TRY Rates Now (2023-03-25 19:42 (GMT -4:00))

Exchange	Rate	Last day
TRY to GBP rate	0.04297	0.0427
TRY to EUR rate	0.04875	0.0485
TRY to AUD rate	0.07898	0.0785
TRY to CAD rate	0.07252	0.072
TRY to USD rate	0.05254	0.0525
TRY to NZD rate	0.08467	0.084
TRY to DKK rate	0.36384	0.3609
TRY to AED rate	0.19294	0.1927
TRY to NOK rate	0.54996	0.5463
TRY to SEK rate	0.55988	0.5425
TRY to CHF rate	0.04834	0.0481
TRY to JPY rate	6.86929 ▲	6.8657
TRY to HKD rate	0.41242	0.4118
TRY to MXN rate	0.96887	0.9752
TRY to SGD rate	0.07003	0.0696
TRY to ZAR rate	0.95462	0.9506

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Economic indicators of Turkey

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About Turkey

Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk or "Father of the Turks." Under his leadership, the country adopted radical social, legal, and political reforms. After a period of one-party rule, an experiment with multi-party politics led to the 1950 election victory of the opposition Democrat Party and the peaceful transfer of power. Since then, Turkish political parties have multiplied, but democracy has been fractured by periods of instability and military coups (1960, 1971, 1980), which in each case eventually resulted in a return of formal political power to civilians. In 1997, the military again helped engineer the ouster - popularly dubbed a "post-modern coup" - of the then Islamic-oriented government. A coup attempt was made in July 2016 by a faction of the Turkish Armed Forces.

Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes. A separatist insurgency begun in 1984 by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a US-designated terrorist organization, has long dominated the attention of Turkish security forces and claimed more than 40,000 lives. In 2013, the Turkish Government and the PKK conducted negotiations aimed at ending the violence, however intense fighting resumed in 2015. Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and in 1952 it became a member of NATO. In 1963, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community; it began accession talks with the EU in 2005. Over the past decade, economic reforms, coupled with some political reforms, have contributed to a growing economy, although economic growth slowed in recent years.

From 2015 and continuing through 2016, Turkey witnessed an uptick in terrorist violence, including major attacks in Ankara, Istanbul, and throughout the predominantly Kurdish southeastern region of Turkey. On 15 July 2016, elements of the Turkish Armed forces attempted a coup that ultimately failed following widespread popular resistance. More than 240 people were killed and over 2,000 injured when Turkish citizens took to the streets en masse to confront the coup forces. In response, Turkish Government authorities arrested, suspended, or dismissed more than 100,000 security personnel, journalists, judges, academics, and civil servants due to their alleged connection with the attempted coup. The government accused followers of an Islamic transnational religious and social movement for allegedly instigating the failed coup and designates the followers as terrorists. Following the failed coup, the Turkish Government instituted a State of Emergency in July 2016 that has been extended to July 2017. The Turkish Government conducted a referendum on 16 April 2017 that will, when implemented, change Turkey from a parliamentary to a presidential system.

