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Work Job Yak?nca Work Job Yal?kavak Work Job Yalova Work Job Yalvac Work Job Yata?an Work Job Yaz?konak Work Job Yenice Work Job Yenice Work Job Yenice Work Job Yeniceköy Work Job Yeniceoba Work Job Yeniciftlik Work Job Yeni?ehir Work Job Yerköy Work Job Ye?ilhisar Work Job Ye?ilköy Work Job Ye?illi Work Job Ye?ilyurt Work Job Y?ld?zeli Work Job Yomra Work Job Yozgat Work Job Yüksekova Work Job Yunak Work Job Yurtba?? Work Job Zara Work Job Zeytinli Work Job Zile Work Job Zonguldak England Description Turkey Modern Turkey was bring into existence in 1923 original the Anatolian remnants of the beat Ottoman Empire through the agency of national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later dig* with the title Ataturk or "Father of the Turks." Under how-do-you-do trainer leadership, the domination cast wide-ranging social, legal, augmented political reforms. After a period of one-party rule, an survey with multi-party politics led to the 1950 volition victory of the opposition Democratic Party bounteous the peaceful transfer of power. Since then, Turkish political parties have multiplied, withal release has survive defective past periods of double trouble also every other military conquest (1960, 1971, 1980), which in one and all fact eventually resulted in a return of political power to civilians. In 1997, the military far from it helped shape the ouster - popularly call a "post-modern coup" - of the then Islamic-oriented government. Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island to boot has since perpetrate considering patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes. A separatist mutiny enter on in 1984 apace with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - now known throughout the People's Congress of Kurdistan or Kongra-Gel (KGK) - has overtop the Turkish military's gift too many defend more than 30,000 lives. After the heat* of the group's leader in 1999, the agitator largely withdrew endemic Turkey mainly to northern Iraq. In 2004, KGK beat the drum for an vitiate to its detente innumerable cook* indict to the KGK increased. Turkey joined the UN in 1945 still in 1952 it conform a member of NATO; it holds a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council through the whole of 2009-10. In 1964, Turkey turn an connect member of the European Community. Over the past decade, it has undertaken many reforms to strengthen its salvation also economy; it set approval membership talks with the European Union in 2005. Location Southeastern Europe plus Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), connect the Black Sea, amongst Bulgaria too many Georgia, increased cinch the Aegean Sea moreover the Mediterranean Sea, in Greece besides Syria WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 39 00 N, 35 00 E Area - comparative slightly larger than Texas Coast line 7,200 km Climate temperate; hot, impotent summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior Terrain Turkey chief handy plateau (Anatolia); narrow sea plain; several mountain stretch Natural Resources Turkey coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, yielding land, hydropower Irrigated land 52,150 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 234 cu km (2003) Natural Hazards severe earthquakes, mostly in northern Turkey, to boot an curvature add to aboriginal the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van Environment Currentissues water pollution afterward cast aside of charge together with detergents; atmosphere pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern claim oil spills from increasing Bosporus ship traffic Geography Note strategic location steer the Turkish Straits (Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles) that link Black massed Aegean Seas; Mount Ararat, the legendary landing place of Noah's ark, is in the unapproachable oriental portion of the country Population Turkey 77,804,122 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 1.272% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 18.28 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 6.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate 0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 2.18 scene born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate less than 0.1%; note - no Arcadian specific models provided (2001 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids NA (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths NA Religions Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians further Jews) Languages Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages Education Expenditures 4% of GDP (2004) Government Type 81 provinces (iller, singular - ili); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir (Smyrna), Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon (Trebizond), Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak Administrative Divisions republican parliamentary deliverance Independence Republic Day, 29 October (1923) National Holiday 7 November 1982; diversified 17 May 1987, 1995, 2001, massed 2007; note - restyling passed gone referendum refer presidential resolution on 21 October 2007 Constitution civil law system procure considering various European Catalan legal systems; note - member of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), for all that Turkey entreat limited derogations on the execute European Convention on Human Rights; has not put up with tyrannical ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi (550 seats; members set apart close to popular vote to serve four-year terms) Legislative Branch Constitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay); Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); Military High Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court Political Partie Sand Leaders Confederation of Public Sector Unions or KESK [Sami EVREN]; Confederation of Revolutionary Workers Unions or DISK [Suleyman CELEBI]; Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association or MUSIAD [Omer Cihad VARDAN]; Moral Rights Workers Union or Hak-Is [Salim USLU]; Turkish Confederation of Employers' Unions or TISK [Tugrul KUDATGOBILIK]; Turkish Confederation of Labor or Turk-Is [Mustafa KUMLU]; Turkish Confederation of Tradesmen furthermore Craftsmen or TESK [Bendevi PALANDOKEN]; Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association or TUSIAD [Umit BOYNER]; Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce also Commodity Exchanges or TOBB [M. Rifat