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Other pages in this profile of Turkey:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 18.978 million (2005) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 264 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 52.663 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 732.5 (2006) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: undergoing rapid modernization and expansion especially with cellular telephones domestic: additional digital exchanges are permitting a rapid increase in subscribers; the construction of a network of technologically advanced intercity trunk lines, using both fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay, is facilitating communication between urban centers; remote areas are reached by a domestic satellite system; the number of subscribers to mobile-cellular telephone service is growing rapidly international: country code - 90; international service is provided by the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable and by submarine fiber-optic cables in the Mediterranean and Black Seas that link Turkey with Italy, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, Romania, and Russia; satellite earth stations - 12 Intelsat; mobile satellite terminals - 328 in the Inmarsat and Eutelsat systems (2002) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 16, FM 107, shortwave 6 (2001) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 635 (plus 2,934 repeaters) (1995) |
Internet country code |
Definition .tr |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 217,887 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 3 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 12.284 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 170.9 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 117 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 90 over 3,047 m: 15 2,438 to 3,047 m: 33 1,524 to 2,437 m: 19 914 to 1,523 m: 19 under 914 m: 4 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 27 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 17 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 18 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 7,511 km; oil 3,636 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 8,697 km standard gauge: 8,697 km 1.435-m gauge (1,920 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 426,906 km paved: 177,550 km (includes 1,892 km of expressways) unpaved: 249,356 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 1,200 km (2005) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 602 ships (1000 GRT or over) 4,763,591 GRT/7,070,126 DWT by type: bulk carrier 101, cargo 278, chemical tanker 64, combination ore/oil 1, container 34, liquefied gas 7, passenger 4, passenger/cargo 49, petroleum tanker 32, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 29, specialized tanker 2 foreign-owned: 9 (China 1, Cyprus 2, Germany 1, Greece 1, Italy 3, UAE 1) registered in other countries: 559 (Albania 1, Antigua and Barbuda 6, Bahamas 8, Belize 12, Cambodia 24, Comoros 9, Dominica 4, Georgia 19, Greece 1, Isle of Man 2, Italy 1, Kiribati 1, Liberia 8, Malta 169, Marshall Islands 45, Moldova 1, Netherlands 1, Netherlands Antilles 9, Panama 87, Russia 72, Sierra Leone 12, Slovakia 10, St Kitts and Nevis 32, St Vincent and the Grenadines 20, Tuvalu 1, UK 2, unknown 2) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Aliaga, Diliskelesi, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Mercin Limani, Nemrut Limani |
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