Economy

Economy - overview	Turkey's largely free-market economy is driven by its industry and, increasingly, service sectors, although its traditional agriculture sector still accounts for about 25% of employment. The automotive, petrochemical, and electronics industries have risen in importance and surpassed the traditional textiles and clothing sectors within Turkey's export mix. However, the recent period of political stability and economic dynamism has given way to domestic uncertainty and security concerns, which are generating financial market volatility and weighing on Turkey’s economic outlook. Current government policies emphasize populist spending measures and credit breaks, while implementation of structural economic reforms has slowed. The government is playing a more active role in some strategic sectors and has used economic institutions and regulators to target political opponents, undermining private sector confidence in the judicial system. Between July 2016 and March 2017, three credit ratings agencies downgraded Turkey’s sovereign credit ratings, citing concerns about the rule of law and the pace of economic reforms. Turkey remains highly dependent on imported oil and gas but is pursuing energy relationships with a broader set of international partners and taking steps to increase use of domestic energy sources including renewables, nuclear, and coal. The joint Turkish-Azerbaijani Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline is moving forward to increase transport of Caspian gas to Turkey and Europe, and when completed will help diversify Turkey's sources of imported gas. After Turkey experienced a severe financial crisis in 2001, Ankara adopted financial and fiscal reforms as part of an IMF program. The reforms strengthened the country's economic fundamentals and ushered in an era of strong growth averaging more than 6% annually until 2008. An aggressive privatization program also reduced state involvement in basic industry, banking, transport, power generation, and communication. Global economic conditions and tighter fiscal policy caused GDP to contract in 2009, but Turkey's well-regulated financial markets and banking system helped the country weather the global financial crisis, and GDP growth rebounded to around 9% in 2010 and 2011, as exports and investment recovered following the crisis. The growth of Turkish GDP since 2016 has revealed the persistent underlying imbalances in the Turkish economy. In particular, Turkey’s large current account deficit means it must rely on external investment inflows to finance growth, leaving the economy vulnerable to destabilizing shifts in investor confidence. Other troublesome trends include rising unemployment and inflation, which increased in 2017, given the Turkish lira’s continuing depreciation against the dollar. Although government debt remains low at about 30% of GDP, bank and corporate borrowing has almost tripled as a percent of GDP during the past decade, outpacing its emerging-market peers and prompting investor concerns about its long-term sustainability.
GDP (purchasing power parity)	$2.133 trillion (2017 est.) $2.029 trillion (2016 est.) $1.966 trillion (2015 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars country comparison to the world: 14
GDP (official exchange rate)	$841.2 billion (2017 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	5.1% (2017 est.) 3.2% (2016 est.) 6.1% (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 38
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$26,500 (2017 est.) $25,400 (2016 est.) $25,000 (2015 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars country comparison to the world: 75
Gross national saving	25.1% of GDP (2017 est.) 24.5% of GDP (2016 est.) 24.8% of GDP (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 49
GDP - composition, by end use	household consumption: 59.8% government consumption: 15.3% investment in fixed capital: 28.6% investment in inventories: -0.9% exports of goods and services: 24% imports of goods and services: -26.8% (2017 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin	agriculture: 6.7% industry: 31.8% services: 61.4% (2017 est.)
Agriculture - products	tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, hazelnuts, pulses, citrus; livestock
Industries	textiles, food processing, automobiles, electronics, mining (coal, chromate, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper
Industrial production growth rate	3% (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 100
Labor force	31.3 million note: this number is for the domestic labor force only; number does not include about 1.2 million Turks working abroad, nor refugees (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 20
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture: 18.4% industry: 26.6% services: 54.9% (2016 est.)
Unemployment rate	11.2% (2017 est.) 10.9% (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 147
Population below poverty line	21.9% (2015 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 30.3% (2008 est.)
Distribution of family income - Gini index	40.2 (2010 est.) 43.6 (2003 est.) country comparison to the world: 65
Budget	revenues: $173.9 billion expenditures: $190.4 billion (2017 est.)
Taxes and other revenues	20.7% of GDP (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 147
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	-2% of GDP (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 86
Public debt	29.6% of GDP (2017 est.) 29.4% of GDP (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 165
Fiscal year	calendar year
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	10.9% (2017 est.) 7.8% (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 205
Central bank discount rate	5.25% (31 December 2011 est.) 15% (22 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 79
Commercial bank prime lending rate	15.2% (31 December 2017 est.) 14.74% (31 December 2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 42
Stock of narrow money	$122 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $108.7 billion (31 December 2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 33
Stock of broad money	$445 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $399.4 billion (31 December 2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 24
Stock of domestic credit	$612.6 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $549.9 billion (31 December 2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 24
Market value of publicly traded shares	$188.9 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $219.8 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $195.7 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 36
Current account balance	$-38.95 billion (2017 est.) $-32.61 billion (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 198
Exports	$157.3 billion (2017 est.) $150.2 billion (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 34
Exports - commodities	apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment
Exports - partners	Germany 9.8%, UK 8.2%, Iraq 5.4%, Italy 5.3%, US 4.7%, France 4.2% (2016)
Imports	$196.8 billion (2017 est.) $191 billion (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 24
Imports - commodities	machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment
Imports - partners	China 12.8%, Germany 10.8%, Russia 7.6%, US 5.5%, Italy 5.2% (2016)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$107.5 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $106.1 billion (31 December 2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 25
Debt - external	$429.6 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $404.9 billion (31 December 2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 30
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$143.7 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $133.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 39
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	$41.81 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $38.31 billion (31 December 2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 46
Exchange rates	Turkish liras (TRY) per US dollar - 3.63 (2017 est.) 3.02 (2016 est.) 3.02 (2015 est.) 2.72 (2014 est.) 2.19 (2013 est.)

