98%        
   Turkey    UNITED NATIONS
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   GDP $ 5,830     Population 68,109,469
   Living In Poverty  18%
   Population 2050 (projected) 97,500,000    + 37%
   766,640 sq. km.   86 per sq. km.
   Literacy:  male 94.3%, female 78.7%
   Life Expectancy:  male 69.41 yrs. female 74.3 yrs.
   Environmental & Ecological Factors
   Trafficking in Human Beings Report
   Turkey does not fully comply with the minimum
   standards for the elimination of trafficking human beings.
   Human Rights Report
   Age of Consent - 18
   United Nations International Migration Profile
   Women 15-49 with HIV/AIDS - N/A
   National Intelligence Quotient -  90%
   Corruption Index
   Armed Forces  
   World Bank Report   International Monetary Fund
   USAID Grants taken 1962-2003 - $ 5,496.5 million
   News Sources   World Health Organization
   Freedom House Report   World Trade Organization
   Dünya
   Turkish Daily News
   Zaman
   Istanbul Stock Exchange
   Chambers of Commerce

   Current Conflicts  see also: Kurdistan

              

   Republic of Turkey
   Nation Founded 1923

      86%        
   Syria  
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   GDP $ 7,887     Population 17,585,540
   Living In Poverty  20%
   Population 2050 (projected) 35,000,000  + 99%
   185,170 sq. km.     87 per sq. km.
   Literacy:  male 89.7%, female 64%
   Life Expectancy:  male 68.18 yrs. female 70.67 yrs.
   Environmental & Ecological Factors
   Trafficking in Human Beings Report - N/A
   Syria does not fully comply with the minimum
   standards for the elimination of trafficking human beings.
   Human Rights Report
   Age of Consent - 13
   United Nations International Migration Profile
   Women 15-49 with HIV/AIDS - N/A
   National Intelligence Quotient - 87
   Corruption Index
   Armed Forces   
   World Bank Report   International Monetary Fund
   USAID Grants taken 1962-2003 - $ 194.5 million
   News Sources    World Health Organization
   Freedom House Report
   Syria Times
   Syria Report
   Al Thawra
   Chambers of Commerce

                 

   Syrian Arab Republic
   Nation Founded 1946

     95%        
   Iraq  
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   GDP $ 2,997        Population 24,683,313
   Living In Poverty  N/A
   Population 2050 (projected) 60,500,000    + 150%
   437,072 sq. km.   52 per sq. km.
   Literacy:  male 59.9%, female 24.4%
   Life Expectancy:  male 66.7 yrs. female 68.99 yrs.
   Environmental & Ecological Factors
   Trafficking in Human Beings Report - N/A
   Human Rights Report
   Age of Consent - 18
   United Nations International Migration Profile
   Women 15-49 with HIV/AIDS - N/A
   National Intelligence Quotient - 87
   Corruption Index
   World Bank Report   International Monetary Fund
   USAID Grants taken 1962-2003 - $ 4,155.2 million
   News Sources   World Health Organization
   Freedom House Report
   KurdishMedia.com
   Iraq Daily
   Chambers of Commerce

                     

   Republic of Iraq
   Nation Founded 1932

      99%          
   Iran    UNITED NATIONS
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   GDP $ 6,673     Population 68,278,826
   Living In Poverty  40%
   Population 2050 (projected) 96,500,000    + 45%
   1,600,000 sq. km.   43 per sq. km.
   Literacy:  male 85.6%, female 73%
   Life Expectancy:  male 68.04 yrs. female 70.73 yrs.
   Environmental & Ecological Factors
   Trafficking in Human Beings Report
   Iran does not fully comply with the minimum
   standards for the elimination of trafficking human beings.
   Human Rights Report
   Age of Consent - 14F / 17M
   United Nations International Migration Profile
   Women 15-49 with HIV/AIDS - N/A
   National Intelligence Quotient - 84
   Corruption Index
   Armed Forces   
   World Bank Report   International Monetary Fund
   USAID Grants taken 1962-2003 - $ 109.7 million
   News Sources   World Health Organization
   Freedom House Report
   The Tehran Times
   The Tehran Stock Exchange
   Chambers of Commerce

                     

   Islamic Republic of Iran
   Nation Founded 1979