National name: Turkiye Cumhuriyeti/Republic of Turkey
Area: 779,500
sq km/300,964
sq mi
Capital: Ankara
Currency: New Turkish lira (YTL)
Population: 68,569,000 (2002est)
Language: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic
Religion: Sunni Muslim 99
%; Orthodox, Armenian churches
Time difference: difference:
GMT +2
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