 13th-19th centuries; official language is Turkish.

Names:
Türkiye (preferred,C,V,Turkish (transliterated)-P,U,N)
Türkiye (Turkish,U)
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (C,V,O,Turkish (transliterated),U,N)
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (Turkish,U)
Turkey (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Republic of Turkey (C,O,English,U,N)
Turkey, Republic of (C,O,English,U)
Turquie (C,O,French-P,U,N)
République turque (C,O,French,U,N)
Türkei (C,O)
Turkije (C,O)
Turquía (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
República de Turquía (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
Turquia (C,O)
Turchia (C,O)
Турция (C,O,Russian-P,U)
Турецкая Республика (C,O,Russian,U)
土耳其 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
土耳其共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
حره اَ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
جُهور ةً حره اَ (C,O,Arabic,U)
TUR (C,O,ISO3L)
TR (C,O,ISO2L)
ISO792 (C,O,ISO3N)
TU00 (C,O,FIPS)
Turkish (C,O,English,U,A)
Tourkía (C,V)
TU (C,V,Turkish,U)
תורכיה (C,U,Hebrew )

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Turkey (nation)  ........  Turkey (nation) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Middle East (general region)  ....  Middle East (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Turkey (nation)  ........  Turkey (nation)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Achaemenid Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ........  Achaemenid Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Turkey (nation)  ............  Turkey (nation) (P,H) 612-330 BCE

Place Types:
nation (preferred, C)  ............  as small state, after WW I; with present boundaries, from 1923
primary political unit (C)
independent sovereign nation (C)
republic (C)  ............  established October 1923
sultanate (H)  ............  sultan deposed November 1, 1922
independent political entity (C)

Related geographic places:
capital is ....  Ankara .......... (inhabited place)
..................  (World, Asia, Turkey, Angora) [7002349]
historical connection ....  Odrysian Kingdom .......... (former nation/state/empire)
........................................  (World) [8711705]
member of ....  North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization)
................  (World) [7029610]
................  became a member in 1952
member of ....  United Nations .......... (organization)
................  (World) [7029605]
................  joined organization in 1945

Sources and Contributors:
Турция..........  [VP]
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 31 July 2013
Турецкая Республика..........  [VP]
...................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 31 July 2013
土耳其..........  [VP]
...........  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 31 July 2013
土耳其共和国..........  [VP]
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 31 July 2013
حره اَ..........  [VP]
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 31 July 2013
جُهور ةً حره اَ..........  [VP]
.............................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 31 July 2013
תורכיה..........  [IMJ]
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
ISO792..........  [VP]
.................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 21
República de Turquía..........  [VP]
...................................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 30 July 2009
Republic of Turkey..........  [VP]
...................................  ISO Handbook (1988) 772
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
République turque..........  [VP]
................................  ISO Handbook (1988) 784
Tourkía..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
TR..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Country Codes (1996) 21
TU..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
TU00..........  [VP]
...........  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 87
TUR..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Handbook (1988) 772
Turchia..........  [VP]
.................  Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 545
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Türkei..........  [VP]
.................  Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1515
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Turkey..........  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ Preferred, VP]
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 717
.................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 53 & II, 953
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Embassy of Turkey (1995)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 56 ff.
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plates 36-37
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 84
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1236-1237
Turkey, Republic of..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Turkije..........  [VP]
.................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) II, 794
Turkish..........  [VP]
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 37
Türkiye..........  [FDA, VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 30 July 2009
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1237
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti..........  [VP]
...................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 733
...................................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 664-667
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 31 July 2013
Turquía..........  [VP]
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 84
Turquia..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) 344
Turquie..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 84
.................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 30 July 2009
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 717
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 733
..................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 664-667
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 53 & II, 953
..................  Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1515
..................  Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 545
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Embassy of Turkey (1995)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 56 ff.
..................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) II, 794
..................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 21
..................  ISO Handbook (1988) 772; 784
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -773831
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 87
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) 344
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plates 36-37
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 84
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 37
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1236-1237; 1237
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)

 

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