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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON TURKEY https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps/maptemplate_tu.html World Affairs Council Resource Packet: What the Rest of the World can Learn from Turkey Today – March 20, 2012 2
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON TURKEY BASIC FACTS Flag: Solid red and white crescent and star Capital: Ankara Official Language: Turkish Currency: Turkish Lira; $U.S. to Lira – 1 to 1.82 (January 2012) Area: 314,500 square miles; slightly larger than Texas Independence: October 29, 1923 Total Population: 78,785,548 (2011) Population Growth: 1.235% (2011) Religion: 99.8% Muslim (majority Sunni); 0.2% Other (mostly Christians and Jews); only country in the Muslim world with a constitutional provision on secularism. Ethnic Groups: 70-75% Turkish; 18% Kurdish; 7-12% Other (2008) Life Expectancy at Birth: 72.5 years (2011) Literacy Rate: 87.4% (Males 95.3%, Females 79.6%) GDP (Purchasing Power Parity): $960.5 billion; 17 th largest (2010) GDP Real Growth Rate: 8.2 % (2010) GDP Per Capita: $12,300 (2010) Labor Force by Occupation: agriculture 29.5%; industry 24.7%; services 45.8% (2011) Unemployment Rate: 12% (2010) Military Expenditures: 5.3% of GDP (2005) Education Expenditures: 2.9% of GDP (155 th in the world) (2006) Public Debt: 43% of GDP (2010) Industries: textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining, steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper Exports: apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufacturers, transport equipment Imports: machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment Agriculture Products: tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus, livestock Current Environmental Issues: water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern for oil spills from increasing ship traffic. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html World Affairs Council Resource Packet: What the Rest of the World can Learn from Turkey Today – March 20, 2012 3
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