2008 Book Market in Turkey Report
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General Statistics |
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Total Population |
71.517.100 |
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
742 094 Million $ |
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GDP Per Capita (Purchasing Power Parity) |
47 |
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Fundamental Publishing Data |
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Number of publishing houses |
1432 |
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Number of bookstores |
6000 |
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Number of distribution companies |
150 |
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Number of new titles (2008 ISBN) |
32339 |
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Number of books produced (2008 Banderole numbers) |
163.165.695 |
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Number of textbooks (Distributed free of charge) |
128.233.848 |
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Total number of books produced |
291.399.543 |
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(Except less than 48 p. educational books) |
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Number of books produced per capita |
4 |
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VAT charged for books |
%8 (Standard rate %18) |
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Max |
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Textbooks |
1.2 |
1.2 |
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Trade Books |
10 |
18 |
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Academic Books |
10 |
15,4 |
2008 End Year Book Wholesales Market
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Segments |
Market Size (Million $) |
Market Share (%) |
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Educational Books |
380 |
50 |
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a. Textbooks |
180 |
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b. Supplementary Textbooks and Exam |
200 |
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Trade Books |
300 |
40 |
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Academic Books |
25 |
3 |
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Imported Books |
55 |
7 |
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a. ELT Books |
35 |
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b. Other imported books (academic books, |
20 |
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TOTAL |
760 |
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