Turkish Statistics Institute

Turkey's exports rose by 19.8 percent in March from a year earlier to stand at $22.7 billion, official data have shown.

A recent survey released on April 1 by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) has shown that 56.8 percent of first marriages across the country in 2021 were arranged marriages, with individuals or their family's decisions.

Around 46.1 percent of arranged marriages happened with the decision of an individual, according to the "Turkish Family Structure Survey."

A recent survey released on April 1 by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) has shown that 56.8 percent of first marriages across the country in 2021 were arranged marriages, with individuals or their family's decisions.

Around 46.1 percent of arranged marriages happened with the decision of an individual, according to the "Turkish Family Structure Survey."

An expert projects that the share of the elderly population in Turkey's total population will reach the same level in Europe in 2060 given the current trajectory of the fertility rate in the country.

The fertility rate represents the ratio between the average number of live births in a year and the number that a woman would have during her childbearing years - the 15-49 age group.

At least six people were killed and 42 others were injured when an intercity bus and a truck collided in western Turkey on Aug. 6.

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The accident occurred in the province of Muğla's Soma district in the early hours.

Retail prices in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city by population, rose 1.52 percent month-on-month in July, data from the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO) have shown.

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Housing expenses increased by 4.67 percent last month from June while the increase in food prices in the country's commercial and financial center was 1.15 percent.

Cultural expenditures increased by 4.7 percent in Turkey in 2019 compared to the previous year and reached 56.9 million Turkish Liras.

Nearly 5,500 people were killed and more than 280,000 others were injured in road accidents in Turkey in 2019, the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) has reported.

Nearly 5,500 people were killed and more than 280,000 others were injured in road accidents in Turkey in 2019, down from some 6,700 deaths in the previous year, the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) has reported.

Over the past 10 years, the highest casualties in traffic accidents were recorded in 2015 with 7,500 deaths.

Turkey is planning to run tests on up to 150,000 people across the country to see the extent of the spread of the coronavirus, the health minister has said.

As of May 6, Turkey has carried out well over 1.2 million tests while the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has climbed to nearly 132,000. The death toll from the outbreak has exceeded 3,500.