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
Geographic coordinates	39 00 N, 35 00 E
Map references	Middle East
Area	total: 783,562 sq km land: 769,632 sq km water: 13,930 sq km country comparison to the world: 38
Land boundaries	total: 2,816 km border countries (8): Armenia 311 km, Azerbaijan 17 km, Bulgaria 223 km, Georgia 273 km, Greece 192 km, Iran 534 km, Iraq 367 km, Syria 899 km
Coastline	7,200 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 6 nm in the Aegean Sea; 12 nm in Black Sea and in Mediterranean Sea exclusive economic zone: in Black Sea only: to the maritime boundary agreed upon with the former USSR
Climate	temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Terrain	high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges
Elevation	mean elevation: 1,132 m elevation extremes: lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Ararat 5,137 m
Natural resources	coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower
Land use	agricultural land: 49.7% arable land 26.7%; permanent crops 4%; permanent pasture 19% forest: 14.9% other: 35.4% (2011 est.)
Irrigated land	52,150 sq km (2012)
Population - distribution	the most densely populated area is found around the Bosporus in the northwest where 20% of the population lives in Istanbul; with the exception of Ankara, urban centers remain small and scattered throughout the interior of Anatolia; an overall pattern of peripheral development exists, particularly along the Aegean Sea coast in the west, and the Tigris and Euphrates River systems in the southeast
Natural hazards	severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van; landslides; flooding volcanism: limited volcanic activity; its three historically active volcanoes; Ararat, Nemrut Dagi, and Tendurek Dagi have not erupted since the 19th century or earlier
Environment - current issues	water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern for oil spills from increasing Bosporus ship traffic
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification
Geography - note	strategic location controlling the Turkish Straits (Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles) that link the Black and Aegean Seas; the 3% of Turkish territory north of the Straits lies in Europe and goes by the names of European Turkey, Eastern Thrace, or Turkish Thrace; the 97% of the country in Asia is referred to as Anatolia; Mount Ararat, the legendary landing place of Noah's ark, is in the far eastern portion of the country

Population	80,845,215 (July 2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 18
Nationality	noun: Turk(s) adjective: Turkish
Ethnic groups	Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 7-12% (2016 est.)
Languages	Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages
Religions	Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Dependency ratios	total dependency ratio: 50.1 youth dependency ratio: 38.4 elderly dependency ratio: 11.7 potential support ratio: 8.5 (2015 est.)
Median age	total: 30.9 years male: 30.5 years female: 31.4 years (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 110
Population growth rate	0.52% (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 153
Birth rate	15.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 119
Death rate	6 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 165
Net migration rate	-4.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 185
Population distribution	the most densely populated area is found around the Bosporus in the northwest where 20% of the population lives in Istanbul; with the exception of Ankara, urban centers remain small and scattered throughout the interior of Anatolia; an overall pattern of peripheral development exists, particularly along the Aegean Sea coast in the west, and the Tigris and Euphrates River systems in the southeast
Urbanization	urban population: 74.4% of total population (2017) rate of urbanization: 1.54% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Major urban areas - population	Istanbul 14.164 million; ANKARA (capital) 4.75 million; Izmir 3.04 million; Bursa 1.923 million; Adana 1.83 million; Gaziantep 1.528 million (2015)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth	22.3 years (2010 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio	16 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 134
Infant mortality rate	total: 17.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 91
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 75 years male: 72.7 years female: 77.5 years (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 113
Total fertility rate	2.01 children born/woman (2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 118
Contraceptive prevalence rate	73.5% (2013)
Health expenditures	5.4% of GDP (2014) country comparison to the world: 131
Physicians density	1.75 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
Hospital bed density	2.7 beds/1,000 population (2013)
Drinking water source	improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.)
Sanitation facility access	improved: urban: 98.3% of population rural: 85.5% of population total: 94.9% of population unimproved: urban: 1.7% of population rural: 14.5% of population total: 5.1% of population (2015 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths	NA
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	32.1% (2016) country comparison to the world: 17
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	1.9% (2013) country comparison to the world: 123
Education expenditures	4.4% of GDP (2014) country comparison to the world: 142
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.6% male: 98.6% female: 92.6% (2015 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)	total: 16 years male: 17 years female: 16 years (2013)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24	total: 18.5% male: 16.5% female: 22.2% (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 72

