Aircraft Fleet Composition: Miles Master; Airbus A400M;
Breeds orginating here: Anatolian Shepherd Dog Akbash Dog Kangal Dog Central Anatolian Shepherd Dog Turkish Van Turkish Angora Sultan Works Written About This Topic: Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire Ataturk Turkey Crescent & Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds The East End of Europe History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey The Ottoman Power in Europe Ottoman Empire and Islamic tradition Turkish Reflections Des femmes sur les routes de l'Orient Beers from here: Turk Tuborg Troy Agencies: Turkish Ministry of Transportation Turkish Ministry of National Defence Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forest Turkish Ministry of Finance Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Turkish Ministry of Health Turkish Ministry of Justice Turkish Ministry of Public Works and Settlement Turkish Industry and Commerce Ministry Governing officials: Celal Bayar - President - President of Turkey - 1950 - 1960; İsmet İnönü - President - President of Turkey - 1938 - 1950; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - President - President of Turkey - 1923 - 1938; Cemal Gürsel - President - President of Turkey - 1960 - 1967; Cevdet Sunay - President - President of Turkey - 1967; Abdullah Gül - President - President of Turkey - Aug 28, 2007; Tansu Çiller - Prime minister - 1993 - 1996; Turgut Özal - President - Apr 17, 1993; Süleyman Demirel - Prime minister - 1965 - 1993; Süleyman Demirel - President - May 16, 1993;
Government bodies: Grand National Assembly of Turkey Government positions: Prime Minister of Turkey President of Turkey Administrative Divisions: Adıyaman Province Yozgat Province Muş Province Sinop Province Kütahya Province Tunceli Province Aydın Province Karabük Province Malatya Province Karaman Province Calling Code: 90;
Capital: Ankara Currency Formerly Used: Turkish lira Currency Used: Turkish lira FIPS Code: TU;
Form of Government: Parliamentary republic Internet TLD: tr ISO Short Name: TURKEY;
Languages spoken: Ladino Language National anthem: İstiklâl Marşı - Mar 12, 1921;
Official Language: Turkish Language Date founded: Apr 23, 1923;
Adjectival form: Turk; Turkish;
Adjoins: Black Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Armenia; Iraq; Syria; Georgia; Iran; Bulgaria; Greece; Azerbaijan;
Area: 783,562 km²;
Contained by: Earth Contains: Constantinople Ankara Edirne Sivas Antalya Balıkesir İzmir Van Bala, Ankara Tigris Events: Turkey–Kurdistan Workers Party conflict Action of 9 February 1695 Operation Northern Iraq Operation Dawn First Turko-Egyptian War Battle of Rusion Battle of Anzen Battle of Amanus Pass Sheikh Abdurrahman rebellion Geolocation: 39.19877, 34.0723;
Partially Contained By: Western Asia Asia Europe Time zone(s): UTC+2 Eastern European Time USBG name: TURKEY;
GDP (nominal): US$ - 614,603,094,839 - 2009; US$ - 730,337,495,198 - 2008; US$ - 647,155,131,629 - 2007; US$ - 530,900,094,505 - 2006; US$ - 482,979,839,238 - 2005; US$ - 392,166,274,991 - 2004; US$ - 303,005,302,818 - 2003; US$ - 232,534,560,775 - 2002; US$ - 196,005,288,838 - 2001; US$ - 2.66568E+11 - 2000;
GDP (nominal per capita): US$ - 12,900 - 2008;
Minimum wage: Euro - 213.48 - Month - Jan 1, 1999; Euro - 215.21 - Month - Jul 1, 1999; Euro - 201.6 - Month - Jan 1, 2000; Euro - 201.11 - Month - Jul 1, 2000; Euro - 224.18 - Month - Jan 1, 2001; Euro - 157.36 - Month - Jul 1, 2001; Euro - 174.87 - Month - Jan 1, 2002; Euro - 158.99 - Month - Jul 1, 2002; Euro - 176.06 - Month - Jan 1, 2003; Euro - 189.12 - Month - Jul 1, 2003;
Places exported to: Albania; Algeria;
Population: 28,160,579 - 1960; 28,894,367 - 1961; 29,633,591 - 1962; 30,373,939 - 1963; 31,109,820 - 1964; 31,837,999 - 1965; 32,556,294 - 1966; 33,267,998 - 1967; 33,982,141 - 1968; 34,711,167 - 1969;
Military Conflicts: Korean War; Iraqi no-fly zones; Operation Active Endeavour; Operation Northern Watch; Battle of Khasdour; Cyprus Intercommunal violence; Sheikh Said Rebellion; Dersim Rebellion; 1995 Iraqi Kurdistan War; 1997 Iraqi Kurdistan War;
Athletes: Bünyamin Sudas - 2008 Summer Olympics - Weightlifting; Sedat Artuc - 2008 Summer Olympics - Weightlifting; Tuğba Karademir - 2006 Winter Olympics - Figure skating; Elvan Abeylegesse - 2008 Summer Olympics - Track and field athletics; Elvan Abeylegesse - 2004 Summer Olympics - Track and field athletics; Nazmi Avluca - 2008 Summer Olympics - Greco-Roman wrestling;
IOC Code: TUR;
Athletic performances: Silver medal - Elvan Abeylegesse - Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 10000 metres - 2008 Summer Olympics; Bronze medal - Nazmi Avluca - Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight - 2008 Summer Olympics; Bronze medal - Eşref Apak - Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Hammer Throw - 2004 Summer Olympics; Silver medal - Atagun Yalcinkaya - Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Light Flyweight - 2004 Summer Olympics; Silver medal - Bahri Tanrıkulu - Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 80 kg - 2004 Summer Olympics; Gold medal - Halil Mutlu - Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Bantamweight -56 kg - 2004 Summer Olympics; Bronze medal - Sedat Artuc - Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Bantamweight -56 kg - 2004 Summer Olympics; Gold medal - Taner Sağır - Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Middleweight 69-77 kg - 2004 Summer Olympics; Gold medal - Nurcan Taylan - Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 48 kg - 2004 Summer Olympics; Silver medal - Şeref Eroğlu - Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight - 2004 Summer Olympics;
Olympics participated in: 2010 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympics 1936 Summer Olympics 1952 Summer Olympics 1948 Winter Olympics Member of: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; World Bank; League of Nations - Jul 18, 1932 - Apr 18, 1946; Council of Europe; United Nations - Oct 24, 1945; G20 major economies - 1999; Economic Cooperation Organization;
Organizations with this scope: Turkish Volleyball Federation Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions Confederation of Turkish Real Trade Unions Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey Confederation of Public Workers' Unions Bir Kitap Al Justice and Development Party Nation Party Greens of Turkey Party of Nation Newspapers: Milliyet Today's Zaman Cumhuriyet Zaman Cyprus Observer Ant Turkish Daily News Projects: Improvement of Maritime Links between TRACEA and TENs Corridors;
Athletic performances: Bronze medal, Melis Karin Mey, 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, 2009 World Championships in Athletics;
Teams: Turkey women's national volleyball team Turkey men's national volleyball team Turkey national football team Turkey national basketball team Turkey national women's basketball team Turkey national beach handball team Turkey women's national beach handball team Turkish cricket team Turkey national under-21 football team Turkey B national football team Related Web Pages: Daylife Topic Page Ranker Lists http://freebase.com/edit/topic/base/aareas/schema/tr/district http://freebase.com/edit/topic/base/aareas/schema/tr/province http://freebase.com/edit/topic/base/aareas/schema/tr/region
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