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Türkiye

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PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY · 29 OCTOBER 1923
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1923 – present · The Republic and Modern Türkiye
6 EVENTS
25 December 1995-31 January 1996 · The Kardak/Imia crisis 2 REFS
June 2022 · Registered at the UN as 'Türkiye' 2 REFS
1914 – 1923 · World War I, the Armenian Genocide and the War of Independence
6 EVENTS
1915–1916 · The Armenian Genocide 2 REFS
10 August 1920 · Treaty of Sèvres 2 REFS
1453 – 1914 · The Ottoman Empire: Height and Decline
6 EVENTS
1520–1566 · Reign of Süleyman the Magnificent 2 REFS
1529 · First Siege of Vienna 2 REFS
1071 – 1453 · The Rise of the Seljuks and Ottomans
5 EVENTS
c. 1077 · Sultanate of Rûm at Konya 2 REFS
c. 1299 · Foundation of the Ottoman emirate 2 REFS
c. 1180 BCE – 1071 CE · Greek, Roman and Byzantine Anatolia
4 EVENTS
11 May 330 CE · Constantine refounds Constantinople 2 REFS
26 August 1071 · Battle of Manzikert 2 REFS
c. 7100 BCE – c. 1180 BCE · Ancient Anatolia: Çatalhöyük, the Hittites and Troy
5 EVENTS
c. 7100 BCE · The Neolithic town of Çatalhöyük 2 REFS
17th century BCE · Hattusa becomes the Hittite capital 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Ankara
Population
81 m
Area
783,562 km²
Region
Western Asia
Languages
Turkish
Currency
Turkish lira (₺)
Demonym
Turkish
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$1.60 T’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$18,599’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.6%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
34.9%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
49.9%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
86 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
77.4 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
89.5%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.5’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
97.3%’21 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
37.7’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
49.3’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
50.0’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
51.5’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
42.4’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
36.5’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
4.3%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
2.24’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
9.6’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
95.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
97.3%’21 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
3.1%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
102.4%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
118.4%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
105.9%’23 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
1.4%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
2,645’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
89.8%’25 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
108’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
5.1%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
769,630 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
29.5%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
50.1%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
5.4’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
12.0%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
0.8%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.6%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Iron ore
18 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Cobalt (mined)
1,900 t’25 USGS-MCS
Bauxite
3.8 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Phosphate rock
1.2 Mt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
1.9%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$25 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
512,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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