Country name	conventional long form: Republic of Turkey conventional short form: Turkey local long form: Turkiye Cumhuriyeti local short form: Turkiye etymology: the name means "Land of the Turks"
Government type	parliamentary republic
Capital	name: Ankara geographic coordinates: 39 56 N, 32 52 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions	81 provinces (iller, singular - ili); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir (Smyrna), Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon (Trebizond), Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak
Independence	29 October 1923 (republic proclaimed succeeding the Ottoman Empire)
National holiday	Republic Day, 29 October (1923)
Constitution	history: several previous; latest ratified 9 November 1982 amendments: proposed by written consent of at least one-third of Grand National Assembly (GNA) members; adoption of draft amendments requires two debates in plenary GNA session and three-fifths majority vote of all GNA members; the president of the republic can request GNA reconsideration of the amendment and, if readopted by two-thirds majority GNA vote, the president may submit the amendment to a referendum; passage by referendum requires absolute majority vote; amended several times, last in 2017 (2018)
Legal system	civil law system based on various European legal systems, notably the Swiss civil code
International law organization participation	has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt
Citizenship	citizenship by birth: no citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Turkey dual citizenship recognized: yes, but requires prior permission from the government residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal
Executive branch	chief of state: President Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (since 10 August 2014) head of government: Prime Minister Binali YILDIRIM (since 22 May 2016); Deputy Prime Ministers Recep AKDAG (since 20 July 2017), Bekir BOZDAG (since 20 July 2017), Hakan CAVUSOGLU (since 20 July 2017), Fikri ISIK (since 20 July 2017), Mehmet SIMSEK (since 24 November 2015) cabinet: Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister, appointed by the president (until the next parliamentary or presidential election following the April 2017 referendum) elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president from among members of parliament; note - a 2007 constitutional amendment changed the presidential electoral process to direct popular vote; prime minister appointed by the president from among members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey; election last held on 10 August 2014 (next to be held on 24 June 2018) election results: Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN elected president; Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (AKP) 51.8%, Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU (independent) 38.4%, Selahattin DEMIRTAS (HDP) 9.8%
Legislative branch	description: unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi (550 seats - will increase to 600 at November 2018 election); members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms - term increased to 5 years beginning with November 2018 election) elections: last held on 1 November 2015 (next to be held on 24 June 2018) election results: percent of vote by party - AKP 49.5%, CHP 25.3%, MHP 11.9%, HDP 10.8%, other 2.5%; seats by party - AKP 317, CHP 134, HDP 59, MHP 40, ; note - only parties surpassing the 10% threshold can win parliamentary seats
Judicial branch	highest court: Constitutional Court or Anayasa Mahkemesi (consists of 17 members - a constitutional referendum held in 2017 approved an amendment to reduce to 15 from 17 the number of Constitutional Court judges); Court of Cassation (consists of about 390 judges and is organized into civil and penal chambers); Council of State (organized into 15 divisions - 14 judicial and 1 consultative - each with a division head and at least 5 members) judge selection and term of office: Constitutional Court members - 3 appointed by the Grand National Assembly and 12 by the president of the republic; court president and 2 deputy presidents appointed from among its members for 4-year terms; judges appointed for 12-year, nonrenewable terms with mandatory retirement at age 65; Court of Cassation judges appointed by the Board of Judges and Prosecutors, a 13-member body of judicial officials; Court of Cassation judges appointed until retirement at age 65; Council of State members appointed by the Board and by the president of the republic; members appointed for renewable, 4-year terms subordinate courts: regional appeals courts; basic (first instance) courts, peace courts; military courts; state security courts; specialized courts, including administrative and audit; note - a constitutional amendment in 2017 abolished military courts unless established to investigate military personnel actions during war conditions
Political parties and leaders	Democrat Party or DP [Gultekin UYSAL] Democratic Left Party or DSP [Onder AKSAKAL] Felicity Party or SP [Temel KARAMOLLAOGLU] Good Party or IYI [Meral AKSENER] Grand Unity Party or BBP [Mustafa DESTICI] Justice and Development Party or AKP [Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN] Nationalist Movement Party or MHP [Devlet BAHCELI] Patriotic Party or VP [Dogu PERINCEK] People's Democratic Party or HDP [Selahattin DEMIRTAS and Serpil KEMALBAY]; note - DEMIRTAS was detained by Turkish authorities in November 2016 over his alleged links to the PKK Republican People's Party or CHP [Kemal KILICDAROGLU] True Path Party or DYP [Cetin OZACIRGOZ]
Political pressure groups and leaders	Confederation of Public Sector Unions or KESK [Mehmet BOZGEYIK, Aysun GEZEN, cochairs] Confederation of Revolutionary Workers Unions or DISK [Kani BEKO] Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association or MUSIAD [Abfuttahman KAAN] Moral Rights Workers Union or Hak-Is [Mahmut ARSLAN] Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations or TISK [Kudret ONEN] Turkish Confederation of Labor Unions or Turk-Is [Ergun ATALAY] Turkish Confederation of Tradesmen and Craftsmen or TESK [Bendevi PALANDOKEN] Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association or TUSIAD [Erol BILECIK] Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce and Commodity Exchanges or TOBB [M. Rifat HISARCIKLIOGLU]
International organization participation	ADB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CERN (observer), CICA, CPLP (associate observer), D-8, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EU (candidate country), FAO, FATF, G-20, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club (associate), PCA, PIF (partner), SCO (dialogue member), SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Diplomatic representation in the US	chief of mission: Ambassador Serdar KILIC (since 21 May 2014) chancery: 2525 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 612-6700 FAX: [1] (202) 612-6744 consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York
Diplomatic representation from the US	chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affairs Philip KOSNETT (since 16 October 2017) embassy: 110 Ataturk Boulevard, Kavaklidere, 06100 Ankara mailing address: PSC 93, Box 5000, APO AE 09823 telephone: [90] (312) 455-5555 FAX: [90] (312) 467-0019 consulate(s) general: Istanbul consulate(s): Adana
Flag description	red with a vertical white crescent moon (the closed portion is toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening; the flag colors and designs closely resemble those on the banner of the Ottoman Empire, which preceded modern-day Turkey; the crescent moon and star serve as insignia for Turkic peoples; according to one interpretation, the flag represents the reflection of the moon and a star in a pool of blood of Turkish warriors
National symbol(s)	star and crescent; national colors: red, white
National anthem	name: "Istiklal Marsi" (Independence March) lyrics/music: Mehmet Akif ERSOY/Zeki UNGOR note: lyrics adopted 1921, music adopted 1932; the anthem's original music was adopted in 1924; a new composition was agreed upon in 1932

