Found 9 hits - Term: turkey, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
turkey \tur"key\, pr. n. cf. 2d turkey.
a country in the southeast of europe and southwest of asia.
1913 webster
turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in asia minor
and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed
of pure wool with a weft of different material. it is
distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar
carpets made in india and elsewhere.
turkey oak. bot. see cerris.
turkey red.
a a brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons, calicoes,
etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously
with oil or other fatty matter.
b cloth dyed with this red.
turkey sponge. zool. see toilet sponge, under sponge.
turkey stone, a kind of oilstone from turkey; novaculite;
-- called also turkey oilstone.
1913 webster
see also:
turkey turkey carpet turkey oak cerris turkey red turkey sponge
toilet sponge sponge turkey stone turkey oilstone
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
turkey \tur"key\ t^ur"k=e, n.; pl. turkeys. so called
because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came
originally from turkey: cf. f. turquie turkey. see turk.
zool.
any large american gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
meleagris, especially the north american wild turkey
meleagris gallopavo, and the domestic turkey, which was
probably derived from the mexican wild turkey, but had been
domesticated by the indians long before the discovery of
america.
1913 webster
note: the mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
the northern species var. mexicana. its tail feathers
and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
chestnut, and its flesh is white. the central american,
or ocellated, turkey meleagris ocellata is more
elegantly colored than the common species. see under
ocellated. the australian, or native, turkey is a
bustard choriotis australis. see under native.
1913 webster
turkey beard bot., a name of certain american perennial
liliaceous herbs of the genus xerophyllum. they have a
dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
long raceme of small whitish flowers. also called
turkey's beard.
turkey berry bot., a west indian name for the fruit of
certain kinds of nightshade solanum mammosum, and
solanum torvum.
turkey bird zool., the wryneck. so called because it
erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
disturbed. prov. eng.
turkey buzzard zool., a black or nearly black buzzard
cathartes aura, abundant in the southern united
states. it is so called because its naked and warty head
and neck resemble those of a turkey. it is noted for its
high and graceful flight. called also turkey vulture.
turkey cock zool., a male turkey.
turkey hen zool., a female turkey.
turkey pout zool., a young turkey. r.
turkey vulture zool., the turkey buzzard.
1913 webster
see also:
turkeys turk meleagris meleagris gallopavo meleagris ocellata ocellated
choriotis australis native turkey beard xerophyllum turkey's beard
turkey berry solanum mammosum solanum torvum turkey bird turkey buzzard
cathartes aura turkey vulture turkey cock turkey hen turkey pout
turkey vulture
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
turkey
n 1: large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely
domesticated for food syn: meleagris gallopavo
2: a eurasian republic in asia minor and the balkans; achieved
independence from the ottoman empire in 1923 syn: republic
of turkey
3: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some
joker is blocking the driveway" syn: joker
4: flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
5: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the
first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a
dud as far as new business was concerned" syn: bomb, dud
6: wild turkey of central america and northern south america
syn: ocellated turkey, agriocharis ocellata
see also:
meleagris gallopavo republic of turkey joker bomb dud ocellated turkey
agriocharis ocellata
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
76 moby thesaurus words for "turkey":
bantam, cornish hen, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy,
bomb, broiler, brooder, broody hen, bust, caille, canard, caneton,
capon, chanticleer, chapon, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicky,
cock, cockerel, dindon, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling,
dull thud, dunghill fowl, faisan, fizzle, flat failure, flop,
floperoo, fowl, frost, fryer, game fowl, gander, gobbler, goose,
gosling, grouse, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hen,
hen turkey, lemon, oie, partlet, partridge, pheasant, pigeon,
pigeonneau, poulard, poulet, poult, poultry, pullet, quail,
roaster, rooster, setting hen, spring chicken, squab,
stewing chicken, tom, tom turkey, total loss, turkey gobbler,
turkey-cock, volaille, washout, wild duck
- [5] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
turkey, n. a large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious
anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and
gratitude. incidentally, it is pretty good eating.
