TURKEY- INFO

BASIC

• Surface Area: 779 452 sq km
• Borders: Bulgaria, Greece,Georgia, Armenia and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria.
• Capital City: Ankara
• Population: 70 137 756
• Official language: Turkish
• Population (Age structure & projected population growth):
  • Population aged (0-14) - 28.8%
  • Population aged (15-64) - 67.7%
  • Population aged (65+) - 3.5%
  • Population growth rate: 1.24% (medium variant from 2005-2010)

ECONOMIC

• Natural Resources:
  Coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower.
• Industries:
  Textiles, food processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper.
• Agriculture – products: Tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock.
• Currency & Code : :Turkish lira,Code: TRY
• Industrial Growth: n/a
• GDP (in currency): 471.508 EUR billions (2007)
• GDP Growth:: 5% (2007)
• GDP per capita: 6,882.78 EUR (2007)
• Consumer Inflation: 10.4% (2008)
• Unemployment: 10% (2007)
• Foreign Direct Investment: (in currency): 12.7 EUR billions (2008)
• Current Account(in currency): minus 26.980 EUR billions
• Public Debt: (as % of GDP): n/a
• External debt(in currency): n/a
• Exports(in currency): 80.5 EUR billions (2007)
• Imports(in currency): minus 113 EUR billions (2007)

TRAVEL TIPS

CLIMATE

• temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior

GETTING AROUND

• Car Rental Companies: Zafer Rent A Car, Euro-Rent a Car
• Taxi Companies: Altinpark Taksi, Ankara Hastanesi Taksi, Barbaros Taksi, Batuhan Taksi, Demirhendek Taksi
• Banks:Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Albaraka Turk, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Turkish Bank, Banca di Roma

WHERE TO STAY

• Luxury Hotels:Crowne Plaza Hotel Ankara, Etap Altinel Hotel, Surmeli Hotel Ankara, Esenboga Airport Hotel, Radisson Blu Hotel Ankara

WHAT TO SEE

• Main Squares: Kizilay square
• History and Culture: Anıtkabir, Kemal Atatürk's mausoleum,Synod of Ancyra, State Art and Sculpture Museum, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations,Ankara Ethnography Museum
• Shopping:
• Parks and Gardens: The Botanical Garden, Kuğulu Park