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/
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Pakistan and Turkey stand at a crossroads in their political evolutions. Both the PPP and the AKP have promised to bring about much needed political and economic reform, but their sincerity and ability to undertake such initiatives is very much disputed.
Based on examples of media mania about Islam, one may have the impression that the future of American relations with the Muslim world depends on the outcome of the 2008 elections.
It was a wise move for the A.K.P. to put European Union integration back on the top of Turkey's agenda after the case for its closure was taken up by the Constitutional Court.
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