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

2. 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

3. 1. Overview ContentsNumberRankYear Area 780,576K ㎡ 36- Population74,890,000182012 GDP(PPP)$1.125trillion172012 GDP(Per capita)$15,200902012

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

5. 2. Current Economy

6. 3. Main Industries

8. 4. Human Resources (population, languages,..) ContentsNumberRankYear Population74,890,000182012 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

9. 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%

10. 5. Natural Resources and Other comparative advantages

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

13. 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)

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

15. 8. Cultural elements

16. 9. Most important imports and exports [Aziz]

17. 10. Conclusion

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