Turkey.
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Capital - Ankara
Language - Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian
note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey
Population - 71,158,647 (July 2007 est.)
Geography - total: 780,580 sq km
Area-comparative - slightly larger than Texas
Climate - temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Religion - Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Ethnic Groups - Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20% (estimated)
Life expectations - total population: 72.88 years
male: 70.43 years
female: 75.46 years (2007 est.)
Literacy - definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 94.3%
female: 78.7% (2003 est.)
Government type - republican parliamentary democracy
Exports - Oil-Exports: 46,110 bbl/day (2001)
$85.21 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Export Commodities - apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment
GDP per capita - $8,900 (2006 est.)
Natural Resources - coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower
Natural Hazards - severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van
