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Turkey Capital: Ankara Population: 70,413,958 The Geography of Turkey Total Size: 780,580 square km Size Comparison: slightly larger than Texas Geographical Coordinates: 39 00 N, 35 00 E World Region: Middle East General Terrain: high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges Geographical Low Point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m Geographical High Point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m Climate: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior The People of Turkey Type of Government: republican parliamentary democracy Languages Spoken: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian Independence: 29 October 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman Empire) National Holiday: Republic Day, 29 October (1923) Nationality: Turk(s) Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) Economy of Turkey Major Industries: textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper Agricultural Products: tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock 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 Major Exports: apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment Major Imports: machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment Currency: Turkish lira (YTL); old Turkish lira (TRL) before 1 January 2005 National GDP: $572,000,000,000 Total Export Revenue: $72,490,000,000 Brief History of Turkey: Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or Father of the Turks. Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopted wi Back to Geography Home Page

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