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<text id=94CT1432><title>Turkey—Communications</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Turkey<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 8,429 km 1.435-meter gauge (including 795 km electrified)
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 320,611 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 27,000 km (including 138 km of expressways)
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel 18,500 km; earth 275,111 km (1988)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> about 1,200 km
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 1,738 km; petroleum products 2,321 km; natural gas 708 km
<item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Iskenderun, Istanbul, Mersin, Izmir
<item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 390 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,664,205 GRT/8,163,379 DWT, bulk 103, cargo 195, chemical tanker 10, combination bulk 5, combination ore/oil 12, container 2, liquefied gas 4, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 41, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 2
<item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 113
<item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 105
<item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 69
<item>• <hi format=ital>with runways over 3,659 m:</hi> 3
<item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 2,440-3,659 m:</hi> 32
<item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 1,220-2,439 m:</hi> 27
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> fair domestic and international systems; trunk radio relay microwave network; limited open wire network; 3,400,000 telephones; broadcast stations—15 AM; 94 FM; 357 TV; 1 satellite ground station operating in the INTELSAT (2 Atlantic Ocean antennas) and EUTELSAT systems; 1 submarine cable
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