Facts and Figures
Full name: Turkey
Nationality
noun: Turk(s) adjective: Turkish
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Area total: 780,580 sq km water: 9,820 sq km land: 770,760 sq km
Population: 69,660,559 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups: Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20% (estimated)
Capital: Ankara (2 780 000)
Largest Cities: Istanbul (7 620 000) Izmir (1 990 000) Adana (1 050 000) Bursa (990 000)
Official Language: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Religion: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Political system: republican parliamentary democracy
GDP: purchasing power parity – $508.7 billion
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $7,400 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 8.2% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 11.7% industry: 29.8% services: 58.5% (2003 est.)
Inflation: 9.3% (2004 est.)