| Country (long form) |
Republic of Turkey |
| Capital |
Ankara |
| Total Area |
301,383.62 sq mi
780,580.00 sq km
(slightly larger than Texas) |
| Population |
66,493,970 (July 2001 est.) |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
86,473,786 |
| Languages |
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek |
| Literacy |
85% total, 94% male, 77% female (2000) |
| Religions |
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews) |
| Life Expectancy |
68.89 male, 73.71 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
republican parliamentary democracy |
| Currency |
Turkish lira (TL) = 100 kurus (theoretical) |
| GDP (per capita) |
$6,800 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
textiles, food processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper |
| Agriculture |
tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock |
| Arable Land |
32% |
| Natural Resources |
antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulfur, iron ore, arable land, hydropower |
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