TURKEY TURKEY REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE OCTOBER 29 1923 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NOVEMBER 7 1982 POPULATION 65599206 1999 EST AREA 300948 SQ MI CAPITAL ANKARA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLICAN PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY MAIN INDUSTRIES TEXTILES STEEL MINING METAL PRODUCTS OIL PROCESSED FOODS CHEMICALS AGRICULTURE TOBACCO WHEAT COTTON BARLEY CORN FRUITS POTATOES SUGAR BEETS NATURAL RESOURCES COAL CHROMITE COPPER BORON OIL CURRENCY LIRA GDP 425.4 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 6600 1998 EST LANGUAGES TURKISH OFFICIAL KURDISH ARABIC RELIGIONS ISLAM LITERACY RATE 82 LIFE EXPECTANCY 71 YEARS MALES 76 YEARS FEMALES BIRTHRATE 21 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 5 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
