Resources and Climate

In Turkey, due to the many different climates, there is a diversity of wildlife and organisms of all kinds, from the Taurus Ground Squirrel who live in the Taurus Mountains to the Turkish Monk Seal who live by the Ægean and Mediterranean coasts. More than half the world's population of Caretta Caretta Sea Turtles live in Turkey.

Next is plants! The National flower of turkey! The national flower of Turkey is the tulip named after the turban, which is a cloth covering for one’s head. Some of the agriculture that is harvested in the country of Turkey is tobacco, cotton, olives, and grain.

Turkey’s rich in ore including iron, gold, chromium, and coal. Turkey also plays a pretty important role in distributing crude oil across its borders because they bring that oil to Europe from the Gulf states. On the stone side of Turkeys fruitful harvests some of the common materials that get found are clay, limestone, marble, and pumice.

In the country of Turkey, the only really noticeable seasons are winter and summer. In Istanbul thin material is sufficient as clothing in the summer, but in the winter the people wear jackets. There are three zones of climate in Turkey: one is Istanbul as we have already listed, the other is the Ægean coast, it's a little bit milder than Istanbul. The last but not least climate zone of Turkey is the East of Turkey, including Ankara, where it’s hotter & colder depending on the season.

Turkey (like Leverett) is in the northern hemisphere and experiences cold winters and hot summers but the difference is that Turkey has several different climate zones. Near the coast the temperature doesn't change too much but inland the temperature changes can be extreme.

The Mediterranean and Ægean coasts of Turkey have hot, dry summers and mild to medium wet winters. The average temperature in this region in January can be as cold as 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit. In June it can be as high as 91 degrees Fahrenheit. That's really warm!

The inland sections of Turkey, they have more extreme seasonal temperatures. This is especially true in high altitudes of the plateaus. Some mountains in Turkey may have snow on them year round. It can get to be as cold as -40 degrees on the mountains in the winter!

The driest location in Turkey is the Konya Plain, where annual rainfall is less than 12 inches per year. Generally May has the most precipitation and August has the least.