Turkey Guide On Line
Turkey Guide On Line
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Turkey is self sufficient in production of paper, sugar, glass, cement, steel cars, busses, trucks and al the household goods are assembled in Turkey. Three major steel mills 5 refineries 2 petrochemical complexes Turkey is the great producers of steel, cement, cotton fiber, cotton yarn, woolen fiber. 25% of manufactured output is textiles, garment, and leather goods. Turkey is biggest producer of TV sets, second in the row after Great Britain in Europe. Annual car production is 250.000 Renault, Fiat, Toyota, Honda, Opel, Ford, Hyundai, Mercedes Buses, Chrysler makes trucks in Turkey. Energy sources oil 37%, lignite 18.6%, coal 12.5%, natural gas 7%, wood 8.8 %, animal waste 4% 12% of the energy needs are met through the hydro sources. Oil and natural gas Domestic oil production meets only 12% of consumption. Turkey used to import from Iraq and Iran but after the Gulf War changed the countries exporting oil to Turkey. Imports from Iraq were stopped and Saudi Arabia (68%) and Arabic Emirates (13%) became the great suppliers of oil for Turkey. Natural gas is imported from Russia, Algeria, and some domestic production. East Turkey Husbandry In 1997 12 million cattle, 30 million sheep, 8 million goats, 15% of the goats are native Angora goats. number of the poultry has been increasing in the resent years ...175 millions in 1997 Turkey is leading country for honey production 350.000 horses 640.000 donkeys Forest 26% of Turkey is classified as forest while the number is 18.7 in Canada. Erosion Turkey has Fast land erosion due to wrong land use, deforestation, and overgrazing. Erosion is 6 times faster than USA. If erosion continue at this rate %85 of Turkey will be desert land in 2010. Imports and exports Textiles make 40 % of the all the exports. Manufacturing strength Textiles, automotive, steel, chemicals, cement, glass industries. Exports industrial products ...87.4% agricultural products...10.7 minerals ...1.9 Employment 36% of the population is active in the labor force. 29% of those are wage earners and 71% are self-employed. Unemployment rate is 12.5 %. There is no unemployment insurance. The relatives and friends support the unemployed. Half of the unemployed have temporary jobs.
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