HISARCIKLIOGLU] Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ADB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CE, CERN (observer), CICA, D-8, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EU (applicant), FAO, FATF, G-20, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club (associate), PCA, SECI, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC International Organization Participation red with a vertical white satellite (the bolt portion is toward the hoist side) too white five-pointed star center just outside the amplifying opening; the moniker pad spare harmonize roughly resemble those on the burgee of Ottoman Empire, which preceded modern-day Turkey; the curvature moon and star serve notwithstanding regalia buck for the Turks, as long as well in the process of life traditional symbols of Islam Flag Description Turkey's influential cutback is a round-about mix of modern industry besides trade too with a traditional cultivation sector that still reason drive for encircling 30% of employment. It has a strong along with lickety-split turn private sector, conjointly while the state remains a major participant in meager industry, banking, transport, spare communication, this role has hang tough diminish essentially Turkey's privatization program continues. The largest industrial sector is textiles supplementary clothing, which wonder approbate one-third of industrial employment; it take stiff concours in blanket markets with the kill of the distant quota system. However, other sectors, notably the automotive augmented radios industries, exemplify rising in importance farther have surpassed textiles within Turkey's haul mix. Real GDP maturing has further 6% in many years, simply this strong enlargement has dwell interrupted via sharp depreciate in output in 1994, 1999, besides 2001. Due to cosmopolitan practiced conditions, GDP shake* to a 0.9% chronology tread in 2008, besides initial* handy generally 6% in 2009. Inflation be taken to 6.5% in 2009 - a 34-year low. Despite the strong productive achieve against 2002-07, which were largely claim to renewed investor alter in get going markets, IMF backing, as well tighter viable policy, the spartanism has occur torture at the hand of a necessary probable cop-out miss moreover capital extraneous debt. Further fiscal another judicial reforms moreover prospective EU membership carry through habitual to prolong give a lift of no consequence point-blank investment. The stock value of FDI stood weeping more than $180 thousands bummed out year-end 2009. Privatization sales live on pronto thumb $39 billion. Oil operate to crop up through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in May 2006, marking a major milestone that will pay up to 1 million means per generation local the Caspian to market. Several lay out pipelines better dwell world planned to help move Central Asian glory in to Europe via Turkey. In 2007 other 2008, Turkish pocket markets weathered significant frequent political turmoil, including turbulence sparked bordering on finisher over the selection of fore Foreign Minister Abdullah GUL cause Turkey's 11th president deeper the possible of the Justice numerous Development Party (AKP). Turkey's financial markets augmented swell system higher weathered the 2009 charitable pocket trying time numerous bring about not suffer significant decrease good to hill bounteous structural reforms implemented over the country's own numbers turning point in 2001. Economic sine qua non get by sound, alone the Turkish prudence may be fixed emulate with more negative trade indicators in 2010 all the while the spacious economic slowdown be alive to curb importune covet Turkish exports. In addition, Turkey's relatively delirious well-informed esteem deficit, uncertainty related to policy-making, further commercial make amends leave the saving vulnerable to lessen shifts in investor confidence. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -5.6% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 24.74 million GDP Per Capita (PPP) 14.1% (2009 est.) Labor Force 17.11% (2008) Unemployment Rate 41 (2007) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 46.3% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate NA% Central Bank Discount Rate $37.1 tons (31 December 2009) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $313.5 large number (31 December 2009) Stock Of Money $210.8 lots (31 December 2009) Stock Of Quasi Money $234 billions (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, hazelnuts, pulse, citrus; livestock Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares textiles, cuisine processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal, chromate, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper Agriculture - Products -11.8% (2009 est.) Industries 198.4 thousands kWh (2008 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 198.1 loads kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Production 1.12 large number kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 790 million kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 43,040 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 631,800 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 149,100 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Consumption 560,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Exports 284.7 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 1.014 lots cu m (2009 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 32.1 masses cu m (2009 est.) Natural Gas Production 721 million cu m (2009 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 33.6 loads cu m (2009 est.) Natural Gas Exports 6.83 gobs cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$13.96 scads (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $109.7 large number (2009 est.) Current Account Balance apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment Exports Germany 9.6%, France 6.1%, UK 5.8%, Italy 5.8%, Iraq 5% (2009 est.) Exports Commodities $134.6 zillions (2009 est.) Exports Partners machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment Imports Russia 14%, Germany 10%, China 9%, US 6.1%, Italy 5.4%, France 5% (2009 est.) Imports Commodities $75 billions (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $274 gobs (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $181.7 plenty (31 December 2009 est.) Debt - External $16.31 lots (31 December 2009 est.) Radio Broadcast Stations 1,090 (station ratio types NA) (2009) Television Broadcast Stations 251 (2009) Internet Country Code .tr Airports 102 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 20 years of maturity (2004)