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GENERAL STATISTICS

• A population of  79.81 M  (2017)
• Average age of population : 28.5
• 190 universities, 114 of which are public and 76 of which are foundation universities
• Internet access per household : % 47.2
• 73 million mobile phone users
• 27 national, 16 regional and 229 local TV channels
• Non-permament member of the United Nations Security Council 2009-2010
• A candidate for the European Union since 2005
• A member of United Nations since 1945
• A member of Unesco since 1945
• A member of Council of Europe since 1949
• A member of Nato since 1952
• Turkey’s negotiation process with the EU began on October 3th 2005
• Number of 3G mobile phone subscribers : 64.300.000
• Number of mobile internet users : 39.100.000
• Number of internet subscribers : 48.600.000