Capital:Ankara
Population:69,660,559
Area:780,580 sq km
Climate:temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Languages:Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Currency:New Turkish lira (YTL)
Government:republican parliamentary democracy
Religions:Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
