Full country name: Republic of
Turkey
Area: 779,452 sq km
Population: 68.1 million
Capital City: Ankara
Currency: Turkish Lira
People: 85% Turks, 12% Kurds, 3%
other Islamic peoples, Armenians, Jews
Language: Arabic, Turkish,
Armenian, Greek, Kurdish
Religion: Sunni Muslim
Government: Republican
Parliamentary Democracy
Major Industries: Textiles, food
processing, tourism, motor vehicles, mining, lumber,
petroleum, construction
Major Trading Partners: Germany,
USA, Italy, UK, France, Russia
Climate/Temperature: Although
Turkey is situated in a geographical location where
climatic conditions are quite temperate, the diverse
nature of the landscape, and the existence in particular
of the mountains that run parallel to the coasts,
results in significant differences in climatic
conditions from one region to the other. Therefore it is
difficult to speak about a general overall climate