Official name:Republic of Turkey
Head of State:President H.E. Mr. Abdullah Gul
National Day:29th of October
Capital:Ankara
Area:774,815 sq. km
Land boundaries:2,875 km
Border countries:

Georgia 276 km, Armenia 325 km, Azerbaijan   18 km, Bulgaria 269 km,  Greece 203 km, Iran 529 km, Iraq 378 km, Syria 877 km

Coast line:

8,333 km (including islands)

Climate:Turkey is in the temperate zone and its topography is characterized by mountain ranges that run parallel to its sea coast. Thus the climate differs from region to region. Coastal areas enjoy a milder climate; the inland Anatolian plateau experiences extremes of hot summers and cold winters with limited rainfall.
Natural resources:

Hard coal, lignite, crude petroleum, iron, chrome, copper, boron minerals, magnasite, lead-zinc

Land use:
Arable land:39%
Permanent crops: 4%
Meadows and pastures: 20% *
Forest and woodland: 33%
Other: 4% *
Irrigated land: 3,674,000 hectares ( * - Data are the results of General Agriculture Census of 1991. The other data refer to current agricultural statistics.)
Agricultural products: Grain (wheat and barley), dry beans, sugar beet, potatoes, cotton, tobacco, vegetables, fruits (nuts, citrus, grapes, apples, olives) and tea
Population: 72974 million (2006)
Population growth rate: 1.24 % (2006)
Religions: Muslim
Languages:

Turkish

Literacy Rate
Total88.1 % (2006)

Currency :

Turkish Lira

Exchange rate (TRL/US$): 1.43111  TRY/US$ Annual Average (2006)
GDP: 400046 Million US$ (2006)
GDP per capita : 5482 US$ (2006)
GDP Growth rate: 6.1 % (2006)
Inflation rate : 9.60 % (2006)
Unemployment rate: 9.9 % (2006)
Total Imports:138290 million US $ (2006)
Total Exports:85479 million US $ (2006)
Foreign Direct Investment:19982 million US $ (2006)
Total External Debt :207764million US $ (2006)
Industries:

Food manufacturing, grain mill products, beverage industries, tobacco, textile, paper, chemical industries, fertilizers, petroleum products, rubber products, tyre and tube industries, glass products, cement, iron and steel, metal products, manufacture of machinery (transport equipment, shipbuilding, railroad equipment, motor vehicles, aircraft manufacture).

Electricity (1997):

Capacity: 21,246,900 kW
Production: 94.9 billion kWh
Consumption per capita: 1,184.7 kWh 

Transportation (1997):

Railways:8,607 km
Highways:380,289 km
Important Ports: Gemlik, Hopa, Iskenderun, Istanbul, Izmir, Izmit, Mersin, Samsun, Trabzon
Merchant marine (1997): 5,866 ships

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