Turkey 
Facts
Population: 71,158,647 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.9% (male 9,034,731/female 8,703,624)
15-64 years: 68.1% (male 24,627,270/female 23,857,507)
65 years and over: 6.9% (male 2,253,383/female 2,682,132) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 1.04% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 16.4 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.038 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.032 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 1.019 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 38.33 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 41.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 34.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.88 years
male: 70.43 years
female: 75.46 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.89 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA.
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA.
Nationality: noun: Turk(s)
adjective: Turkish.
Ethnic groups: Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20% (estimated).
Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews).
Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian
note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 95.3%
female: 79.6% (2004 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $635.6 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 5.3% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $9,000 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 11.2%
industry: 29.4%
services: 59.4% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 24.8 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 35.9%
industry: 22.8%
services: 41.2% (3rd quarter, 2004).
Population below poverty line: 20% (2002).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 30.7% (2000).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.8% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $112.3 billion
expenditures: $121.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock.
Industries: textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper.
Industrial production growth rate: 5.5% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 143.3 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 140.3 billion kWh (2005).
Electricity - exports: 1.1 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 500 million kWh (2004).
Exports: $85.21 billion f.o.b. (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: $120.9 billion f.o.b. (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).
Debt - external: $193.6 billion (30 June 2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: ODA, $635.8 million (2002).
Currency (code): Turkish lira (TRY); old Turkish lira (TRL) before 1 January 2005.
Exchange rates: Turkish liras per US dollar - 1.4286 (2006), 1.3436 (2005), 1.4255 (2004), 1.5009 (2003), 1.5072 (2002)
note: on 1 January 2005 the old Turkish lira (TRL) was converted to new Turkish lira (TRY) at a rate of 1,000,000 old to 1 new Turkish lira.
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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Adalet
(Rightist), Ankara
(Independent), Istanbul
http://www.aksam.com.tr/
(Independent), Altinkum Didim
http://www.altinkummagazine.com/
(bi lingual news agency), Ankara
http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/
(Semi-official), Ankara
http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/index-eng.php
(Ankara news agency), Ankara
http://www.ankaajansi.com/
(Independent), Izmir
http://www.bedavagazete.com/
Turkey in the News
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Munich's Süddeutsche Zeitung compares Turkey's predicament to Germany's on the eve of an American-led war against Iraq.
Samir Attah Allah, of the Arab London paper Al-Sharq al-Awsat, takes a careful look at Turkish-Arab relations.
'European distrust regarding Turkey’s accession to the European Union (E.U.) and U.S. preparations for an attack on Iraq have further complicated the internal situation in Turkey, where a pro-Islamic government has just begun its rule,' reports Skopje's pro-opposition Utrinske Vesnik
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