Brief+Facts

__Quick facts:__
//Source: BBC News//
 * **Full name:** Republic of Turkey
 * **Population:** 75.8 million (UN, 2008)
 * **Capital:** Ankara
 * **Largest city:** Istanbul
 * **Area:** 779,452 sq km (300,948 sq miles)
 * **Major language:** Turkish
 * **Major religion:** Islam
 * **Life expectancy:** 69 years (men), 74 years (women) (UN)
 * **Monetary unit:** Turkish lira
 * **Main exports:** Clothing and textiles, fruit and vegetables, iron and steel, motor vehicles and machinery, fuels and oils
 * **GNI per capita:** US $8,020 (World Bank, 2007)
 * **Internet domain:** .tr
 * **International dialling code:** +90

__ Statistics: __
// Figures are for 2006 unless indicated. Source: [|World Health Statistics 2008] //
 * **Total population:** 73,922,000
 * **Gross national income per capita (PPP international $):** 8,410
 * **Life expectancy at birth m/f (years):** 71/75
 * **Healthy life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2003):** 61/63
 * **Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births):** 26
 * **Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population):** 153/91
 * **Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2006):** 645
 * **Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2006):** 5.6