apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment
External Debt
$331,400,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
Turkish liras (TRY) per US dollar - 1.3179 (2008 est.), 1.319 (2007), 1.4286 (2006), 1.3436 (2005), 1.4255 (2004) note: on 1 January 2005 the old Turkish lira (TRL) was converted to new Turkish lira (TRY) at a rate of 1,000,000 old to 1 new Turkish lira; on 1 January 2009 the Turkish government dropped the word "new" and the currency is now called simply the Turkish lira
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
5.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
8
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Location
Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria
Southern Africa, east of Zambia
Area
783,562 km sq
118,484 km sq
Coastline
7,200 km
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Climate
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)