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Turkey Article 2
Turkey Article 2
language
spoken
natively by
approximately 85 percent of
the population.[20] 7080
percent of the population are
ethnic Turks; the remainder consists of
legally recognized
(Armenians, Greeks
and Jews) and
unrecognized
(Kurds,
Circassians,
Albanians,
Bosniaks,
Georgians,
etc.)
minorities.[18][21]
[22][23] The vast majority of the population
is Muslim.[18] Turkey is a member of the
UN, NATO, OECD, OSCE, OIC and the G20. After becoming one of the first members
of the Council of Europe in 1949, Turkey
became an associate member of the EEC in
1963, joined the EU Customs Union in 1995
and started full membership negotiations
with the European Union in 2005.[24]
Turkey's growing economy and diplomatic
initiatives have led to its recognition as a
regional power.[25][26][27][28]
Turkey (Listeni/tr.ki/; Turkish: Trkiye
[tyrcije]), officially the Republic of Turkey
(Turkish: Trkiye Cumhuriyeti [tyrcije
ddumhurijeti] ( listen)), is a parliamentary
republic largely located in Western Asia with
the portion of Eastern Thrace in