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Identity
Regime
Presidential republic
Capital
Ankara
Population
85,000,000
Area
783,356 km²
Currency
TRY
Executive
Head of State
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
2014
2014
Head of Government
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
2018
2018
Cabinet (size)
3
Parliament
600 seats
1 chamber(s)
1 chamber(s)
Governance
V-Dem (0-1)
0.29
#119
#119
Freedom House
32/100
Not Free
Not Free
CPI corruption
31/100
#124
#124
Press RSF
27/100
#163
#163
Economy
GDP (B$)
1597 Md$
2025
2025
GDP / capita
18,599 $
2025
2025
Growth %
3.6 %
2025
2025
Inflation %
34.9 %
2025
2025
Unemployment %
8.5 %
2025
2025
Defense & nuclear
Defense budget
26.8 Md$
1.9 %PIB · #19
1.9 %PIB · #19
Nuclear posture
nato_sharing
Listed military units
9
International posture
Sanctions
—
Chokepoints
Bosphore + Dardanelles
Alliances
OTAN · G20 · OCI · UN · OECD · WTO · Council of Europe · OSCE · Organization of Turkic States
Alignment USA · RUS · CHN
38% · 51% · 47%
UN vote
UN vote
Treaties ratified (of 10)
7/10