_#_Population: 58,580,993 (July 1991), growth rate 2.2% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 28 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 54 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 68 years male, 72 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 3.6 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun--Turk(s); adjective--Turkish

_#_Ethnic divisions: Turkish 80%, Kurdish 17%, other 3% (est.)

_#_Religion: Muslim (mostly Sunni) 99.8%, other (Christian and
Jews) 0.2%

_#_Language: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic

_#_Literacy: 81% (male 90%, female 71%) age 15 and over can
read and write (1990 est.)

_#_Labor force: 18,800,000; agriculture 56%, services 30%,
industry 14%; about 1,000,000 Turks work abroad (1987)

_#_Organized labor: 10-15% of labor force

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: Republic of Turkey

_#_Type: republican parliamentary democracy

_#_Capital: Ankara

_#_Administrative divisions: 73 provinces (iller, singular--il);
Adana, Adiyaman, Afyon, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya,
Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis,
Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli,
Diyarbakir, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep,
Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Icel, Isparta,
Istanbul, Izmir, Kahraman Maras, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu,
Kayseri, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya,
Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu,
Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat,
Trabzon, Tunceli, Urfa, Usak, Van, Yozgat, Zonguldak

_#_Independence: 29 October 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman
Empire)

_#_Constitution: 7 November 1982

_#_Legal system: derived from various continental legal systems;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

_#_National holiday: Anniversary of the Declaration of the Republic,
29 October (1923)

_#_Executive branch: president, Presidential Council, prime minister,
deputy prime minister, Cabinet

_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Grand National Assembly (Buyuk
Millet Meclisi)

_#_Judicial branch: Court of Cassation

_#_Leaders:

Chief of State--President Turgut OZAL (since 9 November 1989);

Head of Government--Prime Minister Mesut YILMAZ (since 30
Jun