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Capital Turkey : |
Ankara .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Turkey :
| Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km .
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| Climate Turkey :
| temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior .
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| Life expectancy Turkey :
| 72.08 years .
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| Fertility rate Turkey :
| 1.98 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Turkey :
| republican parliamentary democracy .
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| Population Turkey :
| 68,893,918 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Turkey :
| 780,580 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Turkey :
| 18,916,700 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Turkey :
| 27,887,500 (2003) .
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| International Country Code Turkey :
| 90.
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| Sex ratio total Turkey :
| 1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Turkey ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Turkey ratio 15 64 :
| 1.03 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Turkey ratio 65 :
| 0.85 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Turkey :
| $-6.806 billion (2003) |
| HIV Turkey :
| less than 0.1% - note: no country specific models provided (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Turkey :
| 18% (2001) |
| Literacy Turkey :
| 86,50% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Turkey :
| 2,30% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Turkey :
| 32.3% (1994) |
| Inflation Turkey :
| 25.3% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Turkey :
| 10.5% (plus underemployment of 6.1%) (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Turkey :
| 5.5 million (2003) |
| Location Turkey :
| southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria |
| Geographic Coordinates Turkey :
| 39 00 N, 35 00 E |
| Religion Turkey :
| Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) |
| Administrative region Turkey :
| 81 provinces (iller, singular - il); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyon, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak |
| Terrain Turkey :
| high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges |
| Elevation extremes lowest Turkey :
| Mediterranean Sea 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Turkey :
| Mount Ararat 5,166 m |
| Natural resources 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 |
| Land use arable land Turkey :
| 30,93% |
| Land use permanentcrops Turkey :
| 3,31% |
| Irrigated land Turkey :
| 42,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Turkey :
| very severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van |
| Environment current issues Turkey :
| water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern for oil spills from increasing Bosporus ship traffic |
| Geography note Turkey :
| strategic location controlling the Turkish Straits (Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles) that link Black and Aegean Seas; Mount Ararat, the legendary landing place of Noah's Ark, is in the far eastern portion of the country |
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Divisions
Adana
Adiyaman
Afyon
Agri
Aksaray
Amasya
Ankara
Antalya
Ardahan
Artvin
Aydin
Balikesir
Bartin
Batman
Bayburt
Bilecik
Bingol
Bitlis
Bolu
Burdur
Bursa
Canakkale
Cankiri
Corum
Denizli
Diyarbakir
Duzce
Edirne
Elazig
Erzincan
Erzurum
Eskisehir
Gaziantep
Giresun
Gumushane
Hakkari
Hatay
Igdir
Isparta
Istanbul
Izmir
Kahramanmaras
Karabuk
Karaman
Kars
Kastamonu
Kayseri
Kilis
Kirikkale
Kirklareli
Kirsehir
Kocaeli
Konya
Kutahya
Malatya
Manisa
Mardin
Mersin
Mugla
Mus
Nevsehir
Nigde
Ordu
Osmaniye
Rize
Sakarya
Samsun
Sanliurfa
Siirt
Sinop
Sirnak
Sivas
Tekirdag
Tokat
Trabzon
Tunceli
Usak
Van
Yalova
Yozgat
Zonguldak
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