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Turkey Official Title: Republic of General Information: Capital Population (million) 8n2/.a00 Total Area 780,580 km² Currency 1 CAN$=3.73 New Lira (TRY) (2018 - Annual average) National Holiday October 29, Proclamation of the Republic (1923) Language(s) Turkish

Political Information: Type of State Republic Type of Government Unicameral with a 600 seat Grand National Assembly. The Council of Ministers is appointed by the President. Administrative divisions: 81 provinces. Governing party: People’s Alliance [Coalition of Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), and Great (BBP)]. Bilateral Product trade Canada - Turkey 4000

3000 Balance Head of State Head of Government 2000 Can.

President President s Exports n 1000 o i

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (AKP) l Can. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan l i Imports M 0 Total Ministers: Foreign Affairs: Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (AKP) -1000 Trade Treasury and Finance: Berat Albayrak (AKP) -2000 Defence: Hulusi Akar 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Statistics Canada Main Political Parties People’s Alliance [Coalition of Justice and Development Party (AKP), Nationalist Movement Canadian Imports Party (MHP), and (BBP)]; Nation Alliance [Republican People’s Party (CHP), from: Turkey (İYİ), (SP), Democratic Party (DP)]; Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP); Turkish Workers’ Party (TİP). Text iles Pro d.

Grand National Assembly: AKP (290), CHP (139), HDP (62), MHP (49), İYİ (39), SP (2), TİP B ase M et al Prod. (2), DP (1), BBP (1), Independents (4). 11 Seats vacant. M ach. M ech. Elec. Prod . V ehicles and Equip .

V eg . Prod . Elections: Pnre/asident and Grand National Assembly : 5-year term. Presidential and legislative votes held simultaneously in general elections. Next: 2023. C hemical Pro d. 2019 Glass & St one Pro d. Economic Information: (2018) IMF Statistics Canada Turkey Canada GDP: (billion) $995n./3a6 $2,222.58 Canadian Exports GDP per capita: $12,137n./9a6 $60,078.85 to: Turkey GDP Growth rate: (%) 2n.5/a7 1.83 V ehicles and Eq uip . Inflation: (%) 16n./3a3 2.24 V eg. Pro d . Unemployment: (%) 10n./9a6 5.83 M ineral Pro d . Product Trade and Investment: (2019) Statistics Canada B ase M et al Pro d . Canadian Exports: $1,617,828,3n4/a1 Canadian Imports: $1,964,204,3n9/a7 Specialized Inst . Foreign Direct Investment in Canada (2018) -n$/2a (million) M ach. M ech. Elec. 2019 Prod. Canadian Direct Investment to country (2018) $5n9/a6 (million) Paper Pro d . Statistics Canada Representation: Sources: Statistics/Industry Canada Foreign Representation in Canada http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home Ambassador Kerim Uras IMF http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28 Canadian Representation Abroad Ambassador-designate Jamal Khokhar

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