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| Population | 67.803.927
- Census 2000 |
| Urban population | 44.006.274
(64,9 % of total) |
| Rural population | 23.797.653
(35,1 % of total) |
| Area | 779.452
kmē |
| Anatolia | 755.688
kmē |
| Thrace | 24.888
kmē |
| Total length of land borders | 2.627 km |
| Land borders with neighbours (in km) | Armenia (268), Azerbaijan
(9), Bulgaria (240), Georgia (252), Greece (206), Iran (499), Iraq
(331), Syria (822) |
| Total length of coasts | 8.333 km |
| The most populated provinces |
Istanbul
(10.018.735) - Ankara (4.007.860) - Izmir (3.370.866) |
| Other
provinces (total : 81) |
Bursa - Konya -
Adana - Antalya - Icel -
Urfa -
Diyarbakir Manisa - Hatay - Kocaeli - Samsun - Balikesir - Gaziantep K.Maras |
International airports |
Istanbul (Ataturk), Ankara (Esenboga),
Adana, Bodrum (Milas), Trabzon, Gaziantep, Izmir (Adnan Menderes),
Antalya (Antalya), Dalaman (Dalaman), Nevesehir, Samsun |
National airports |
Adiyaman, Agri,
Balikesir, Batman, Denizli,
Diyarbakir, Edremit,
Elazig, Erzincan,
Erzurum, Isparta, Kars, Kayseri, K.Maras, Konya,
Malatya, Mus,
Urfa,
Sivas, Sinop, Tokat,
Van |
| Major sea ports | Istanbul, Antalya, Trabzon,
Iskenderun, Samsun, Mersin, Izmir |
| Languague | The
official language is Turkish. |
| Currency |
New Turkish lira (YTL) 1 = 1.8
YTL (January 2005) |
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| Source : www.europa.eu.int | |
