Turkey

Country code: TR

Location: southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia

Area: 783,562 sq km

Population: 78,785,548 (est 2011.)

Capital: Ankara

Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek

Currency: Turkish Lira

Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2%

Industries: textiles, food processing, automobiles, electronics, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper

Agriculture (products): tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, hazelnuts, pulse, citrus; livestock

Exports (commodities): apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment

Imports (commodities): machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment

BDP: 729.1 billion USD (est 2010.)

BDP/p.c.: 12,300 USD (est 2010.)

Trademarks

Use of the mark: compulsory
Non-use period: 4 years and 9 months from the filing date
Duration of protection: 10 years after the filing date or last renewal date

Forms:

Power of attorney
Assignment of declaration

Patents

Examination:
- non examined patent – only formal examination – valid 7 years from the filing date
- patent: issued after a formal and substantial examination – valid for 20 years

Forms:

Assignment of declaration

Designs

Duration of protection: 5 years from the filing date