Turkey Unitary state
Turkey is a transcontinental country spanning Asia and Europe. It shared borders with Greece, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan (Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic), Iran, Iraq and Syria. It has a population of 80,000,000.
Turkey is subdivided into villages (köy), municipalities (belediye) and special provincial administrations (il özel idaresi)*. It has a two-tier system of local government – an intermediate level consisting of the provinces, and a local level made up of the villages and municipalities.
* Turkey is divided administratively into 81 provinces and 919 districts.
Markers
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STATE STRUCTURE: Unitary |
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CURRENCY: Turkish Lira (TRY) |
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VOTE Compulsory |
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SEAT AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT |
Ratification of the European Charter
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19725 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (IN 2016) |
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CAPITAL CITY:
Ankara |
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POPULATION:
80 000 000 |
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GEOGRAPHICAL SIZE:
783 562 km2 |
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MEMBER STATE
Council of Europe since 1950 |
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SEAT AT THE COMMITTEE OF REGIONS |
2 |
LEVELS OF SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS |
Evolution
NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES*
* Dates of CEMR publications