Turkey Communications

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

COMMUNICATIONS OF TURKEY

Telephones - main lines in use:

18.978 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

43.609 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 16, FM 107, shortwave 6 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:

635 (plus 2,934 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:

.tr

Internet hosts:

1,313,135 (2006)

Internet users:

16 million (2005)

International dialing code: