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Capital of Turkey

Ankara

Total Area of Turkey

total: 780,580 sq km
land: 770,760 sq km
water: 9,820 sq km

Population of Turkey

69,660,559 (July 2005 est.)

Languages of Turkey

Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek

Literacy in Turkey

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 94.3%
female: 78.7% (2003 est.)

Religions in Turkey

Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)

Life Expectancy in Turkey

total population: 72.36 years
male: 69.94 years
female: 74.91 years (2005 est.)

Government Type of Turkey

republican parliamentary democracy

Currency in Turkey

Turkish lira (TRL), New Turkish lira (YTL) after 1 January 2005

GDP (per capita) in Turkey

purchasing power parity - $7,400 (2004 est.)

Labour Force in Turkey
25.3 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2003 est.)

Exports from Turkey
$69.46 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports to Turkey
$94.5 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Natural Resources of Turkey
coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower

Telephones in Turkey (main lines in use)
18,916,700 (2003)

Telephones in Turkey (mobile / cellular)
27,887,500 (2003)

Internet Service Providers in Turkey (ISPs)

Internet hosts: 355,215 (2004)

Internet users: 5.5 million (2003)

Turkish Time Zone = EET
Turkish Currency = Turkish Lira

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