National Gender Profile Of Agricultural And Rural Livelihoods Turkey
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National Gender Profile Of Agricultural And Rural Livelihoods Turkey
Author
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date
2016Metadata
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The Republic of Turkey (Turkey) is a geographically diverse country with a land area of 780 043 square
kilometres and 8 333 kilometres of coastline. Turkey spans both Europe and Asia, with approximately three
percent of the country located in Southeast Europe (Thrace, or the area west of the Bosporus) and the majority
in Anatolia (Southwest Asia). Most of the country’s population of just under 80 million people lives in province
and district centres (only 7.9 percent of the population lives in towns and villages).1
Turkey is experiencing
intensive urbanization, and between 1950 and 2010 the share of the population living in cities increased from 25
percent to 76 percent.2
Such growth in the urban population has put strains on local housing, services and the
labour market and has also resulted in the growth of unplanned settlements around urban areas. The rate of
urbanization diff ers from region to region: the West is the most densely populated and industrialized part of the
country; and provinces in the South, Central and Eastern regions are characterized by smaller-scale industrial
production and agriculture, including animal husbandry.