Turkey

Official Name:

Republic of Turkey (Turkey)

Area:

780.580 km ²

Population (2007):

71.158.647 inhabitants

Coastline:

7.200 km

Capital:

Ankara

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Aliaga, Ambarli, Eregli, Haydarpasa, Istanbul, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Toros

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 6 nm in the Aegean Sea, 12 nm in Black Sea and in Mediterranean Sea
• Exclusive economic zone: In Black Sea only: to the maritime boundary agreed upon with the former USSR

Political divisions:

81 provinces (iller, singular - il); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyonkarahisar, 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, Icel (Mersin), Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir (Smyrna), Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon (Trebizond), Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak

Language(s):

Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian

National holiday:

Republic Day, 29 October (1923)

Nationality:

Turk(s)

Official time:

UTC 2. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Member of:

AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CE, CERN (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EU (applicant), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SECI, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WEU (associate), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Internet country code:

.tr

Economic Profile

Currency:

Turkish lira (TRY)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD 9.000 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 358.500.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

5,3% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 11,2%
• Industry: 29,4%
• Services: 59,4%

Labor force:

24.800.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2004):

• Agriculture 35,9%
• Industry: 22,8%
• Services 41,2%

Unemployment rate:

10,2% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

9,8% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

20,1% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD 112.300.000.000
• Expenditures: USD 121.600.000.000

Public debt:

64,7% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -25.990.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 85.210.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment

Exports - Partners:

Germany 12,9%, UK 8,1%, Italy 7,6%, US 6,7%, France 5,2%, Spain 4,1% (2005)

Imports:

USD 120.900.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment

Imports - partners:

Germany 11,7%, Russia 11%, Italy 6,5%, China 5,9%, France 5%, US 4,6%, UK 4% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 53.420.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 193.600.000.000 (2006)