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About Turkey |
| OFFICIAL NAME |
Republic of Turkey (Tš¹rkiye Cumhuriyeti) |
| FOUNDER |
Mustafa Kemal ATATš¹RK ( 1881-1938 ) |
| LOCATION |
Situated in Europe and Asia. The European part is called Thrace, the Asian part is called Anatolia
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| AREA |
814,578 square kilometers (3% in Europe, 97% in Asia) |
| CAPITAL |
Ankara |
| CLIMATE |
Temperate. Hot and dry summers with mild and rainy winters; harsher conditions in interior areas. |
| POPULATION |
72 million (2005) |
| POPULATION GROWTH RATE |
%1,2 |
| LANGUAGE |
Turkish |
| CURRENCY |
New Turkish Lira (YTL) |
| RELIGION |
99% Muslim
1% Armenian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Catholic and others |
| STATE SYSTEM |
Parliamentary Democracy |
| GNP |
361 billion USD (2005) |
| GNP PER CAPITA |
6750 USD (2005) |
| GNP GROWTH RATE |
7.6% (2005) |
| INFLATION RATE |
7.72% (2005) |
| UNEMPLOYMENT RATE |
10,3% (2005) |
| FOREIGN TRADE VOLUME |
190 billion USD (2005) |
| ARMED FORCES |
600,000 personnel
2nd largest armed forces in NATO |
| LITERACY RATE |
86.50% (2000) |
| NUMBER OF TOURISTS RECEIVED |
21 million (2005) |
| TOURISM INCOME |
18 billion USD (2005) |
| NUMBER OF TURKISH CITIZENS LIVING ABROAD |
4,03 million (Mainly in Europe) |
| TIME ZONE |
Local time is GMT+2 hours |
| ELECTRICITY |
220 volts a.c. |
| MEASURES AND WEIGHTS |
Metric and kilo systems |
By Turkish Embassy in Beijing |
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