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| Population: |
67,803,927 -2000 census |
| Urban population: |
44,006,274 (64,9% of total) |
| Rural population: |
23,797,653 (35.1% of total) |
| Area (total): |
779,452 sq.km of which 35% arable, 4% permanent
crops, 26% forestry |
| Anatolia: |
755,688 sq.km |
| Thrace: |
24,888 sq.km |
| Total length of land borders: |
2,627 km |
Land borders with
neighbours (in km): |
Armenia (268), Azerbaijan (9), Bulgaria
(240), Georgia (252), Greece (206), Iran (499),
Iraq (331), Syria (822) |
| Total length of coasts: |
8,333 km |
The most populated
Cities
(2000 census): |
Istanbul (10,018,735 ) - Ankara (4,007,860)
Capital - Izmir (3,370,866) |
| Other Cities: |
Bursa - Konya - Adana - Antalya - Icel - Sanli Urfa
- Diyarbakir - Manisa - Hatay - Kocaeli - Samsun
- Balikesir - Gaziantep - Kahraman Maras |
| International airports: |
Istanbul (Ataturk), Ankara (Esenboga),
Adana, Bodrum (Milas), Trabzon, Gaziantep,
Izmir (Adnan Menderes), Antalya (Antalya),
Dalaman (Dalaman), Nevsehir, Samsun |
| National airports: |
Adiyaman, Agn, Balikesir, Batman,
Denizli, Diyarbakir, Edremit, Elazig, Erzincan,
Erzurum, Isparta, Kars, Kahraman Maras, Kayseri,
Konya, Malatya, Mus, Sanli Urfa, Sivas, Sinop,
Tokat, Van |
| Major sea ports: |
Istanbul, Antalya, Trabzon, Iskenderun,
Samsun, Mersin, Izmir |
| Languages: |
The official language is Turkish. |
| Life expectancy: |
Male: 66, Female: 71 (1995) |
| Currency: |
Turkish Lira (TL) 1 euro=1.619.000 TL (Oct.
'02 info-euro) |
| Industries: |
Textiles, food processing, automobiles,
mining (coal, chromites, copper, boron), steel,
petroleum, construction, lumber, paper. |
| Agricultural products: |
Tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets,
pulse, citrus, livestock. |
| Main trading partners: |
Exports: Germany, USA, France, UK, Italy,
The Netherlands
Imports: Germany, Japan, Italy, USA, France,
Russia, UK, Sweden, The Netherlands |
| Major Export Products: |
Agricultural, textiles, iron, steel. |
| Major Import Products: |
Oil, machinery, chemicals, iron, steel.
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| Admitted in the United Nations
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1945 |
| Member i.a. of: |
Council of Europe, OECD,OECE, NATO, WTO,
OIC. |
| Parties to i.a: |
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),
Chemical Weapons
Convention (CWP) |
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