- [6] : CIA World Factbook 2002
turkey
introduction turkey
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background: turkey was created in 1923 from the
turkish remnants of the ottoman
empire. soon thereafter the country
instituted secular laws to replace
traditional religious fiats. in 1945
turkey joined the un and in 1952 it
became a member of nato. turkey
occupied the northern portion of
cyprus in 1974 to prevent a greek
takeover of the island; relations
between the two countries remain
strained but have begun to improve
over the past three years. in 1984,
the kurdistan workers' party pkk,
a marxist-leninist, separatist
group, initiated an insurgency in
southeast turkey, often using
terrorist tactics to try to attain
its goal of an independent
kurdistan. the group - whose leader,
abdullah ocalan, was captured in
kenya in february 1999 and sentenced
to death by a turkish court - has
observed a unilateral cease-fire
since september 1999, although there
have been occasional clashes between
turkish military units and some of
the 4,000-5,000 armed pkk militants,
most of whom currently are encamped
in northern iraq. the pkk changed
its name to the kurdistan freedom
and democracy congress kadek in
april 2002.
geography turkey
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location: southeastern europe and southwestern
asia that portion of turkey west of
the bosporus is geographically part
of europe, bordering the black sea,
between bulgaria and georgia, and
bordering the aegean sea and the
mediterranean sea, between greece
and syria
geographic coordinates: 39 00 n, 35 00 e
map references: middle east
area: total: 780,580 sq km
water: 9,820 sq km
land: 770,760 sq km
area - comparative: slightly larger than texas
land boundaries: total: 2,648 km
border countries: armenia 268 km,
azerbaijan 9 km, bulgaria 240 km,
georgia 252 km, greece 206 km, iran
499 km, iraq 352 km, syria 822 km
coastline: 7,200 km
maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: in black
sea only: to the maritime boundary
agreed upon with the former ussr
territorial sea: 6 nm in the aegean
sea; 12 nm in black sea and in
mediterranean sea
climate: temperate; hot, dry summers with
mild, wet winters; harsher in
interior
terrain: mostly mountains; narrow coastal
plain; high central plateau
anatolia
elevation extremes: lowest point: mediterranean sea 0 m
highest point: mount ararat 5,166 m
natural resources: antimony, coal, chromium, mercury,
copper, borate, sulfur, iron ore,
arable land, hydropower
land use: arable land: 34.53
permanent crops: 3.36
other: 62.11 1998 est.
irrigated land: 42,000 sq km 1998 est.
natural hazards: very severe earthquakes, especially
in northern turkey, along an arc
extending from the sea of marmara to
lake van
environment - current issues: water pollution from dumping of
chemicals and detergents; air
pollution, particularly in urban
areas; deforestation; concern for
oil spills from increasing bosporus
ship traffic
environment - international party to: air pollution, antarctic
agreements: treaty, biodiversity,
desertification, endangered species,
hazardous wastes, nuclear test ban,
ozone layer protection, ship
pollution, wetlands
signed, but not ratified: antarctic-
environmental protocol,
environmental modification
geography - note: strategic location controlling the
turkish straits bosporus, sea of
marmara, dardanelles that link
black and aegean seas; mount ararat,
the legendary landing place of
noah's ark, is in the far eastern
portion of the country
people turkey
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population: 67,308,928 july 2002 est.
age structure: 0-14 years: 27.8 male 9,520,030;
female 9,178,423
15-64 years: 65.9 male 22,552,253;
female 21,827,002
65 years and over: 6.3 male
1,946,523; female 2,284,697 2002
est.
population growth rate: 1.2 2002 est.
birth rate: 17.95 births/1,000 population 2002
est.
death rate: 5.95 deaths/1,000 population 2002
est.
net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population 2002
est.
sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 males/female
under 15 years: 1.04 males/female
15-64 years: 1.03 males/female
65 years and over: 0.85 males/
female
total population: 1.02 males/
female 2002 est.
infant mortality rate: 45.77 deaths/1,000 live births 2002
est.
life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.52 years
female: 74.01 years 2002 est.
male: 69.15 years
total fertility rate: 2.07 children born/woman 2002 est.
hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate: 0.01 1999 est.
