 | Country (long form) | Republic of Turkey | | Capital | Ankara | | Total Area | 301,383.62 sq mi 780,580.00 sq km (slightly larger than Texas) | | Population | 66,493,970 (July 2001 est.) | | Estimated Population in 2050 | 86,473,786 | | Languages | Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek | | Literacy | 85% total, 94% male, 77% female (2000) | | Religions | Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews) | | Life Expectancy | 68.89 male, 73.71 female (2001 est.) | | Government Type | republican parliamentary democracy | | Currency | Turkish lira (TL) = 100 kurus (theoretical) | | GDP (per capita) | $6,800 (2000 est.) | | Industry | textiles, food processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper | | Agriculture | tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock | | Arable Land | 32% | | Natural Resources | antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulfur, iron ore, arable land, hydropower | |