arine:
total: 20 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 188,345 GRT/215,749 DWT
ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 5, chemical tanker 3, liquefied gas
tanker 1, oil tanker 3, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1
(1998 est.)

Airports: 32 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 14
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 7 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary forces,
National Guard

Military manpower--military age: 20 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 2,601,928 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,486,964 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 99,597 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $356 million (1999)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.5% (1999)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: maritime boundary dispute with Libya;
Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the
continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil
exploration

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Geography

Location: southwestern Asia (that part west of the Bosporus is
sometimes included with Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between
Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the
Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria

Geographic coordinates: 39 00 N, 35 00 E

Map references: Middle East

Area:
total: 780,580 sq km
land: 770,760 sq km
water: 9,820 sq km

Area--comparative: slightly larger than Texas

Land boundaries:
total: 2,627 km
border countries: Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km,
Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 331 km, Syria 822 km

Coastline: 7,200 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: in Black Sea only: to the maritime boundary
agreed upon with the former USSR
territorial sea: 6 nm in the Aegean Sea; 12 nm in Black Sea and in
Mediterranean Sea

Climate: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters;
harsher in interior

Terrain: mostly mountains; narrow coastal plain; high central
plateau (Anatolia)

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