hiv/aids - people living with hiv/ na
aids:
hiv/aids - deaths: na
nationality: noun: turks
adjective: turkish
ethnic groups: turkish 80, kurdish 20
religions: muslim 99.8 mostly sunni, other
0.2 mostly christians and jews
languages: turkish official, kurdish, arabic,
armenian, greek
literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
and write
total population: 85
male: 94
female: 77 2000
government turkey
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country name: conventional long form: republic of
turkey
conventional short form: turkey
local long form: turkiye cumhuriyeti
local short form: turkiye
government type: republican parliamentary democracy
capital: ankara
administrative divisions: 81 provinces iller, singular - il;
adana, adiyaman, afyon, agri,
aksaray, amasya, ankara, antalya,
ardahan, artvin, aydin, balikesir,
bartin, batman, bayburt, bilecik,
bingol, bitlis, bolu, burdur, bursa,
canakkale, cankiri, corum, denizli,
diyarbakir, duzce, edirne, elazig,
erzincan, erzurum, eskisehir,
gaziantep, giresun, gumushane,
hakkari, hatay, icel, igdir,
isparta, istanbul, izmir,
kahramanmaras, karabuk, karaman,
kars, kastamonu, kayseri, kilis,
kirikkale, kirklareli, kirsehir,
kocaeli, konya, kutahya, malatya,
manisa, mardin, mugla, mus,
nevsehir, nigde, ordu, osmaniye,
rize, sakarya, samsun, sanliurfa,
siirt, sinop, sirnak, sivas,
tekirdag, tokat, trabzon, tunceli,
usak, van, yalova, yozgat, zonguldak
independence: 29 october 1923 successor state to
the ottoman empire
national holiday: independence day, 29 october 1923
constitution: 7 november 1982
legal system: derived from various european
continental legal systems; accepts
compulsory icj jurisdiction, with
reservations
suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
executive branch: chief of state: president ahmet
necdet sezer since 16 may 2000
elections: president elected by the
national assembly for a seven-year
term; election last held 5 may 2000
next to be held na may 2007; prime
minister and deputy prime ministers
appointed by the president
note: a national security council
serves as an advisory body to the
president and the cabinet
cabinet: council of ministers
appointed by the president on the
nomination of the prime minister
head of government: prime minister
bulent ecevit since 11 january
1999
election results: ahmed necdet sezer
elected president on the third
ballot; percent of national assembly
vote - 60
note: president must have a two-
thirds majority of the national
assembly on the first two ballots
and a simple majority on the third
ballot
legislative branch: unicameral grand national assembly
of turkey or turkiye buyuk millet
meclisi 550 seats; members are
elected by popular vote to serve
five-year terms
elections: last held 18 april 1999
next to be held na 2004
election results: percent of vote by
party - na; seats by party - dsp
136, mhp 130, fp 110, dyp 86, anap
88; note - as of 11 january 2002
seating was dsp 129, mhp 127, dyp
84, anap 79, ak 53, saadet 48,
independents 20, vacancies 10
judicial branch: constitutional court judges are
appointed by the president; court
of appeals judges are elected by
the supreme council of judges and
prosecutors
political parties and leaders: democratic left party or dsp bulent
ecevit; justice and development
party or ak recep tayip erdogan;
motherland party or anap mesut
yilmaz; nationalist action party or
mhp devlet bahceli; saadet party
recai kutan; note - kutan was head
of the virtue party or fp which was
banned by turkey's constitutional
court in june 2001; socialist
democratic party or tdp sema
piskinsut; true path party or dyp
tansu ciller
political pressure groups and confederation of revolutionary
leaders: workers unions or disk ridvan
budak; independent industrialists
and businessmen's association or
musiad erol yarar; moral rights
workers union or hak-is salim
uslu; turkish industrialists' and
businessmen's association or tusiad
muharrem kayhan; turkish
confederation of employers' unions
or tisk refik baydur; turkish
confederation of labor or turk-is
bayram meral; turkish union of
chambers of commerce and commodity
exchanges or tobb fuat miras
international organization asdb, australia group, bis, bsec,
participation: ccc, ce, cern observer, eapc,
ebrd, ece, eco, escap, eu
applicant, fao, iaea, ibrd, icao,
icc, icftu, icrm, ida, idb, iea,
ifad, ifc, ifrcs, iho, ilo, imf,
imo, interpol, ioc, iom observer,
iso, itu, nato, nea, nsg, oas
observer, oecd, oic, opcw, osce,
pca, un, unctad, unesco, unhcr,
unido, unikom, unmibh, unmik,
unomig, unrwa, untaet, upu, weu
associate, wftu, who, wipo, wmo,
wtoo, wtro, zc
diplomatic representation in the us: chief of mission: ambassador dr.
