History
Main article: History of Turkey
Cities
Population
Main article: Population of Turkey
Citizenship and residence permit
2020: 1st in the world in the number of applications for a gold visa - 5552
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
Armed Forces
Main article: Turkish Armed Forces
Economy
Main article: Economy of Turkey
Health care
2020: Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave 6 months or more
2018:17% of women smoke tobacco
HES - Personal Health Number
Transplantology
2023: Number of post-mortem organ donation cases per 1 million people - 7.5
Disease statistics
HIV/AIDS
Depression
2019:9% of the population suffer from chronic depression
Maternity leave
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Education
2025: Over 10 years, more than 19 million students in Turkey have been forced to interrupt university education due to economic hardship
From 2015 to 2025, more than 19 million students in Turkey were forced to interrupt their university education due to economic difficulties. Such data was provided by the Council for Higher Education (YÖK) in response to a request from CHP deputy Aliye Timisi Ersever.
A particularly sharp increase in deductions occurred in 2022, when, against the background of the currency crisis and the rapid rise in prices, almost 4 million students left universities. The second largest "outflow" occurred in 2018 - then the university left more than 2 million students.
Since 2020 alone, the number of dropouts has exceeded 11 million.
By university:
- 16.9 million - from state universities,
- 2.1 million - from private,
- 57 thousand - from universities with funds.
By level of education:
- 8.3 million abandoned bachelor's degree,
- 7 million - college programs (2 years),
- 1.4 million - magistracy,
- 182 thousand - doctoral studies.
By age and gender:
- 8 million students were aged 20-25 years,
- 4.7 million - 25-30 years.
- 9.7 million - men,
- 9.35 million - women.
2021: Literacy rate of the population - 95%
2019: Number of years of education by citizens over 25
1921: The first woman in the country received a medical education
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
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
2021: Number of prisoners - 281,094
2019: The minimum age for children to be jailed is 11
2018: Number of prisoners
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Science
2020:51 scientific articles on exact sciences per 100 thousand population
Culture
2020: 5.5 museums per million residents
Religion
- Mosque in Istanbul Saint Sophia
2026: Turkish Religious Affairs Authority (Diyanet) spending exceeds annual budget of 76 universities in the country
In 2026, the expenses of the Turkish Office of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) will exceed the annual budget of 76 universities in Turkey.
In September 2025, for 2026, Diyanet was offered 174.4 billion ₺ (350 billion rubles).
The budgets of the largest universities for the same year are:
- Architect Sinan University - 2.38 billion ₺
- Galatasaray University - 1.47 billion ₺
- Hitit University - 2.94 billion ₺
- Turkish-German University - 1.3 billion ₺
- Ankara Sociological University - 1.35 billion ₺
Since 2019, Diyanet's expenses have grown almost 15 times: from 325 million ₺ in 2019 to 4.68 billion ₺ in 2026.
Budget priorities show Turkey's active course towards desecularization.
2022: 91.8% of the population believes in life after death
Music
Sport
2022: The most popular sport is football
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2021: The number of performances of the Turkish national team in the final tournament of the World Cup - 2
Calendar
Notes
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