Turkey-+Julia&Amen

Turkey is located near the Black Sea in Southwest Asia. It is bordered by Syria(south), Iran(Northeast) and Iraq(south). 71.8 million people live on Turkey's 300,947 square miles. Turkey is a unique country in some ways.(AA)

Literacy is the ability to read and write effectively. 92% of Turkey's men are literate and so is 80% of their women. These percents are high compared to other countries.In every country, men are at least 60% literate amd women are at least 50% literate. It seems that men are more literate than women in the Middle East.(AA)

Urbanization is the industrialized area of a country. Turkey is 68% urbanized. Compared to other countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia, Turkey is not very urbanized. The Middle East seems that it is very urbanized.(AA) "Aerial view of Ankara, Turkey." //Cities of the World//. Ed. Karen Ellicott. 6th ed. Vol. 3: Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East. Detroit: Gale, 2002. //Gale Student Resources In Context//. Web. 28 Mar. 2012

Language is the vocal sounds or words common to a particular nation or group of people. In Turkey, the official is Turkish. Other languages in Turkey are Arabic and Kurdish. Arabic is also the most common language in the Middle East. These languages are one of the few languages spoken in the Middle East.(AA) "Seal of Turkey." //Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations//. Gale, 2010. //Gale Student Resources In Context//. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.

=== Life expectancy is the average number of years members of a population are expected to live. The life expectancy in Turkey is about 73 years old. This is actually pretty high compared to some of the countries in the Middle East.Maybe Turkey is one of the richer countries in the Middle East and most people can afford all the necessities to living a full,healthy life. (JM) === === Ethnicity is a grouping of people based on common cultural heritage distinguished by customs, language, nationality and race. The largest ethnic group in Turkey is Turk. Turkey is different from the other countries in the Middle East because it is the only place that inhabits the ethnic group Turk. However, it is like the other countries because it also has the group Kurd. Turkey is sort of unique because it only has 2 ethnic groups. Turkey is the only place with Turk, and Kurd is only found in Iraq and Iran so maybe they passed that on through trade.(JM) === === Population density is the average number of people per square mile. Turkey's population density is 231 people per square mile. Compared to other countries, this is pretty much in the middle. It isn't extremely low nor high. Considering the area in square miles is 300,947, maybe the people of Turkey are well spread out throughout the country. (JM) === "]]"]]"]] === Based on all that information, Turkey is somewhere in the middle compared to other countries in the Middle East. However, it is unique in some ways. For example, the people are Turk and they speak Turkish and this is the only country with the ethnicity Turk. Turkey's life expectancy is also in the middle, at 73 it is neither too high nor too low. The population density in Turkey is in the middle as well, 231 people per square mile. Turkey had a low urbanization percentage though, about 68%. The literacy rates are high though. About 92% of Turkey's men are literate and about 80% of the women. Turkey seems to have unique cultures and traditions, but overall, I would say it is in the middle with every other aspect.(JM) ===

In the introduction paragraph I noticed you are missing a capital letter in the begginging of the sentence. I would suggest going over the language body and ethnicity paragraphs because the wording and spacing doesn't flow. I understood all of your opinions in all of the body paragraphs. I like how you used the spacing, size, font and colors so that the readers can read it, but there are some pictures missing. I think the literacy graph is the most effective because it isn't confusing and it is straight to the point. I like all of the pictures that are there but you are missing some pictures. Over all, your wiki is very good. (K.D)

I noticed that in your intro paragraph you are missing some capital letters at the begining of some sentences.I understood your opinions in the body paragraphs.I would sugest that you go over your language paragraph and fix the wording so that it flows better.I noticed the you used visual size, font, space, and color. I think the most efective picture is the picture for life expectancy.There were no pictures that i was confused on .Over all you did a very good job on your wiki.(megan m)

I wanted to know more about what the author said in the very fist introductory paragraph. There weren't very many details to support that paragraph, there were also few grammatical errors in it. I appreciate how the author worded why she thought Turkey was urbanized when she said, "Maybe Turkey s one of the richer countries in the Middle East and most people can afford all the necessities of living a full, healthy life." I noticed that the authors did use font, space, color, and size effectively. The life expectancy picture was the most effective picture because it shows that Turkey's life expectancy is matched up with ones from around the world. There were no pictures that confused me, they were all used very well with their paragraphs. Sean C.

After receiving peer feedback on my rough draft and wiki, I made the following three changes:

1: I reworded my paragraph about ethnicity in Turkey because someone said that it did not flow well. I noticed that also when I re-read it. I had a sentence that was confusing because I hadn’t used correct punctuation and I said “Turkey is the only place with Turk and Kurd is only found in Iraq and Iran..” and I meant to say that Turkey is the only place with Turk, and Kurd is only found in Iraq and Iran. I also had a confusing sentence about how Turkey’s ethnicity was different because I worded it a little awkwardly so I fixed that.

2: I noticed something happened to 2 of my pictures so they couldn’t be viewed so I went back and found them again and their citations and put them on the wiki by saving them rather than copying and pasting like I did before and it worked.

3: I had some spacing issues which made it really confusing in certain places. Like in one of my paragraphs it said “comparedto” and apparently this happened repeatedly so I had to fix all of that.

From the peer feedback process I learned that it is extremely important to re-read everything you write. There were a lot of careless errors in my wiki that could’ve been fixed by going back and checking the spacing and wording and spelling. I also learned that it’s very helpful because when you write something obviously you know what you mean so you write down things that sound awkward to everyone else except you and a lot of the times no one knows what you’re saying so it’s helpful when someone tells you and you finally read it again and realize what you did wrong. Julia M.

After receiving peer feedback on my rough draft and wiki, I made the following three changes:

1) I reworded my Language paragraph because someone told it did not flow. I went back and changed the last 2 sentences from"Arabic is the most common language in the Middle East. These languages are everywhere in the Middle East." to " Arabic is also the most common language in the Middle East. These are a few languages spoken in the Middle East."

2) I noticed that my paragraphs where not in color and I went in and put in color. It went from " this" to " this".

3) I saw that my intro had some grammar mistakes and fixed them. I capitalized the first letter in my second sentence and put in a period in one of my sentences. From the peer feedback process, I learned that it is best to have someone check your work for you. Sometimes, you don't notice errors but when you have a peer give feedback, they will tell you what is wrong. This was a good experience!