osman faruk logoglu
fax: 1 202 612-6744
consulates general: chicago,
houston, los angeles, and new york
chancery: 2525 massachusetts avenue
nw, washington, dc 20008
telephone: 1 202 612-6700
diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: ambassador robert
us: w. pearson
embassy: ataturk bulvari 110, ankara
mailing address: psc 93, box 5000,
apo ae 09823
telephone: 90 312 468-6110
fax: 90 312 467-0019
consulates general: istanbul
consulates: adana
flag description: red with a vertical white crescent
the closed portion is toward the
hoist side and white five-pointed
star centered just outside the
crescent opening
economy turkey
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economy - overview: turkey's dynamic economy is a
complex mix of modern industry and
commerce along with a traditional
agriculture sector that in 2001
still accounted for 40 of
employment. it has a strong and
rapidly growing private sector, yet
the state still plays a major role
in basic industry, banking,
transport, and communication. the
most important industry - and
largest exporter - is textiles and
clothing, which is almost entirely
in private hands. in recent years
the economic situation has been
marked by erratic economic growth
and serious imbalances. real gnp
growth has exceeded 6 in most
years, but this strong expansion was
interrupted by sharp declines in
output in 1994, 1999, and 2001.
meanwhile the public sector fiscal
deficit has regularly exceeded 10
of gdp - due in large part to the
huge burden of interest payments,
which in 2001 accounted for more
than 50 of central government
spending - while inflation has
remained in the high double digit
range. perhaps because of these
problems, foreign direct investment
in turkey remains low - less than $1
billion annually. in late 2000 and
early 2001 a growing trade deficit
and serious weaknesses in the
banking sector plunged the economy
into crisis - forcing ankara to
float the lira and pushing the
country into recession. prospects
for 2002 are much better, because of
strong financial support from the
imf, tighter fiscal policy, a major
bank restructuring program, and the
enactment of numerous other economic
reforms.
gdp: purchasing power parity - $443
billion 2001 est.
gdp - real growth rate: -6.5 2001 est.
gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $6,700
2001 est.
gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: 14.5
industry: 28.4
services: 57.1 2000
population below poverty line: na
household income or consumption by lowest 10: 2.3
percentage share: highest 10: 32.3 1994
distribution of family income - gini 41.5 1994
index:
inflation rate consumer prices: 69 2001
labor force: 23.8 million 2001 3rd quarter
note: about 1.2 million turks work
abroad 1999
labor force - by occupation: agriculture 39.7, services 37.9,
industry 22.4 2001 3rd quarter
unemployment rate: 10.6 plus underemployment of 6.1
2001 4th quarter
budget: revenues: $42.4 billion
expenditures: $69.1 billion,
including capital expenditures of
$na 2001
industries: textiles, food processing, autos,
mining coal, chromite, copper,
boron, steel, petroleum,
construction, lumber, paper
industrial production growth rate: -8.9 2001
electricity - production: 119.18 billion kwh 2000
electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 74.09
hydro: 25.65
other: 0.26 2000
nuclear: 0
electricity - consumption: 114.192 billion kwh 2000
electricity - exports: 437 million kwh 2000
electricity - imports: 3.791 billion kwh 2000
agriculture - products: tobacco, cotton, grain, olives,
sugar beets, pulse, citrus;
livestock
exports: $33.8 billion f.o.b., 2001
exports - commodities: apparel 24.8, foodstuffs 12.8,
textiles 12.7, metal manufactures
8.8, transport equipment 8.5
2000
exports - partners: germany 17.4, us 10.2, italy 7.5,
uk 7.0, france 6.1 2001 est.
imports: $39.7 billion c.i.f., 2001 est.
imports - commodities: machinery 25.4, chemicals 13.4,
semi-finished goods 13.7, fuels
14.0, transport equipment 12.4
2000
imports - partners: germany 13.3, italy 8.6, russia
8.4, us 8.1, france 5.7, uk 4.5
2001 est.
