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Ana Regina Pickett Security Council Official name: Republic of Turkey Capital: Ankara President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Form of government: Parliamentary Republic Official language: Turkish Population: 80,845,215 Area: 783,562 sq km Currency: Turkish lira GDP: 2.133 trillion dollars Religions: Sunni Islam (65%), Shia Islam (4%), Unaffiliated Muslims (13%), Protestant or Evangelical (1%), Other Christians (1%), Irreligion (7%), Spiritual but not religious (6%), Mahayana Buddhism (1%), Other religions (2%) UN members since: 26 June 1945 Delegate name: Vincent Valerio Swanlund Cruz History of Turkey: Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk or "Father of the Turks." Under his leadership, the country adopted radical social, legal, and political reforms. After a period of one-party rule, an experiment with multi-party politics led to the 1950 ele...