Agriculture
- Total Area: 783,562 square kilometers
- Land Area: 769,632 square kilometers
- Water Area: 13,930 square kilometers
- Climate Description: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
- Terrain Description: high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges
- Arable Land Use: 26.21%
- Permanent Crop Land Use: 3.94%
- Irrigated Land: 53,400 square kilometers
- Total Renewable Water Resources: 211.6 cubic kilometers
- Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 40.1 cubic kilometers per year
- Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 572.9 cubic meters per year
- Natural Hazards Description: severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van; Volcanoes: limited volcanic activity; its three historically active volcanoes; Ararat, Nemrut Dagi, and Tendurek Dagi have not erupted since the 19th century or earlier
- Environmental Current Issues: water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern for oil spills from increasing Bosporus ship traffic
- Total Labor Force: 27.34 million
- % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 25.5%
- Agricultural Products Description: tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, hazelnuts, pulses, citrus; livestock