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Telephones - main lines in use:
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19.5 million (1999) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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17.1 million (2001) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: undergoing rapid modernization and expansion, especially with cellular telephones
domestic: additional digital exchanges are permitting a rapid increase in subscribers; the construction of a network of technologically advanced intercity trunk lines, using both fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay is facilitating communication between urban centers; remote areas are reached by a domestic satellite system; the number of subscribers to mobile cellular telephone service is growing rapidly international: international service is provided by three submarine fiber-optic cables in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, linking Turkey with Italy, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, Romania, and Russia; also by 12 Intelsat earth stations, and by 328 mobile satellite terminals in the Inmarsat and Eutelsat systems (2002) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 16, FM 107, shortwave 6 (2001) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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635 (plus 2,934 repeaters) (1995) |
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Internet country code:
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.tr |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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50 (2001) |
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Internet users:
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2.5 million (2002) |
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Railways:
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total: 8,607 km
standard gauge: 8,607 km 1.435-m gauge (2,131 km electrified) (2002) |
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Highways:
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total: 385,960 km
paved: 131,226 km (including 1,749 km of expressways) unpaved: 254,734 km (1999) |
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Waterways:
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1,200 km (approximately) |
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Pipelines:
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gas 3,177 km; oil 3,562 km (2003) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Gemlik, Hopa, Iskenderun, Istanbul, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Icel (Mersin), Samsun, Trabzon |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 525 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,306,506 GRT/8,424,837 DWT
ships by type: bulk 125, cargo 229, chemical tanker 44, combination bulk 3, combination ore/oil 3, container 34, liquefied gas 6, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 35, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 26, short-sea passenger 10, specialized tanker 5 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belize 1, Cyprus 1, Denmark 2, Greece 1, Italy 1, Thailand 1, UK 11 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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120 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 86
over 3,047 m: 16 2,438 to 3,047 m: 30 914 to 1,523 m: 16 under 914 m: 5 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 19 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 34
over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 24 (2002) 914 to 1,523 m: 8 |
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Heliports:
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8 (2002) |
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