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People-

Population:
71,158,647 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 24.9% (male 9,034,731/female 8,703,624)
15-64 years: 68.1% (male 24,627,270/female 23,857,507)
65 years and over: 6.9% (male 2,253,383/female 2,682,132) (2007 est.)
Median age:
total: 28.6 years
male: 28.4 years
female: 28.8 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.04% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:
16.4 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:
6 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Turkey
conventional short form: Turkey
local long form: Turkiye Cumhuriyeti
local short form: Turkiye
Government type:
republican parliamentary democracy
Capital:
name: Ankara
geographic coordinates: 39 56 N, 32 52 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Administrative divisions:
81 provinces (iller, singular - il); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Icel (Mersin), Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir (Smyrna), Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon (Trebizond), Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak

President- Ahmet Necdet SEZER
Prime Minister- Recep Tayyip

Economy-

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$627.2 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$358.2 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
5.2% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
17,000 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 11.2%
industry: 29.4%
services: 59.4% (2006 est.)
Labor force:
24.8 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2006 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 35.9%
industry: 22.8%
services: 41.2% (3rd quarter, 2004)
Unemployment rate:
10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty line:
20% (2002)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 30.7% (2000)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
42 (2003)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9.8% (2006 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
20.1% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $112.3 billion
expenditures: $121.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.)
Public debt:
64.7% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products:
tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock
Industries:
textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper
Industrial production growth rate:
5.5% (2006 est.)
Electricity - production:
143.3 billion kWh (2004)
Electricity - consumption:
140.3 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - exports:
1.1 billion kWh (2004)
Electricity - imports:
500 million kWh (2004)
Oil - production:
50,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - consumption:
715,100 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - exports:
46,110 bbl/day (2001)
Oil - imports:
616,500 bbl/day (2001)
Oil - proved reserves:
288.4 million bbl (1 January 2002)
Natural gas - production:
688 million cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
22.6 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
21.73 billion cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
8.495 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)
Current account balance:
-$25.99 billion (2006 est.)
Exports:
$85.21 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities:
apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment
Exports - partners:
Germany 12.9%, UK 8.1%, Italy 7.6%, US 6.7%, France 5.2%, Spain 4.1% (2005)
Imports:
$120.9 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment
Imports - partners:
Germany 11.7%, Russia 11%, Italy 6.5%, China 5.9%, France 5%, US 4.6%, UK 4% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$53.42 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$193.6 billion (30 June 2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $635.8 million (2002)
Currency (code):
Turkish lira (TRY); old Turkish lira (TRL) before 1 January 2005
Exchange rates:
Turkish liras per US dollar - 1.4286 (2006), 1.3436 (2005), 1.4255 (2004), 1.5009 (2003), 1.5072 (2002)
note: on 1 January 2005 the old Turkish lira (TRL) was converted to new Turkish lira (TRY) at a rate of 1,000,000 old to 1 new Turkish lira
Fiscal year:
calendar year

Military-

Military branches:

Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): Land Forces, Turkish Naval Forces (Turk Deniz Kuvvetleri, TDK; includes naval air and naval infantry), Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri, THK) (2006)

Military service age and obligation:
20 years of age (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 20-49: 16,756,323
females age 20-49: 16,051,706 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 20-49: 13,905,901
females age 20-49: 13,335,812 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 679,734
females age 20-49: 659,090 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
5.3% (2005 est.)

Military - note:
in the early 1990s, the Turkish Land Force was a large but badly equipped infantry force; there were 14 infantry divisions, but only one was mechanized, and out of 16 infantry brigades, only six were mechanized; a subsequent overhaul has produced highly mobile forces with greatly enhanced firepower in accordance with NATO's new strategic concept (2005)

