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Turkey

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Key facts

  • currency: New Turkish lira
  • capital city: Ankara
  • region: Western Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 769,630 km²
  • population: 85,326,000
  • political leader: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (President)

Location on a map: [39°0′N, 35°0′E]

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Turkey is a country in Western Asia, Asia. It has a land area of 769,630 km² and a population of 85,326,000. The capital city is Ankara. The political leader is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan whose title is President.

In the news

Turkey has been mentioned 2767 times in the news, here is the latest (trend):

Euro 2024 live: Game over in Berlin! Netherlands reach semifinals after beating Turkey 2-1
Read: Euronews link
Euro 2024 latest: 'Europe here we come!' Unstoppable Demiral blasts Turkey off to quarter-finals
Read: Euronews link
AKP MP, Turkey's CoE representative slams minister for his comments on Gezi case's possible retrial
Read: Duvar link
Turkish officials condemn US Congress for Netanyahu reception
Read: Daily Sabah link

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Environment

Turkey is one of the countries in Asia and one of the countries in Western Asia.
There are cities in Turkey. There are wildfires in Turkey.
  • Agricultural land: 380,890.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 6.65 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 407,406.20 kt
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 29.10 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 37.90 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 25.65 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 0.85 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 6.31 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 75.21 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.88 births per woman
  • Forest area: 223,763 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 86.84 % of total
  • Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: 13,047.26 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 27.80 years
  • Methane emissions: 50,444.77 kt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 38,132.07 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 42,580,261.00
  • Male population: 42,745,739.00
  • Renewable energy consumption: 12.00 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 754,924.70 km²
  • Rural population: 19,229,921.00
  • Urban land area: 15,460.69 km²
  • Urban population: 66,096,079.00
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.05 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Turkey by population

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Turkey

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) in Turkey

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Turkey

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Turkey

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Turkey (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Turkey

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Turkey

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Turkey (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Turkey

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources in Turkey

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Turkey

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Turkey

Evolution of historical forest area in Turkey

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) in Turkey

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Turkey

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Turkey

Evolution of historical internet access in Turkey

Evolution of historical land area in Turkey

Evolution of historical median age in Turkey

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Turkey

Evolution of historical net migration in Turkey

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Turkey

Evolution of historical population in Turkey

Evolution of historical female population in Turkey

Evolution of historical male population in Turkey

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Turkey

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Turkey

Evolution of historical rural population in Turkey

Evolution of historical total urban land in Turkey

Evolution of historical urban population in Turkey

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Turkey

Distribution of sites in Turkey by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Turkey by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Turkey

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Turkey by total fire area

Source

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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