International Trade Presentation 1 An Economic Evaluation “Turkey” Aziz Alibrahim, Katsura Morioka

Contents 1.Overview & GDP 2.Current Economy 3.Main Industries 4.Human Resources (population, languages,..) 5.Natural Resources and Other comparative advantages 6.Infrastructure 7.Ease-of-doing business 8.Cultural elements 9.Most important imports and exports 10.Conclusion

1. Overview ContentsNumberRankYear Area 780,576K ㎡ 36- Population74,890, GDP(PPP)$1.125trillion GDP(Per capita)$15,

1. GDP (Source: IMF-World Economic Outlook Database April 2013) Turkey

2. Current Economy

3. Main Industries

4. Human Resources (population, languages,..) ContentsNumberRankYear Population74,890, Languages Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages Religions Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) population composition ⇒ One of their strength is a population composition

4. Human Resources (Details of population) “The youngest population in Europe” -Total population : 74.9 million -Average Age : 28 (half of them are under 30) -Urbanization(living in urban) Rate : 75%

5. Natural Resources and Other comparative advantages

“Location” -At the crossroads of the continents -At the center of Global economy -Integrating with EU standards -Cloes to big consumer markets

6. Infrastructure Turkey is now welcoming investors from all over the world. -Number of credit card users : 16 ⇒ 51 million (2002 ⇒ 2012) -Number of cell phone users : 23 ⇒ 65 million (2002 ⇒ 2012) -Number of Internet users : 5 ⇒ 50 million (2002 ⇒ 2012)

7. Ease-of-doing business How many days does it take to set up a company there?

8. Cultural elements

9. Most important imports and exports [Aziz]

10. Conclusion

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