Men and women in armed forces total- 1,043,550

Air-Force-

Commander of the Turkish Air Force: General Faruk Cömert

Air Force Staff Division Command
10th Tanker Base Command, İncirlik, Adana
KC-135 Stratotanker tanker aircraft
11th Air Transportation Main Base Command, Etimesgut, Ankara
CASA CN-235(T),
Cessna Citation VII,
Cessna Citation II (CE-550),
Gulfstream IV-SP,
3 CASA CN-235 (T) ambulance aircraft
12th Air Transportation Main Base Command, Erkilet, Kayseri
C-130 Hercules,
C-160 Transall and
CASA CN-235 (T) aircraft
1st Tactical Air Force Command, Eskişehir
1st Main Jet Base Group Command
4th Main Jet Base Group Command
6th Main Jet Base Group Command
9th Main Jet Base Group Command
15th Missile Base Group Command
1st Air Control Group Command
2nd Tactical Air Force Commands, Diyarbakır
5th Main Jet Base Group Command
7th Main Jet Base Group Command
8th Main Jet Base Group Command
2nd Air Control Group. Command
Air Training Command, Gaziemir, İzmir
2nd Main Jet Base Group Command
3rd Main Jet Base Group Command
Air Force Academy Command
Air Corps Schools and Technical Training Center Command
Air Language School and Airmen Training Brigade Command
Air Logistics Command, Etimesgut, Ankara
1st Air Supply and Maintenance Center Command
2nd Air Supply and Maintenance Center Command
3rd Air Supply and Maintenance Center Command
Air Museum Command
These commands consist of:

19 Combat squadrons
1 Reconnaissance squadron
6 Training squadrons
6 Transport aircraft|Transportation squadrons
1 Tanker squadron
8 Surface-to-air missile (SAM) squadrons

ARMY-

TURKISH ARMY
Main battle tanks
298 Leopard 2A4
77 Leopard 1A3T1/TU120
150 Leopard 1A3T1
165 Leopard 1A1A4 (under Volkan Tank Improvement Project)[5]
650 M 60A3 TTS
275 M 60A1 RISE Passive (170 will undergo a comprehensive Sabra Mk.III upgrade)[6]
750 M 48A5T2 (Upgraded to M 60A3 Standard)
600 M 48A5T1 (Upgraded to M 60A1 Standard)
100 M 48T5 (Upgraded to M 60A1 Standard)
1200 M 48A3 (Reserve and obsolete. Used for spare parts)

Armored personnel carriers
650 FNSS Armored infantry fighting vehicle (AIFV)
1375 FNSS Advanced armored personnel carrier (AAPC)
48 FNSS Armored TOW vehicle (ATV)
170 FNSS Armored mortar vehicle (AMV) (self-propelled 81 mm mortar)
2815 M 113 A1/A2/A3 Armored Personel Carrier
10+ M 125A (self-propelled M-29 81mm mortar)
175 M 106A (self-propelled M-30 107mm mortar)
150 M 113 TOW
260+ Otokar Akrep (4x4)[7]
388+ Otokar Cobra (4x4)[8][9]
240 BTR-80 (8x8)
50+ FNSS Pars (8x8)[10]

Helicopters
21 Sikorsky S-70A28 Blackhawk (13 will undergo Aselsan avionics upgrade, 8 SOF)
52 Sikorsky S-70D28 Blackhawk (5 SAR, 2 SOF CSAR, 4 ambulance, 41 utility)
28 Eurocopter AS-532UL Cougar Mk1 (4 SAR, 4 ambulance, 16 utility, 4 VIP)
28 Bell AB206B3 JetRanger
23 Agusta Bell AB205AT/2020
27 Agusta Bell AB205A1
52 Bell UH-1H/2020-ASAM
20 Bell UH-1D
42 Bell UH-1H Iroquois (24 for training)

Attack helicopters
0 Agusta Westland T129 (a total of 51 will be produced in Turkey)[11][12][13]
9 Bell AH-1W Super Cobra
32 Bell AH-1P/S Cobra
1 Bell TAH-1P Cobra (Combat Trainer)

Air-to-ground missiles
215 Hellfire II K2 (Used in the AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters)
n/a TOW II (Used in the AH-1S/P Cobra helicopters)

Anti-aircraft missiles
n/a Atılgan KMS (1x8 FIM-92B/C Stinger)
n/a Zıpkın KMS (1x4 FIM-92 Stinger)
800+ FIM 92B/C Stinger RPM (4875 missiles)
785+ FIM-43A Redeye
40 9M39 Igla (SA-18 Grouse)

Anti-tank missiles
390+ MILAN With MIRA thermal sights
365 BGM-71 TOW I/II/A/B
40000+ M72 A2 LAW (66mm)
5000+ RPG-7 (40mm)
550 ERYX (1200 missiles)
70 9M113M Konkurs (AT5 Spandrel) (420 missiles)
185 Cobra (Used for training purposes only)

