2009 Book Market in Turkey Report
| General Statistics | |
| Total Population | 72.561.312 |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | 616 703 Million $ |
| GDP Per Capita (Purchasing Power Parity) | 46 |
Fundamental Publishing Data |
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| Number of publishing houses | 1546 |
| Number of bookstores | 6000 |
| Number of distribution companies | 150 |
| Number of new titles (2009 ISBN) | 31.286 |
| Number of books produced (2009 Banderole numbers) | 170.324.457 |
| Number of textbooks (Distributed free of charge) | 183.268.000 |
| Total number of books produced (Except less than 48 pages educational books) |
353.592.457 |
| Number of books produced per capita | |
| VAT charged for books | %8 (Standard rate %18) |
Average book prices (USD) |
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| Net | Max | |
| Textbooks | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Trade Books | 10 | 18 |
| Academic Books | 10 | 15,4 |
2009 End Year Book Wholesales Market
| Segments |
Market Size (Million $) |
Market Share (%) |
|
| Educational Books |
750 |
62 |
|
| a. Textbooks | 190 | ||
| b. Supplementary Textbooks | 110 | ||
| c. Exam Preparation Books | 450 | ||
| Trade Books |
300 |
25 |
|
| Academic Books |
20 |
8 |
|
| Imported Books |
55 |
5 |
|
| a. ELT Books | 35 | ||
| b. Other imported books (academic books, library purchases etc.) | 20 | ||
| TOTAL |
1125 |
2009 End Year Book Retail Market
| Segments |
Market Size (Million $) |
Market Share (%) |
|
| Educational Books |
1120 |
62 |
|
| a. Textbooks | 190 | ||
| b. Supplementary Textbooks | 180 | ||
| c. Exam Preparation Books | 750 | ||
| Trade Books |
500 |
26 |
|
| Academic Books |
31 |
8 |
|
| Imported Books |
79 |
4 |
|
| a. ELT Books |
54 |
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| b. Other imported books (academic books, library purchases etc.) |
25 |
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| SUB TOTAL |
1730 |
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| TOTAL (%7 consumer discount) |
1609 |
Number of Titles According to Subject Categories
31286 titles produced in 2009 are categorized as follows: 413 General Topics, 1073 Philosophy and Psychology, 2151 Religion, 12321 Social Sciences, 413 Language and Linguistics, 293 Natural Sciences and Matematics, 1826 Technology and Applied Sciences, 928 Fine Arts, 9512 Literature and Rhetorics, 2356 Geography and History.
Libraries
Total number of public libraries under the General Directorate of Libraries and Publications in 2009 is 1149. In 2009, 2702 titles and 636700 books has been purchased, 149 periodicals has been subscribed by the libraries.
[*] Some data in this report are compiled from the data of Turkish Statistical Institute, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Federation of Publishing Licensing Societies and Ministry of Education.