Electricity access	electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Electricity - production	245.8 billion kWh (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 19
Electricity - consumption	213.2 billion kWh (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 20
Electricity - exports	1.442 billion kWh (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 49
Electricity - imports	6.4 billion kWh (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 33
Electricity - installed generating capacity	73.15 million kW (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 15
Electricity - from fossil fuels	56.8% of total installed capacity (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 138
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0% of total installed capacity (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 195
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	35.4% of total installed capacity (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 59
Electricity - from other renewable sources	11.2% of total installed capacity (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 66
Crude oil - production	49,500 bbl/day (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 55
Crude oil - exports	0 bbl/day (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 200
Crude oil - imports	506,300 bbl/day (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 18
Crude oil - proved reserves	388.5 million bbl (1 January 2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 54
Refined petroleum products - production	618,300 bbl/day (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 29
Refined petroleum products - consumption	943,700 bbl/day (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 24
Refined petroleum products - exports	134,900 bbl/day (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 39
Refined petroleum products - imports	527,700 bbl/day (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 16
Natural gas - production	381 million cu m (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 73
Natural gas - consumption	81.35 billion cu m (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 15
Natural gas - exports	624 million cu m (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 41
Natural gas - imports	48.43 billion cu m (2015 est.) country comparison to the world: 7
Natural gas - proved reserves	18.49 billion cu m (1 January 2017 est.) country comparison to the world: 77
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	319 million Mt (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 20

