TURKEY EXPLAINED VIA BOOK PUBLISHED IN 9 LANGUAGES

Today’s Zaman
14 October 2008, Tuesday
Turkey

The Directorate General of Press and Information of the Office of
the Prime Minister has published a book with translations in nine
languages to better introduce Turkey to foreign countries.

The book, "Turkey 2008," aims to provide foreign countries with
broad information on Turkey’s natural beauty, historical and cultural
wealth, political and democratic structure, and economy along with
its society. The book also includes detailed information about events
of World War I in eastern Anatolia, which Armenians claim amounted to
systematic genocide of the Armenian population by the Ottoman Empire,
and Turkey’s long-standing fight against terrorism and the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Among the other issues covered in the book are Turkey’s bid to join the
EU, its policy on northern Iraq and the country’s relations with the
US and Russia. "Turkey 2008" has been published in Turkish, English,
French, German, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese,
and studies are ongoing for publication in Portuguese for next year.