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Republic of Turkey
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Capital: Ankara
Total Area: 301,383.62 sq mi,780,580.00 sq km,(slightly larger than Texas)
Population: 66,493,970 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050: 86,473,786
Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Literacy: 85% total, 94% male, 77% female (2000)
Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)
Life Expectancy: 68.89 male, 73.71 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: republican parliamentary democracy
Currency: Turkish lira (TL) = 100 kurus (theoretical)
GDP (per capita): $6,800 (2000 est.)
Industry: textiles, food processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper
Agriculture: tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock
Arable Land: 32%
Natural Resources: antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulfur, iron ore, arable land, hydropower
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