Telephones - fixed lines	total subscriptions: 11,077,559 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (July 2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 18
Telephones - mobile cellular	total: 75,061,699 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 93 (July 2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 22
Telephone system	general assessment: comprehensive telecommunications network undergoing rapid modernization and expansion, especially in mobile-cellular services domestic: additional digital exchanges are permitting a rapid increase in subscribers; the construction of a network of technologically advanced intercity trunk lines, using both fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay, is facilitating communication between urban centers; remote areas are reached by a domestic satellite system; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 105 telephones per 100 persons international: country code - 90; international service is provided by the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable and by submarine fiber-optic cables in the Mediterranean and Black Seas that link Turkey with Italy, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, Romania, and Russia; satellite earth stations - 12 Intelsat; mobile satellite terminals - 328 in the Inmarsat and Eutelsat systems (2016)
Broadcast media	Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) operates multiple TV and radio networks and stations; multiple privately owned national television stations and up to 300 private regional and local television stations; multi-channel cable TV subscriptions available; more than 1,000 private radio broadcast stations (2009)
Internet country code	.tr
Internet users	total: 46,838,412 percent of population: 58.3% (July 2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 16

National air transport system	number of registered air carriers: 15 inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 531 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 96,604,665 annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 2,882.162 million mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix	TC (2016)
Airports	98 (2013) country comparison to the world: 58
Airports - with paved runways	total: 91 over 3,047 m: 16 2,438 to 3,047 m: 38 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 16 under 914 m: 4 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 2 (2013)
Heliports	20 (2013)
Pipelines	gas 12,603 km; oil 3,038 km (2016)
Railways	total: 12,008 km standard gauge: 12,008 km 1.435-m gauge (3,216 km electrified) (2014) country comparison to the world: 21
Roadways	total: 385,754 km paved: 352,268 km (includes 2,127 km of expressways) unpaved: 33,486 km (2012) country comparison to the world: 19
Waterways	1,200 km (2010) country comparison to the world: 59
Merchant marine	total: 1,285 by type: bulk carrier 78, container ship 50, general cargo 432, oil tanker 121, other 604 (2017) country comparison to the world: 22
Ports and terminals	major seaport(s): Aliaga, Ambarli, Diliskelesi, Eregli, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Mersin (Icel), Limani, Yarimca container port(s) (TEUs): Ambarli (3,062,000), Mersin (Icel) (1,428,000) (2015) LNG terminal(s) (import): Izmir Aliaga, Marmara Ereglisi

Military expenditures	1.73% of GDP (2016) 1.85% of GDP (2015) 1.9% of GDP (2014) 1.96% of GDP (2013) 2.05% of GDP (2012) country comparison to the world: 61
Military branches	Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): Turkish Land Forces (Turk Kara Kuvvetleri), Turkish Naval Forces (Turk Deniz Kuvvetleri; includes naval air and naval infantry), Turkish Air Forces (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri) (2013)
Military service age and obligation	21-41 years of age for male compulsory military service (in case of mobilization, up to 65 years of age); 18 years of age for voluntary service; 12-month conscript obligation for non-university graduates, 6-12 months for university graduates (graduates of higher education may perform 6 months of military service as short-term privates, or 12 months as reserve officers); conscripts are called to register at age 20, for service at 21; women serve in the Turkish Armed Forces only as officers; reserve obligation to age 41; Turkish citizens with a residence or work permit who have worked abroad for at least 3 years (1095 days) can be exempt from military service in exchange for 6,000 EUR or its equivalent in foreign currencies; a law passed in December 2014 introduced a one-time payment scheme which exempted Turkish citizens 27 and older from conscription in exchange for a payment of $8,150 (2013)
Military - note	the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has actively pursued the goal of asserting civilian control over the military since first taking power in 2002; the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) role in internal security has been significantly reduced; the TSK leadership continues to be an influential institution within Turkey, but plays a much smaller role in politics; the Turkish military remains focused on the threats emanating from the Syrian civil war, Russia's actions in Ukraine, and the PKK insurgency; primary domestic threats are listed as fundamentalism (with the definition in some dispute with the civilian government), separatism (Kurdish discontent), and the extreme left wing; Ankara strongly opposed establishment of an autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq; an overhaul of the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) taking place under the "Force 2014" program is to produce 20-30% smaller, more highly trained forces characterized by greater mobility and firepower and capable of joint and combined operations; the TLFC has taken on increasing international peacekeeping responsibilities including in Afghanistan; the Turkish Navy is a regional naval power that wants to develop the capability to project power beyond Turkey's coastal waters; the Navy is heavily involved in NATO, multinational, and UN operations; its roles include control of territorial waters and security for sea lines of communications; the Turkish Air Force adopted an "Aerospace and Missile Defense Concept" in 2002 and has initiated project work on an integrated missile defense system; Air Force priorities include attaining a modern deployable, survivable, and sustainable force structure, and establishing a sustainable command and control system; Turkey is a NATO ally and hosts NATO's Land Forces Command in Izmir, as well as the AN/TPY-2 radar as part of NATO Missile Defense (2014)

