{"id":252,"date":"2016-08-15T11:28:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T08:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navigatour.com\/?page_id=252"},"modified":"2021-10-14T17:16:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:16:39","slug":"the-republic-of-turkey-in-a-snapshot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/navigatour.com\/?page_id=252","title":{"rendered":"The republic of Turkey in a Snapshot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A land of resources<\/span>
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\nA treasure of history, a melting pot of civilizations and cultures.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

The variety and beauty of its landscape and climate attract tourists to its beaches, mountains, plains\u00a0 and valleys.<\/p>\n

A dynamic nation of 78 million people with an average age of 28.<\/p>\n

Committed to democracy and pluralism<\/span><\/p>\n

A multi-party parliamentary democracy since 1946.<\/p>\n

A secular state democracy among more than 50 republics with predominantly Moslem population.<\/p>\n

A free market economy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Free and privately-owned media, with 16 nation-wide private TV networks, broadcasting through\u00a0two Turkish communication satellites.<\/p>\n

A member of NATO since 1952, an associate member of the European Union since 1964, in Customs\u00a0 Union with the EU since 1996.<\/p>\n

Candidate status for full membership to the European was officially endorsed at the Helsinki Summit of the EU on December 10-11, 1999.<\/p>\n

Strategically placed<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A physical and cultural bridge between Europe and Asia, in the heart of Euroasia, bordering 12\u00a0nations and 4 seas.<\/p>\n

An outlet for the Black Sea basin countries to warm seas through the Turkish Straits.<\/p>\n

A significant contributor to the development of the newly independent states of Central Asia and the Caucasus.<\/p>\n

A prospective energy terminal for export of Caspian oil and natural gas.<\/p>\n

A regional leader<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Contributor to UN peacekeeping operations worlwide.<\/p>\n

Initiator of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation region which groups 11 nations from the\u00a0Balkans to Caucasus.<\/p>\n

Supporter of the Southeast European Countries Cooperation Process and Initiator of the\u00a0Multinational Peace Force Southeastern Europe.<\/p>\n

Supporter of the Middle East Peace Process and the only regional country which participates in the Temporary International Presence in Hebron ( TIPH ) upon the request of both the Palestinian and Israeli sides.<\/p>\n

An economic Power<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Transfeormed from a traditional agricultural economy into a modern industrial economy.<\/p>\n

A modern telecommunication\u00a0 and transportation network. Telecommunications network ranks\u00a09th in the world in terms of size.<\/p>\n

Included in the recently established G-20 Group which consists of G-7+ countries with fast emerging economies.<\/p>\n

17th largest economy in the world.<\/p>\n

Exports rose from 9.2 billion US Dollars in 1980 to 26.9 billion US Dollars in 1998. Share of industrial goods rose, within the same period, from 36% to 88%.<\/p>\n

The sum of the portfolio of the Turkish contractors in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Russia and the other countries of Central Asia total 40 billion US Dollars.<\/p>\n

Europe’s largest supplier of textiles and apparel.<\/p>\n

Has the Only F-16 fighter plane factory outside the U.S.<\/p>\n

Ranked by the United States Department of Commerce among the ” Big Ten”\u00a0 (the top ten emerging markets in the world).<\/p>\n

The World Bank has qualified Turkey as one of the ten most promising emerging markets.<\/p>\n

A land of opportunity<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Privatization programme including state enterprises;active airlines, banking, telecommunications and petroleum.<\/p>\n

Privatization and its 4.5 billion US Dollars per year investment programme offering important opportunities for foreign investors.<\/p>\n

The Southeastern Anatolia Project ( GAP ) for hydroelectric power generation and irrigation\u00a0creating vast investment opportunities in agro-industries.<\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A land of resources A treasure of history, a melting pot of civilizations and cultures. The variety and beauty of its landscape and climate attract tourists to its beaches, mountains, plains\u00a0 and valleys. A dynamic nation of 78 million people with an average age of 28. Committed to democracy and pluralism A multi-party parliamentary democracy...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/navigatour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/navigatour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/navigatour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navigatour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navigatour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/navigatour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7543,"href":"https:\/\/navigatour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252\/revisions\/7543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/navigatour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}