Original Message: ----------------- From: Sabri Oncu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:25:21 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:34048] Re: Turkey
More than that. I read somewhere a while ago that Turkey has the third largest military on earth, although I don't know which country is the second. I also find it unbelievable. It is very sad but it is true. Sabri Here is a source The following report from the US State Department is not a very recent one, but contains a lot of comparative data http://www.state.gov/t/vc/rls/rpt/wmeat/99_00/ Another staggering fact, based on this report, Turkey is the second largest armament importer ($3.2 billions) after S. Arabia ($7.7 billions), the third is unexpectedly Japan ($3 billions) as of 1999. Turkey's unacceptable ranking becomes more intolarable when you compare its GNP per capita with the other two countries' figures --2.3 times less than SA, and 12 times less than Japan. S. Arabia is hard to beat, it is spending 36% of its GNP for arms imports whereas Turkey and Japan are spending 32% and 7%, respectively. As to the sizes of the armies, I checked China first, expecting to have the largest. According to this document, China's army is 2.4 million, wheras the US, Russia, and Turkey have 1.49, 0.9, and 0.79 million, respectively(as of 1999). Greetings from Porto Alegre... As you might have heard this, the Social Forum will be in Delhi in 2004! Ahmet -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
