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Country
(long form)
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Republic
of Turkey
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Capital
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Ankara
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Total
Area
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301,383.62
sq mi
780,580.00 sq km
(slightly larger than Texas)
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Population
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65,666,677
(July 2000 est.)
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Estimated
Population in 2050
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86,473,786
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Languages
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Turkish
(official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
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Literacy
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82.3%
total, 91.7% male, 72.4% female (1995 est.)
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Religions
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Muslim
99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)
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Life
Expectancy
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68.63
male, 73.41 female (2000 est.)
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Government
Type
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republican
parliamentary democracy
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Currency
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Turkish
lira (TL) = 100 kurus (theoretical)
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GDP (per
capita)
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$6,200
(1999 est.)
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Labor
Force (by occupation)
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agriculture
45.8%, services 33.7%, industry 20.5% (April 1999)
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Industry
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textiles,
food processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel,
petroleum, construction, lumber, paper
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Agriculture
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tobacco,
cotton, grain, grapes, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock
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Arable
Land
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32%
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Exports
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apparel
28%, foodstuffs 17%, textiles 12%, metal manufactures 9% (1998)
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Imports
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machinery
29%, semi-finished goods 16%, chemicals 14%, transport equipment 11%, fuels
8%
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Natural
Resources
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antimony,
coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulfur, iron ore, arable land,
hydropower
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Current
Environmental Issues
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water
pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution,
particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern for oil spills from
increasing Bosporus ship traffic
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Telephones
(main lines in use)
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17.244
million (1998)
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Telephones
(mobile cellular)
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3.2
million (1998)
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Internet
Service Providers (ISPs)
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24
(1999)
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(U.S.
Government sources)
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