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:''This article is about the country.  For the large gamebird, see [[Turkey (bird)]].''

:''This article is about the country.  For the large gamebird, see [[Turkey (bird)]].''

Turkey is a state with territory in [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. It succeeded the [[Ottoman Empire]] after its defeat by the Entente powers in the [[World War I]]. Since the establishment of the Republic in 1923, Turkey has pursued policies of secularism and Westernization but it refused to cooperate with the U.S.-led forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom

Turkey is a state with territory in [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. It succeeded the [[Ottoman Empire]] after its defeat by the Entente powers in the [[World War I]]. Since the establishment of the Republic in 1923, Turkey has pursued policies of secularism and Westernization but it refused to cooperate with the U.S.-led forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom

<ref>http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3432.htm</ref>.  After a period of one-party rule, multi-party politics was introduced in the late 40's but there have been intermittent military coups (1960, 1971, 1980) <ref>https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/tu.html</ref>. However, human-right abuses, especially against Christians remains a problem  

<ref>http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3432.htm</ref>.  After a period of one-party rule, multi-party politics was introduced in the late 40's but there have been intermittent military coups (1960, 1971, 1980) <ref>https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/tu.html</ref>. However, human-right abuses, especially against Christians remains a problem