Disputes - international	complex maritime, air, and territorial disputes with Greece in the Aegean Sea; status of north Cyprus question remains; Turkey has expressed concern over the status of Kurds in Iraq; in 2009, Swiss mediators facilitated an accord reestablishing diplomatic ties between Armenia and Turkey, but neither side has ratified the agreement and the rapprochement effort has faltered; Turkish authorities have complained that blasting from quarries in Armenia might be damaging the medieval ruins of Ani, on the other side of the Arpacay valley
Refugees and internally displaced persons	refugees (country of origin): 157,000 (Afghanistan); 152,000 (Iraq); 33,000 (Iran) (2017); 3,589,384 (Syria) (2018) IDPs: 1.113 million (displaced from 1984-2005 because of fighting between the Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs are Kurds from eastern and southeastern provinces; no information available on persons displaced by development projects) (2017) stateless persons: 780 (2016)
Illicit drugs	key transit route for Southwest Asian heroin to Western Europe and, to a lesser extent, the US - via air, land, and sea routes; major Turkish and other international trafficking organizations operate out of Istanbul; laboratories to convert imported morphine base into heroin exist in remote regions of Turkey and near Istanbul; government maintains strict controls over areas of legal opium poppy cultivation and over output of poppy straw concentrate; lax enforcement of money-laundering controls

Disputes - international

complex maritime, air, and territorial disputes with Greece in the Aegean Sea; status of north Cyprus question remains; Turkey has expressed concern over the status of Kurds in Iraq; in 2009, Swiss mediators facilitated an accord reestablishing diplomatic ties between Armenia and Turkey, but neither side has ratified the agreement and the rapprochement effort has faltered; Turkish authorities have complained that blasting from quarries in Armenia might be damaging the medieval ruins of Ani, on the other side of the Arpacay valley

Refugees and internally displaced persons

refugees (country of origin): 157,000 (Afghanistan); 152,000 (Iraq); 33,000 (Iran) (2017); 3,589,384 (Syria) (2018)

IDPs: 1.113 million (displaced from 1984-2005 because of fighting between the Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs are Kurds from eastern and southeastern provinces; no information available on persons displaced by development projects) (2017)

stateless persons: 780 (2016)

Illicit drugs

key transit route for Southwest Asian heroin to Western Europe and, to a lesser extent, the US - via air, land, and sea routes; major Turkish and other international trafficking organizations operate out of Istanbul; laboratories to convert imported morphine base into heroin exist in remote regions of Turkey and near Istanbul; government maintains strict controls over areas of legal opium poppy cultivation and over output of poppy straw concentrate; lax enforcement of money-laundering controls

