Turkey
General country information
| Ankara | |
| republican parliamentary democracy | |
| 780580 km2 | |
| 71892808 (July 2008 est.) / 92/km2 | |
| New Turkish Lira (TRY) currency converter | |
| $ 12900 (2007 est.) | |
| 0.775 (2005) | |
| Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey |
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| Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) | |
| temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior | |
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