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Welcome to WikiProject Turkey

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Turkey. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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1 Title
2 Scope
3 Goals
4 Article status
5 Wikiportals
6 Sister projects

[edit] Title

WikiProject Turkey

[edit] Scope

The main aim of WikiProject Turkey is to expand and organize Turkey-related articles.
What is the coverage of the word Turkey? The word Turkey has been used interchangeably with the Anatolia. The history of Anatolia is well defined, already extensively developed in this Wikipedia. WikiProject Turkey only interested with a specialized section of the issues related to History of Anatolia.
The word “Turkey” is also used for a country, Republic of Turkey. Republic of Turkey is a state build by Turkish People. Project is interested in issues related with Republic of Turkey.
The History section of the project is interested in History of Turks. “Turks” have a history that extends 2000 years. History of Republic of Turkey, history of Ottoman Empire, the history of Turks that extends to central asia, is the "History of Turks".
"Ottoman Empire", same as "History of Turkey" is categorized under "History of Turks".

[edit] Goals

To improve the quality and quantity of Turkey-related articles, including improving Turkey to featured article status.
To improve the quality and quantity of Turkey's history-related articles, including Ottoman Empire/Anatolian beyliks.

[edit] Article status

Featured Articles: Turkish literature
Good Articles: Ottoman Empire, Turkish Airlines Flight 1476
Featured pictures:None
Clean category system:None

[edit] Wikiportals

Portal:Turkey

I have extended the portal which has been pending since 15th december, re-shaped it and did the categorization. Would like to have your comments. --Teemeah 16:36, 12 April 2006 (UTC)