Turkey 
Facts
Population:
66,493,970 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
28.42% (male 9,620,291; female 9,276,347)
15-64 years:
65.45% (male 22,116,599; female 21,401,165)
65 years and over:
6.13% (male 1,878,571; female 2,200,997) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.24% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
18.31 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
5.95 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.85 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
47.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
71.24 years
male:
68.89 years
female:
73.71 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.12 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.01% (1999 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%
Religions:
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)
Languages:
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
85%
male:
94%
female:
77% (2000)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $444 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $6,800 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
15%
industry:
29%
services:
56% (1999)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
2.3%
highest 10%:
32.3% (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
39% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
23 million (2000 est.)
note:
about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 38%, services 38%, industry 24% (2000)
Unemployment rate:
5.6% (plus underemployment of 5.6%) (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$54.5 billion
expenditures:
$75.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.3 billion (2000)
Industries:
textiles, food processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper
Industrial production growth rate:
6.2% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
125.3 billion kWh (2000 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
71%
hydro:
29%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (2000 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
119.5 billion kWh (2000 est.)
Electricity - exports:
350 million kWh (2000 est.)
Electricity - imports:
3.35 billion kWh (2000 est.)
Agriculture - products:
tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock
Exports:
$26.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
apparel 25.6%, foodstuffs 15.4%, textiles 12.3%, metal manufactures 8.6%, transport equipment 8.1% (1998)
Exports - partners:
Germany 18.7%, US 11.4%, UK 7.4%, Italy 6.3%, France 6.0% (2000 est.)
Imports:
$55.7 billion (c.i.f., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery 28.3%, chemicals 15.2%, semi-finished goods 14.5%, fuels 11%, transport equipment 9.5% (1999)
Imports - partners:
Germany 13.1%, Italy 7.9%, US 7.2%, Russia 7.0%, France 6.6%, UK 5.0% (2000 est.)
Debt - external:
$109 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $195 million (1993)
Currency:
Turkish lira (TRL)
Currency code:
TRL
Exchange rates:
Turkish liras per US dollar - 677,621 (December 2000), 625,219 (2000), 418,783 (1999), 260,724 (1998), 151,865 (1997), 81,405 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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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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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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