debt - external: $118.8 billion september 2001
economic aid - recipient: oda, $195 million 1993
currency: turkish lira trl
currency code: trl
exchange rates: turkish liras per us dollar -
1,223,140 january 2002, 1,223,140
2001, 625,219 2000, 418,783
1999, 260,724 1998, 151,865
1997
fiscal year: calendar year
communications turkey
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telephones - main lines in use: 19.5 million 1999
telephones - mobile cellular: 17.1 million 2001
telephone system: general assessment: undergoing rapid
modernization and expansion,
especially with cellular telephones
domestic: additional digital
exchanges are permitting a rapid
increase in subscribers; the
construction of a network of
technologically advanced intercity
trunk lines, using both fiber-optic
cable and digital microwave radio
relay is facilitating communication
between urban centers; remote areas
are reached by a domestic satellite
system; the number of subscribers to
mobile cellular telephone service is
growing rapidly
international: international service
is provided by three submarine
fiber-optic cables in the
mediterranean and black seas,
linking turkey with italy, greece,
israel, bulgaria, romania, and
russia; also by 12 intelsat earth
stations, and by 328 mobile
satellite terminals in the inmarsat
and eutelsat systems 2002
radio broadcast stations: am 16, fm 107, shortwave 6 2001
radios: 11.3 million 1997
television broadcast stations: 635 plus 2,934 repeaters 1995
televisions: 20.9 million 1997
internet country code: .tr
internet service providers isps: 50 2001
internet users: 4 million 2001
transportation turkey
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railways: total: 8,607 km
standard gauge: 8,607 km 1.435-
m gauge 2,131 km electrified
2001
highways: total: 382,059 km
paved: 106,976 km including 1,726
km of expressways
unpaved: 275,083 km 1999 est.
waterways: 1,200 km approximately
pipelines: crude oil 1,738 km; petroleum
products 2,321 km; natural gas 708
km
ports and harbors: gemlik, hopa, iskenderun, istanbul,
izmir, kocaeli izmit, icel
mersin, samsun, trabzon
merchant marine: total: 553 ships 1,000 grt or over
totaling 5,674,099 grt/9,108,819 dwt
ships by type: bulk 138, cargo 239,
chemical tanker 45, combination bulk
5, combination ore/oil 2, container
27, liquefied gas 6, passenger/cargo
1, petroleum tanker 45, refrigerated
cargo 3, roll on/roll off 27, short-
sea passenger 10, specialized tanker
5
note: includes some foreign-owned
ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: belize 1, cyprus 1,
denmark 2, greece 1, italy 1,
thailand 1, united kingdom 11 2002
est.
airports: 120 2001
airports - with paved runways: total: 86
over 3,047 m: 16
2,438 to 3,047 m: 30
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 6 2001
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
airports - with unpaved runways: total: 34
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 24 2001
914 to 1,523 m: 8
heliports: 6 2001
military turkey
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military branches: land forces, navy includes naval
air and naval infantry, air force,
coast guard, gendarmerie
military manpower - military age: 20 years of age 2002 est.
military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 19,219,177 2002
est.
military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 11,623,675 2002
service: est.
military manpower - reaching males: 674,805 2002 est.
military age annually:
military expenditures - dollar $8.1 billion 2002 est.
figure:
military expenditures - percent of 4.5 2002 est.
gdp:
transnational issues turkey
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disputes - international: complex maritime, air, and
territorial disputes with greece in
aegean sea; cyprus question with
greece; dispute with downstream
riparian states syria and iraq
over water development plans for the
tigris and euphrates rivers;
traditional demands regarding former
armenian lands in turkey have
subsided; turkey is quick to rebuff
any perceived syrian claim to hatay
province; border with armenia
remains closed over nagorno-karabakh
dispute
illicit drugs: key transit route for southwest
asian heroin to western europe and -
to a far lesser extent the us - via
air, land, and sea routes; major
turkish, iranian, and other
international trafficking
organizations operate out of
istanbul; laboratories to convert
imported morphine base into heroin
are in remote regions of turkey as
well as near istanbul; government
maintains strict controls over areas
of legal opium poppy cultivation and
output of poppy straw concentrate
- [7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
turkey, nc town, fips 68740
location: 34.99319 n, 78.18537 w
population 1990: 234 102 housing units
area: 1.0 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
zip codes: 28393
turkey, tx city, fips 73964
location: 34.39419 n, 100.89546 w
population 1990: 507 282 housing units
area: 2.1 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
zip codes: 79261
- [8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
turkey, nc -- u.s. town in north carolina
population 2000: 262
housing units 2000: 105
land area 2000: 0.398726 sq. miles 1.032696 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
total area 2000: 0.398726 sq. miles 1.032696 sq. km
fips code: 68740
located within: north carolina nc, fips 37
location: 34.992954 n, 78.184245 w
zip codes 1990: 28393
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
headwords:
turkey, nc
turkey
- [9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
turkey, tx -- u.s. city in texas
population 2000: 494
housing units 2000: 274
land area 2000: 0.824834 sq. miles 2.136309 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
total area 2000: 0.824834 sq. miles 2.136309 sq. km
fips code: 73964
located within: texas tx, fips 48
location: 34.394248 n, 100.894736 w
zip codes 1990: 79261
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
headwords:
turkey, tx
turkey
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