GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $763.1 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $1.026 trillion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $14,600 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Ankara
Population (Estimated July 2012): 79,749,461
Area: 785,347km2 or 303,224mi2
Currency: Turkish Lira
Official Language: Turkish
Political Information: Republican Parliamentary Democracy
Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 99.8% of the population is Muslim and 0.2% have other religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Mount Ararat at 5,165m or 16,946ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +2:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 81 provinces (iller, singular - ili); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir (Smyrna), Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon (Trebizond), Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak
Leaders: President Abdullah Gül; Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Additional: Turkey was recognised as the successor state to the Ottoman Empire on the 29th of October 1923.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (Republic of Turkey))