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TRY to AED rate	0.19294	TRY to ALL rate	5.59679 ▲	TRY to ANG rate	0.09477
TRY to ARS rate	10.80934 ▲	TRY to AUD rate	0.07898	TRY to AWG rate	0.09457
TRY to BBD rate	0.10508	TRY to BDT rate	5.52682 ▲	TRY to BGN rate	0.09551
TRY to BHD rate	0.01981	TRY to BIF rate	109.37257 ▲	TRY to BMD rate	0.05254
TRY to BND rate	0.07014	TRY to BOB rate	0.36333 ▲	TRY to BRL rate	0.27564
TRY to BSD rate	0.05254	TRY to BTN rate	4.3356 ▲	TRY to BZD rate	0.10599
TRY to CAD rate	0.07252	TRY to CHF rate	0.04834	TRY to CLP rate	42.5817 ▲
TRY to CNY rate	0.36083	TRY to COP rate	248.86958 ▼	TRY to CRC rate	28.3815 ▲
TRY to CZK rate	1.15598	TRY to DKK rate	0.36384	TRY to DOP rate	2.88516 ▲
TRY to DZD rate	7.13634 ▲	TRY to EGP rate	1.6205	TRY to ETB rate	2.83234
TRY to EUR rate	0.04875	TRY to FJD rate	0.11654	TRY to GBP rate	0.04297
TRY to GMD rate	3.21265	TRY to GNF rate	452.44239 ▲	TRY to GTQ rate	0.4103
TRY to HKD rate	0.41242	TRY to HNL rate	1.29694 ▲	TRY to HRK rate	0.36789
TRY to HTG rate	8.16437 ▲	TRY to HUF rate	18.77903 ▲	TRY to IDR rate	796.78733 ▲
TRY to ILS rate	0.18885	TRY to INR rate	4.32633	TRY to IQD rate	76.59149 ▲
TRY to IRR rate	2187.34895 ▲	TRY to ISK rate	7.32899 ▲	TRY to JMD rate	7.93851 ▲
TRY to JOD rate	0.03727	TRY to JPY rate	6.86929 ▲	TRY to KES rate	6.90344 ▲
TRY to KMF rate	24.02154 ▲	TRY to KRW rate	68.07985 ▲	TRY to KWD rate	0.01609
TRY to KYD rate	0.04382	TRY to KZT rate	24.0607 ▲	TRY to LBP rate	789.25346 ▲
TRY to LKR rate	16.98642 ▲	TRY to LSL rate	0.95923	TRY to MAD rate	0.53869
TRY to MDL rate	0.97094	TRY to MKD rate	3.01757 ▲	TRY to MNT rate	178.99366 ▲
TRY to MOP rate	0.42515 ▼	TRY to MUR rate	2.41725	TRY to MVR rate	0.80594
TRY to MWK rate	54.00441 ▲	TRY to MXN rate	0.96887	TRY to MYR rate	0.23272
TRY to NAD rate	0.95448	TRY to NGN rate	24.1925 ▲	TRY to NIO rate	1.92356
TRY to NOK rate	0.54996	TRY to NPR rate	6.93694	TRY to NZD rate	0.08467
TRY to OMR rate	0.02022 ▼	TRY to PAB rate	0.05254	TRY to PEN rate	0.19826
TRY to PGK rate	0.18529	TRY to PHP rate	2.85216 ▲	TRY to PKR rate	14.87424 ▲
TRY to PLN rate	0.22894	TRY to PYG rate	377.73323 ▲	TRY to QAR rate	0.1931
TRY to RON rate	0.24067	TRY to RUB rate	4.0601	TRY to RWF rate	57.74187 ▲
TRY to SAR rate	0.19735	TRY to SBD rate	0.4324	TRY to SCR rate	0.68566
TRY to SEK rate	0.55988	TRY to SGD rate	0.07003	TRY to SLL rate	928.07607 ▲
TRY to SVC rate	0.46011	TRY to SZL rate	0.95914	TRY to THB rate	1.79107
TRY to TND rate	0.1643	TRY to TOP rate	0.12355	TRY to TTD rate	0.35765
TRY to TWD rate	1.59372 ▼	TRY to TZS rate	123.04082 ▲	TRY to UAH rate	1.94193
TRY to UGX rate	198.38012 ▲	TRY to USD rate	0.05254	TRY to UYU rate	2.03629
TRY to VUV rate	6.20174	TRY to WST rate	0.14172	TRY to XAF rate	31.97937 ▲
TRY to XCD rate	0.14199 ▲	TRY to XOF rate	31.97937 ▲	TRY to XPF rate	5.81769 ▲
TRY to YER rate	13.14737 ▲	TRY to ZAR rate	0.95462

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