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CAPITAL
Ankara
 
POPULATION
70,413,958 (July 2006 est.)
 
AREA
total: 780,580 sq km
land: 770,760 sq km
water: 9,820 sq km
slightly larger than Texas
 
GOVERNMENT
republican parliamentary democracy 
 
MONEY
Turkish lira (YTL); old Turkish lira (TRL) before 1 January 2005
CLIMATE
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
 
LANGUAGES
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian
note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the Europe part of Turkey
 

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