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Psychiatry in Turkey

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Bulent Coskun
Bulent Coskun*
Affiliation:
Kocaeli University Medical School; Research and Training Centre, Kocaeli University, email bcoskun@isbank.net.tr
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The Republic of Turkey has a population of 67.4 million (year 2000) and covers 783 563 km2; administratively it is divided into 81 provinces. A few national statistics from 2000 are: infant death rate 41.9/1000; life expectancy at birth 68 years; unemployment rate 6.6%; gross national product (GNP) per capita US$2965; and adult literacy rate 87.32% (females 80.64%; males 93.86%) (State Statistics Institute, 2003).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , January 2004 , pp. 13 - 15
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