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The Republic of Turkey
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Flag Colors & Description

The flag of Turkey is red with a vertical white crescent pointing towards the fly side, and a white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening.

People

Population: 70,413,958 (July 2006 estimate) (growth rate): 1.06% (2006 estimate)

Gdp: $627.2 billion (2006 estimate) (per capita): $8,900 (2006 estimate)

Languages:
 Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the Europe part of Turkey

Government

Capital: Ankara

Government type: republican parliamentary democracy

Geography

Natural Resources: antimony, arable land, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), chromium, clay, coal, copper, emery, feldspar, gold, hydropower, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, marble, mercury, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur)

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