Anti-aircraft guns
300 L/70 & L/70T Bofors (40mm) (50 with Officine Galileo P56 optical sight)
600+ L/60 & M1A1 Bofors (40mm)
100+ Oerlikon GDF-001 (2x35mm)
120 Oerlikon GDF-003 (2x35mm)
440 Oerlikon GAI-D01 (2x20mm)
300+ Rheinmetall Mk.20 Rh202 (2x20mm)
110 M42 Duster (2x40mm)
900 M55 (4x12.7mm)

Rocket artillery
5 WS1A (4x302mm, 80km)
25 WS1B (4x302mm, 180km)
72 ATACMS MGM 140 Block I (165km)
12 M-270 MLRS (12x227mm PARS SAGE-227F, 70km)
50+ T-122 MLRS (40x122mm, 40km)
48 TR-107 MLRS (12x107mm)
24 RA 7040 MLRS (40x70mm)
n/a TOROS 230A (8x230mm, 65km)
n/a TOROS 260A (8x260mm, 110km)

Self-propelled artillery
80+ T 155 Fırtına (K9T) 155/52 SP-2000 (155mm) (a total of 350 will be produced)[14]
219 M110 (203mm)
36 M107 (175mm)
9 M 55 (203mm)
222 M 44T (155mm) (Upgraded)
365 M 52T (155mm) (Upgraded)
26 M 108T (155mm) (Upgraded)

Towed artillery
110+ T 155 Panter 155/52 FT-2000 (155mm) (a total of 400 will be produced)[15]
825 M 101 (105mm)
535 M 114 (155mm)
162 M 115 (203mm)
175 M 116 (75mm)
171 M 59 (155mm)
128 Skoda (105mm)
10 M.39 Skoda (105mm) (Used in training)
10 105R Metalgun (105mm) (Used in training)

Recoilless artillery
2135 M 40A (106mm)
1000 M 20 (75mm) (in storage)
850 M 18 (57mm) (in storage)

Mortars
578 HY-12Di (120mm)
325 UT1 (81mm)
3175 M1/M29 (81mm)
1265 M-30 (107mm)
n/a M-19 (60mm)


NAVY-


4 Gür Class Type 209T2/1400 Submarines
4 Preveze Class Type 209T1/1400 Submarines
6 Atılay Class Type 209/1200 Submarines
0 AIP Air-independent propulsion Submarines (+6 approved on 12/12/2006)

Frigates
2 SalihReis Class (MEKO® 200 TN II-B) Frigates
2 Barbaros Class (MEKO® 200 TN II-A) Frigates
4 Yavuz Class (MEKO® 200 TN I) Frigates
8 G Class (Oliver Hazard Perry class) Frigates (under Genesis Modernization Project)
3 Tepe Class (Knox class) Frigates (other 5 ships of this class retired)
0 TF-2000 Class Frigates (+6 approved on 12/12/2006)

Corvettes
0 Milgem Class Corvettes (+12 under construction)
6 B Class (D'Estienne d'Orves class A-69 type Aviso) Corvettes

Helicopters & Naval Aircraft
0 ATR 72-500 ASW/ASuW MPA (+10 under construction)
6 CASA CN-235 ASW/ASuW MPA
7 TB-20 Training Aircraft
7 SeaHawk (S-70B2 Class) ASW/ASuW Helicopters (+17 ordered)
14 AB-212 Class Naval Warfare ASW/ASuW/EW/SAR Helicopters

Fast Attack Missile & Torpedo Boats
2 Kılıç II Class (+4 under construction)
3 Kılıç I Class
2 Yıldız Class
4 Rüzgar Class
4 Doğan Class
8 Kartal Class

Mine Warfare Ships
3 A Class Mine Hunters (+3 under construction)
5 E Class Mine Hunters
4 F Class Mine Sweepers
7 S Class Mine Sweepers
3 K Class Mine Sweepers

Main Landing Ships
0 LPD Landing Platform Dock (+1 approved on 12/12/2006)
1 OsmanGazi Class
2 SarucaBey Class
2 Ertuğrul Class LST

Landing Craft
25 Ç-117 Class LCT
17 Ç-302 Class LCM