Population

Total population : 65.7 million
People : 85% Turkish, 15% Kurds

Languages :
Turkish is the official language. 10 million Kurds speak the Kurdish language daily, but the Turkish authorities officially forbid its use.

Capital : Ankara
Main Cities : Istanbul, Izmir, Adana, Antalya, and Bursa
Main academic cities : Istanbul, Ankara, and Erzurum

Student population : 1,434,033 (source : UNESCO Statistical Book 1999 ; www.ibe.unesco.org)
Foreign students : 14,719 (source : UNESCO Statistical Book 1998) 
Foreign Students’ origin :
60% from the turcophone countries of Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Azerbaidjan, Afghanistan, Pakistan), the others from the Turkish zone of Cyprus , Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Ghana, and other countries (source : UNESCO Statistical Book 1998).