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| Republic of Turkey
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti |
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Capital |
Ankara
 39°55′N 32°50′E |
| Largest city |
Istanbul |
| Official language(s) |
Turkish |
| Demonym |
Turkish |
| Government |
Parliamentary republic |
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Founder |
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
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President |
Abdullah Gül |
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Prime Minister |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
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Speaker of the Parliament |
Cemil Çiçek |
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President of the Constitutional Court |
Haşim Kılıç |
| Legislature |
Grand National Assembly |
| Succession |
to the Ottoman Empire |
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Treaty of Lausanne |
July 24, 1923 |
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Declaration of Republic |
October 29, 1923 |
| Area |
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Total |
783,562 km2 (37th)
302,535 sq mi |
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Water (%) |
1.3 |
| Population |
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2010 estimate |
73,722,988 [1] (18th) |
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2000 census |
67,803,927 [2] |
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Density |
94.1/km2 (108th)
239.8/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) |
2010 estimate |
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Total |
$1.116 trillion[3][4] (15th) |
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Per capita |
$15,340[5] |
| GDP (nominal) |
2010 estimate |
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Total |
$735.264 billion[6][7] (17th) |
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Per capita |
$10,106[8] |
| Gini (2008) |
40[9] |
| HDI (2011) |
0.699[10] (high) (92nd) |
| Currency |
Turkish lira[11] (TRY) |
| Time zone |
EET (UTC+2) |
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Summer (DST) |
EEST (UTC+3) |
| Date formats |
dd/mm/yyyy (AD) |
| Drives on the |
right |
| ISO 3166 code |
TR |
| Internet TLD |
.tr |
| Calling code |
90 |
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