title: The crisis of population knowledge in Turkey.
abstract: "The main purpose of this paper is to present some basic information about the population of Turkey.... This paper looks primarily at the time sequences of the outcomes for key demographic variables....A brief account is given in the last part of this paper of the theoretical frameworks that are employed to explain the decline of birth rates from very high to low levels in Turkey."
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Shorter
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005298:Fertility; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012942:Social Sciences; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Asia; Birth Rate; Demographic Factors; Demography; Developing Countries; Fertility; Fertility Decline--determinants; Fertility Measurements; Mediterranean Countries; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Theory; Social Sciences; Turkey; Western Asia