February 13th, 2013 / May 31st, 2018
Turkey
Political leadership
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (since 10 August 2014)
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (since 28 August 2014)
Land
total: 783,562 sq km
Boundaries
total: 2,648 km
Border countries
| Armenia | 268 km | Azerbaijan | 9 km | Bulgaria | 240 km |
| Georgia | 252 km | Greece | 206 km | Iran | 499 km |
| Iraq | 352 km | Syria | 822 km | | |
Coastline
7,200 km
Population
79,414,269 (2015 est.) (country comparison to the world: 19)Age structure
0-14 years: 25.5% 15-64 years: 67.5% 65+ 7.1 % (2015 est.)Population growth rate
1.26% (2015 est.)Urbanisation
Urban population: 73.4% of total population (2015) rate of urbanisation: 1.97% annual rate of change (2010-2015 est.)Major cities
Istanbul 14.16 million, Ankara (capital) 4.75 million, Izmir 3.04 million, Bursa 1.9 million, Adana 1.83 million, Gaziantep 1.53 million (2015 est.)Ethnic groups
Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 18%, other minorities 7-12% (2008 est.)Religions
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 99.8%, other 0.2 % (mostly Christians and Jews)Languages
Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languagesLiteracy
(Age 15+ Can Read and Write) total population: 95% male: 98.4% female: 91.8% (2015)GDP
$1.576 trillion (2015 est.) $1.53 trillion (2014 est.)GDP Real growth rate
3% (2015 est.) 2.9% (2014 est.)GDP per capita (PPP)
$20,500 (2015 est.) $19,900 (2014 est.)Unemployment rate
total 10.4% (2015 est.), youth (15-24) 18.7% (2013 est.)Population below poverty line
16.9% (2010 est.)Public debt
33.1% of GDP (2015 est.) 35% of GDP (2014 est.)Inflation rate
7.5% (2015 est.)We would like to ask you something …
Fanack is an independent media organisation, not funded by any state or any interest group, that distributes in the Middle East and the wider world unbiased analysis and background information, based on facts, about the Middle East and North Africa.
The website grew rapidly in breadth and depth and today forms a rich and valuable source of information on 21 countries, from Morocco to Oman and from Iran to Yemen, both in Arabic and English. We currently reach six million readers annually and growing fast.
In order to guarantee the impartiality of information on the Chronicle, articles are published without by-lines. This also allows correspondents to write more freely about sensitive or controversial issues in their country. All articles are fact-checked before publication to ensure that content is accurate, current and unbiased.
To run such a website is very expensive. With a small donation, you can make a huge impact. And it only takes a minute. Thank you.
Support fanack
