Turkey

Country Name: Republic of Turkey

Capital City: Ankara

Population: 70,413,958 (2006)

Population Growth: 1.06% (2006)

Currency: Turkish lira (YTL)

Languages: Turkish

Area: 780,580 sq km

Inflation Rate: 9.8% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2006)

Domain extension: .tr

TURKEY MAIN

Lion Gate in Hattusa Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire. It was located near the modern-day village of formerly known as Bogazk?y, now named Bogazkale, in ?orum province, Turkey, and was set in a loop of the Kizil Irmak river (the Halys of Antiquity) in central Ana