History
Main article: History of Turkey
Cities
Population
Main article: Population of Turkey
Citizenship and residence permit
2019: Citizenship request requires 5 years to live in country
Administrative divisions
Parliament
2022: Proportion of women in Parliament - 17.4%
Foreign policy
Main article: Turkish Foreign Policy
Economy
Main article: Economy of Turkey
Migration
2024: Turkey launches digital nomad visa How to get it
In April 2024, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the launch of a digital nomad visa in the country. The agency's website published requirements for potential participants in the new program:
- age - from 21 to 55 years;
- the presence of a diploma of graduation;
- earnings of at least $3,000 per month or $36,000 per year.
Foreigners must document the status that allows them to work remotely. To do this, you can, for example, provide a permanent contract with a company registered outside Turkey, in which the applicant will be listed as a full-time employee. Another option is a contract with a firm for which a person works as a freelancer. In addition to the employment contract, the candidate for a Turkish nomad visa must be provided with:
- foreign passport valid for at least 6 months from the date of arrival in Turkey;
- diploma/university graduation document;
- photography;
- a document confirming the availability of the required income.
After verification and a positive decision, a foreigner can receive a certificate of identification of a digital nomad. With this certificate and the entire package of documents, it is necessary to apply for a digital nomad visa at the Turkish Visa Centre/Consulate.
According to CNBC, the Turkish authorities primarily want to attract freelancers and remote workers from abroad to Istanbul and Dalaman in the resort province of Mugla. There are the best conditions for work outside the office and wide opportunities for cultural and historical tourism. Turkey is one of the most visited countries in the world and its two cities, Istanbul and Antalya, were among the most visited cities in 2023, according to Euromonitor International.[1]
Health care
2020: Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave 6 months or more
2018:17% of women smoke tobacco
HES - Personal Health Number
Disease statistics
HIV/AIDS
Depression
2019:9% of the population suffer from chronic depression
Maternity leave
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Education
2021: Literacy rate of the population - 95%
2019: Number of years of education by citizens over 25
Earthquakes
Information Technology
IT market
2023: Turkey joins IT program "Digital Europe" worth 7.5 billion euros
On September 1, 2023, the European Commission announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with Turkey, under which this country will join the Digital Europe IT program worth €7.5 billion (in the period 2021-2027). Read more here.
2020: European tech companies attracting the most investment in 5 years
2018: Largest IT companies
Ecology
Importing plastic waste
Army
Number of troops
2025: Average Armed Forces Strength
Military budget
2023: Defence spending - 1.3% of GDP
2021: Defence spending - 2.06% of GDP
2018: Military budget - 2.5% of GDP
Military budget in% of GDP, 2018:
- 8.8% Saudi Arabia
- 4.3% Israel
- 3.9% Russia
- 3.2% United States
- 2.5% Turkey
- 2.4% India
- 2.3% France
- 1.9% Australia
- 1.9% China
- 1.8% United Kingdom
- 1.3% Canada
- 1.2% Germany
(SIPRI)
Investigation
Turkish National Intelligence Academy
Military operations and bases abroad
Navy
2025:13 submarines
The number of submarine fleets in the countries of the world according to Bloomberg as of March 2025:
- UNITED STATES: 70
- Russia: 63
- China: 61
- Iran: 25
- Japan: 24
- South Korea: 22
- India: 18
- North Korea: 13
- Turkey: 13
- Greece: 10
- United Kingdom: 9
- France: 9
- Vietnam: 9
- Egypt: 8
- Italy: 8
- Pakistan: 8
- Singapore: 6
- Algeria: 6
- Australia: 6
- Germany: 6
- Norway: 6
2023: World's first aircraft carrier for combat drones enters service with Turkish Navy
On April 10, 2023, Turkey adopted the world's first universal landing ship Anadolu (TCG Anadolu), which can be used as a light aircraft carrier, into its navy. Read more here.
Fighter aircrafts
2024: US State Department approves $23 billion sale of F-16 fighters to Turkey
In January 2024, the US State Department, after Turkey agreed to join Sweden in NATO, approved the sale of F-16 fighters to Turkey in the amount of $23 billion.
Turkey has requested 40 new F-16 Block 70 fighters and 79 F-16 Block 70 upgrade kits.
At the same time, there are also 48 F110-GE-129D engines on the list.
The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) associated with Pentagon has issued a formal notification letter to the committees concerned, United States Congress however this notice does not mean that the transfer will necessarily take place.
Next, the process will continue in Congress.
Israel and Greece will be handed over F-35 fighters, and Turkey - F16 fighters.
2019:207 fighters
US military bases
2024: Thousands of US military remain stationed in the country
2023
Protesters break into Incirlik airbase to stop support for Israel in destroying Gaza Strip
Organized in November 2023 by the iHH Foundation, the rally in support of Palestine from Istanbul to Adana on November 5 reached its climax.
The action against Israel smoothly turned into a protest against the deployment of American military bases in Turkey.
Protesters in a convoy of 250 cars (about 500 people) arrived at the gates of the Incirlik airbase, demanding its closure and liquidation. The Turks are worried that the US Air Force is taking off from the base to conduct reconnaissance and support the Israeli Air Force, which is destroying civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Since the protests entered a hot phase (the crowd broke through the police cordon, chanting the slogans "Death to Israel!," "Death to America!," "Freedom to Palestine!"), The governor of Adana province arrived at the scene.
The official tried to persuade the crowd to disperse, but this had no effect. As a result, the police used tear gas and water cannons, and also opened fire with rubber bullets on civilians, trying to contain the protesters. Among the victims are children.
At this time, 39 air wings of the US Air Force Command, which provides support to the Israeli Air Force, are deployed at Incirlik Air Base.
20 hydrogen bombs B-61
2022
2019
Turkish foreign military bases
2023
Turkey seeks the status of a regional power, and one sign of this is the expansion of the network of foreign military bases.
For 2023, more than 60 thousand Turkish military serve outside their country. Most of them are in Cyprus, but there are military bases: in the Islamic part of Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo), in Azerbaijan, Syria, Iraq, Qatar, Libya and Somalia.
MEDIA
State Telecommunications Agency (TiB)
For 2023, according to Turkish law, the state telecommunications agency (TiB) has the right to demand blocking of any publication on the Internet without court approval.
Yeni Safak
Yeni Safak - a nationalist publication supporting the ideas of pan-Turkism
Police
2020: 2nd place in Europe in the number of police officers per 100 thousand citizens: 561
Crime
2021: Average rate of intentional homicide
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Drug traffic
Half of all drugs discovered in Europe in 2017 are in two countries: Spain and Turkey. Through the first goes all hashish, and through the second all Asian substances, such as heroin, methamphetamine and so on. In 2017, more substances were seized than at any time in the previous 5 years.
Prisons
2022: The minimum age for children to be jailed is 11
2021: Number of prisoners - 281,094
2018: Number of prisoners
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Culture
2020: 5.5 museums per million residents
Religion
- Mosque in Istanbul Saint Sophia
2022: 91.8% of the population believes in life after death
Music
Sport
2022: The most popular sport is football
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Calendar
Notes
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