3. Location
Is a contiguous transcontinental country,
located mostly on Anatolia (in geography it is
known as Asia Minor) in Western Asia, and on
East Thrace in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is
bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the
northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the
northeast; Armenia, Iran and the Azerbaijani to
the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast.
The Mediterranean Sea is to the south; the
Aegean Sea is to the west; and the Black Sea is
to the north.
4. Turkey is subdivided into 81 provinces for administrative purposes.
Each province is divided into districts, for a total of 923 districts. An
estimated 75.5% of Turkey's population live in urban centers
5. Population
• Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary,
constitutional republic with a diverse cultural
heritage. The country's official language is
Turkish, a Turkic language spoken natively by
approximately 85% of the population. Turks
constitute 70% to 75% of the population.
Minorities include Kurds (18%) and others
(7–12%). The vast majority of the population
is Muslim.
6. • The area of Turkey: 783,562 km2
• Population in 2013: 76,667,864 (18th)
• Density population: 100/km2 (108th)
• The currency in Turkey is: Turkish lira
(2012 – 1 U.S. dollar = 1.80 Turkish lira)
• GDP: $789.257 billion (17th)
• GDPPC: $10,666 (64th)
7. Life Quality
Turkey has made considerable progress in improving the
quality of life of its citizens over the last two decades.
Notwithstanding, Turkey ranks low in a large number of
topics relative to most other countries in the Better Life
Index.
*The average household net-adjusted disposable
income is lower than the OECD average of 23 047 USD a
year.
*The average household net-adjusted disposable
income is lower than the OECD average of 23 047 USD a
year.
*48% of people aged 15 to 64 in Turkey have a paid job,
less than the OECD employment average of 66%
8. Political Context
• Turkey is a parliamentary representative
democracy. Since its foundation as a
republic in 1923, Turkey has developed a
strong tradition of secularism. Turkey's
constitution governs the legal framework of
the country. It sets out the main principles
of government and establishes Turkey as a
unitary centralized state.
•
• The President of the Republic is the head of
state and has a largely ceremonial role.
The president is elected for a seven-year
term by direct elections. Abdullah Gül was
elected as president on 28 August 2007, by
a popular parliament round of votes
9. Socio - Economical
Turkey has the world's 64th largest GDPPC
and 17th largest nominal GDP. The country is
among the founding members of the OECD
and the G-20 major economies.
The real GDP growth rate from 2002 to 2007
averaged 6.8% annually, which made Turkey
one of the fastest growing economies in the
world during that period. However, growth
slowed to 1% in 2008, and in 2009 the Turkish
economy was affected by the global
financial crisis, with a recession of 5%. The
economy was estimated to have returned to
8% growth in 2010.
10. Main Economic Activities
• The economy of Turkey is defined as an
emerging market economy
• Turkey has a large automotive industry,
which produced 1,072,339 motor vehicles in
2012, ranking as the 16th largest producer in
the world
• Other key sectors of the Turkish economy
are
banking,
construction,
home
appliances, electronics, textiles, oil refining,
petrochemical products, food, mining, iron
and steel, machine industry and tourism.
11.
12. Main Economic Centers
The country's wealth is mainly concentrated in the
northwest and west, while the east and southeast suffer
from poverty, lower economic production and higher
levels of unemployment. However, in line with the
continuous economic growth in Turkey during the recent
decade, parts of Anatolia began reaching a higher
economic standard. These cities are known as the
Anatolian Tigers.
The main economic centers are Istanbul and Ankara
13. Environmental Problems
• The
main
environmental issues
in Turkey are the
conservation
of
biodiversity,
water
pollution from the
dumping of chemicals
and detergents, air
pollution, greenhouse
gases
and
land
degradation
