Fact Sheet

TURKEY

Full name
 
Republic of Turkey
Population
 
70,413,958
Government Type
 
Republican parliamentary democracy
Head of State
 
President Ahmet Necdet SEZER (since 16 May 2000)
Head of Government
 
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN   (14 March 2003)
"Linguistic" Groups
 
Turkish 80%,
Kurdish 20%
Religions
 
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni),
Other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Languages
 
Turkish (official),
Kurdish,
Dimli (or Zaza),
Azeri,
Kabardian
Legal System
 
Civil law system derived from various European continental legal systems;
Note - member of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), although Turkey claims limited derogations on the ratified European Convention on Human Rights
GDP per capita
 $8,200 (2005 est.)
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