BASIC INTELLIGENCE FACTBOOK

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
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• Publication Date: July 1, 1973

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BASIC INTELLIGENCE FACTBOOK
JULY 1973
Supersedes the January 1973 issuance of this
Factbook, copies of which should be destroyed.
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FOREWORD
The Basic Intelligence Factbook, a compilation of basic data on political
entities worldwide, is coordinated and published semiannually as part of the NIS
Program by the Office of Basic and Geographic Intelligence, Central Intelli-
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gencc Agency. Thc data are prepared by Office of the Geographer, Department AIR
of State and by components of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Central
Intelligence Agency. Comments and suggestions should be addressed to the
Office of Basic and Geographic Intelligence ( Attn: NIS Factbook), Central
Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C. 20505.
Additional copies of the Factbook are obtainable through established
channels for dissemination of the NIS.
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This edition is a compilation of the unclassified
information in the classified version of the Factbook.
It is issued for use by U. S. Government departments
and agencies.
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Table of Contents
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SAN MARINO 293
SAUDI ARABIA 295
SENEGAL 297
SEYCHELLES 299
Sharjah (see UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
SIERRA LEONE 301
SIKKIM 303
SINGAPORE 305
SOMALIA 307
SOUTH AFRICA 309
Southern Rhodesia (see RHODESIA)
SOUTH-WEST AFRICA 311
SPAIN 313
SPANISH SAHARA 317
SRI LANKA 319
SUDAN 321
SURINAM 323
SWAZILAND 325
SWEDEN 327
SWITZERLAND 329
SYRIA 331
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Tanganyika (see TANZANIA)
TANZANIA 333
Tasmania (see AUSTRALIA)
THAILAND 335
TOGO 337
TONGA 339
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 341
TUNISIA 343
TURKEY 345
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UGANDA
Umm al Oaiwain (see UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
USSR 349
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Abu Dhabi, 'Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah,
Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah, Urn al Oaiwain 351
United Arab Republic (see EGYPT)
UNITED KINGDOM 353
UNITED STATES 379
UPPER VOLTA 355
URUGUAY 357
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VATICAN CITY 359
VENEZUELA 361
VIETNAM, NORTH 363
VIETNAM, SOUTH 365
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TURKEY
LAND:
296,000 sq. mi.; 34% cropland, 34% meadows and pastures,
23% forested, 9% unproductive
Land boundaries: 1,600 mi.
WATER:
Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 6 n. mi.
except in Black Sea where it is 12 n. mi.
(fishing, 12 n. mi.)
Coastline: 4,475 mi.
PEOPLE:
Population: 38,198,000, average annual growth rate 2.6%
(10/65-10/70)
Ethnic divisions: 90% Turkish, 7% Kurd, 3% other
Religion: 99% Muslim (mostly Sunni), 1% other (mostly Christian and Jewish)
Language: Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, English
Literacy: 55%
Labor force: 13.8 million; 613% agriculture, 16% industry, 16% service;
substantial shortage of skilled labor; ample unskilled labor
Organized labor: 10% of labor force
GOVERNMENT:
Legal name: Republic of Turkey
Type: republic
Capital: Ankara
Political subdivisions: 67 provinces
Legal system: derived from various continental legal systems, with remnants of
Islamic law; constitution adopted 1961; judicial review of legislative acts
by Constitutional Court; legal education at Universities of Ankara and
Istanbul; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Branches: President elected by parliament; Prime Minister appointed by President
from members of parliament; Prime Minister is effective executive; cabinet,
selected by Prime Minister and approved by President, must command majority
support in lower house; parliament bicameral under constitution promulgated
in 1961; National Assembly has 450 members serving 4 years; Senate has
150 elected members, one-third elected every 2 years, 15 appointed by the
President to 6-year terms (one-third appointed every 2 years), and 18 life
members; highest court for ordinary criminal and civil cases is Court of
Cassation, which hears appeals directly from criminal, commercial, basic,
and peace courts
Government leaders: President Fahri Koruturk, Prime Minister Maim Talu
Suffrage: universal over age 21
Elections: National Assembly and Senate (1/3 of seats) (October 1973); Presidential
(1980)
Political parties and leaders: Justice Party (JP), Suleyman Demirel; Republican
People's Party (RPP), Bulent Ecevit; Democrat Party (DP), Ferruh Bozbeyli;
Repablican Reliance Party (RRP), Turhan Feyzioglu; National Action Party
(NAP), Alparslan Turkes; Nation Party (NP), Osman Bolukbasi; Unity Party (UP),
Mustafa Timisi; Communist Party illegal
Communists: strength and support negligible
Other political or pressure groups: military forced resignation of Demirel
government in March 1971 and remains an influential force in government
Member of: CENTO, Council of Europe, EC (associate member), ECOSOC, FAO, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IHB, ILO, IMO, IMF, ITU, NATO, OECD, Regional
Cooperation for Development, Seabeds Committee (observer), U.N., UNESCO,
UPU, WHO, WMO
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ECONOMY:
GNP: $15.9 billion (1972), about $430 per capita; 9.2% average annual real
growth 1971
Agriculture: cotton, tobacco, cereals, sugar beets, figs, raisins, silk, olives,
fruits, nuts, opium, and livestock products; self-sufficient in food in
average years
Major industries: textiles, food processing, mining (coal, chromite, copper,
boron minerals), steel, petroleum
Crude steel: .68 million tons produced (1970), 20 kilograms per capita
Electric power: 2.8 million kw. capacity (1972); 11 billion kw.-hr. produced
(1972), 280 kw.-hr. per capita
Exports: $616.5 million (f.o.b., 1971); cotton, tobacco, fruits, nuts, metals,
livestock products
Imports: $1,171 million (c.i.f., 1971); machinery, transport equipment, metals,
mineral fuels, fertilizers, chemicals
Major trade partners: exports -- West Germany 19%, U.S. 10%, Switzerland 10%,
USSR 5%; imports -- West Germany 18%, U.S. 15%, U.K. 10%, Italy 10%
Monetary conversion rate: 14 Turkish 1iras=US$1 (official rate)
Fiscal year: 1 March - 28 February
COMMUNICATIONS:
Railroads: 4,991 mi.; 4,940 mi. 443 1/2" gage, 51 mi. double track; 45 mi.
electrified; 20 mi. 2'5 1/2" gage
Highways: 37,282 mi.; 13,049 mi. bituminous, 17,398 mi. gravel or crushed stone,
1,553 mi. improved earth, 5,282 mi. unimproved earth
Inland waterways: approx. 1,050 mi.
Pipelines: crude oil, 360 mi.; refined products, 1,340 mi.
Ports: 10 major, 35 minor
Merchant marine: 87 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 594,900 GRT, 826,600 DWT;
includes 12 passenger, 52 cargo, 11 tanker, 10 bulk, 2 specialized carrier
Civil air: 22 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 123 total, 96 usable; 48 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with
runways over 12,000 ft., 19 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 22 with runways
4,000-7,999 ft.; 2 seaplane stations
Telecommunications: excellent international radiocommunication and fair domestic
telecommunication services; 654,500 telephones; 3.94 million radio and 133,000
TV receivers; 39 AM, 2 FM, and 7 TV stations
DEFENSE FORCES:
Military manpower: males 15-49, 9,707,000; 5,730,000 fit for military service;
about 402,000 reach military age (20) annually
Military budget: for fiscal year ending 28 February 1974, $792.8 million; about
16% of central government budget
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