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Telephones - main lines in use:
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19.5 million (1999)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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17.1 million (2001)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: undergoing rapid modernization and expansion, especially with cellular telephones
domestic: additional digital exchanges are permitting a rapid increase in subscribers; the construction of a network of technologically advanced intercity trunk lines, using both fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay is facilitating communication between urban centers; remote areas are reached by a domestic satellite system; the number of subscribers to mobile cellular telephone service is growing rapidly
international: international service is provided by three submarine fiber-optic cables in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, linking Turkey with Italy, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, Romania, and Russia; also by 12 Intelsat earth stations, and by 328 mobile satellite terminals in the Inmarsat and Eutelsat systems (2002)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 16, FM 107, shortwave 6 (2001)
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Radios:
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11.3 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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635 (plus 2,934 repeaters) (1995)
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Televisions:
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20.9 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.tr
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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50 (2001)
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Internet users:
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2.5 million (2002)
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