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INFORMATION ABOUT TURKEY |
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POPULATION |
CAPITAL
: ANKARA (3.329.400) LARGEST CITY : ISTANBUL
(9.640.000) 3rd
LARGEST CITY: IZMIR (2.378.000)
Population
:
65.666.677 (July
2000 est.)
Age
structure :
0-14 years: 29% (male 9.722.217;
female 9.375.920)15-64 years: 65% (male
21.671.638; female
20.966.110)65 years and over: 6% (male 1.811.599; female
2.119.193) (2000 est.)
Population
growth rate :
1.27% (2000
est.)
Birth
rate
:
18.65 births/1,000
population (2000 est.)
Death
rate :
5.96 deaths/1,000 population
(2000 est.)
Net migration rate : 0
migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex
ratio :
at
birth: 1.05 male(s)/femaleunder 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female15-64
years: 1.03 male(s)/femal 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/femaletotal
population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant
mortality rate
:
48.9 deaths/1,000
live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
: Total
population: 70.97 years male: 68.63 years female: 73.41
years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate :
2 .16 children born/woman
(2000 est.) |
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TURKEY : It covers an area of
780.580 square-km (land: 770.760 sq km((301.383
sq mi) water: 9.820 sq km) |
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NEIGHBORS |
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Turkey's
neighbors are Bulgaria(240 km) and Greece(206 km)in the
northwest; Georgia(252 km),Armenia(268 km) and
Azerbaijan(9 km) in the northeast; Iran (499 km)and Iraq
(331 km) in the east, Syria (822 km)in the southeast and
Cyprus in the south. |
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LOCATION &
GEOGRAFPICAL REGIONS
It takes place between Asia and Europe, at a very
strategic location. Turkey has 7 different geographical
regions; Marmara Region makes the biggest
contribution to the national production whereas Eastern
Anatolian Region makes the least contribution to the
national GDP.
REGION
NAME LOCATION
MAJOR CITIES & POPULATIONS
MARMARA REGION
NORTHVEST TURKEY
ISTANBUL BURS
BLACK
SEA REGION
NORTHERN TURKEY TRABZON
SAMSUN
EASTERN ANATOLIA REGION
EASTERN TURKEY MALATYA
ERZURUM
AGEAN REGION
WESTERN
TURKEY IZMIR
DENIZLI
CENTAR ANATOLIA REGION
CENTRAL TURKEY KAYSERI
ESKISEHIR
MEDITERRANEAN REGION
SOUTHERN TURKEY
ANTALYA ADANA
SOUTHEASTERN REGION
SOUTHEESTERN TURKEY GAZIANTEP
DIYARBAKIR |
LANGUAGE
The official language is Turkish.Turkish Language is of
Ural-Altaic origin, that is from the same origin as
Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese and Korean. It's a suffix-based
language which is read as it is written. The alphabet
used in Turkey is the Latin alphabet with some minor
changes. |
CURRENCY
The official currency unit is called "Turkish Lira".
However, because of high inflation and everdecreasing
value of T.L against the USD, EUR, GBP etc., you can
easily use USD or EUR in your daily transactions.., for
instance tipping the restaurants, hotels or in the big
department stores. In Turkey, the use of credit cards is
also very popular!! |
ELECTRICITY
The electricity in Turkey is of the 220 V,50-cycle
variety. The two-round prong European plug will work
here but have a converter with you in case you use
any 110V machine. |
TAP WATER
Soft
and safe to drink but heavily chlorinated, prefer
bottled mineral water. Different bottled water brands
has different Fr. and PH levels but Erikli and Pinar
Madran are two softest brands. |
WORKING HOURS
Governmental Offices work 8:00-12.00 a.m / 1.00 p.m-5.00
pm. Banks:8:30-12.00 a.m / 1.30 p.m-05.30 p.m. Private
companies:Usually 09:00-12.00 a.m / 1.00-6.00 p.m. |
TIME DIFFERECE
Australia:+8 , Belgium:-1 , Canada:-7 , Denmark:-1 ,
England:-2 , Germany:-1 Japan:+7 ,Sweden:-1,
Spain:-1 , Italy:-1 , Greece:0 , Israel:0 ,Egypt:0 France:-1
China:+6 , USA:-7(NYC)/-10(San Fransisco). |
RELIGION
The
99.8% of the population is Muslim(overwhelmingly sunni).
The rest 0.2% of the population is Jewish or Christian.There
was a big Greek minority over the past years in Istanbul
and they were representing the Greek-Orthodox society.
The majority of the Jews living in Istanbul are
Sephardis who came to Turkey from Spain after the
Spanish Inquisition in the 15th century...There are many
synagogues and churches as well as mosques in Istanbul...They
will be mentioned in the following sections. |
ECONOMY
Turkey
is a fastly developing country with its tourism,
automotive(both manufacturing and assembling),textiles,services,
construction(steel and cement factories), food and
agriculture. Turkey has always been an agricultural
country after the foundation of the Republic of Turkey
but after 1970s, thanks to the enterpreneurs and
incentive policies of the governments, the industry made
a considerable development. Exports of certain goods,
such as cotton,dried figs and apricots,nuts and herbs
still covers a big share of Turkish economy. |
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