State of Turkey

Military
- Defection, siege of Izmir (4.3 million)
- So far, military casualties are estimated at 1800, confirmed civilian casualties stands at 12

Political
- No acting central government at this time. Turkey has fragmented into four distinct factions.
- CHP
   - Controls Istanbul with ~80% support
   - Has troops: 80,000; these are mostly located in Istanbul
   - Led by Kılıçdaroğlu
- AKP
   - Controls central chunk of country including Ankara
   - Most likely has most popular support, but unknown
   - Has troops: Gendarmerie (150,000); 30,000 military forces
   - Led by Yildirim (Oktay died suddenly, said to be from natural causes, but unconfirmed)
- Kurds
   - 240,000 troops, increasing as
   - Declared as an independent state
   - Led by Karayılan of the Kurdish Worker’s Party
   - Likely has plenty of money due to siphoning off energy flow from oil pipelines
   - Primarily seeks to be a successful independent nation
- Military Defection
   - Led by Güler, former chief of staff
   - Estimated troop count at 400,000 (well-trained)
   - Seized control of Konya and Antalya
   - Sieging AKP troops in control of Izmir (likely to win this conflict soon)

Health
- Supporting international NGOs to operate in the country
   - Doctors without Borders
   - Innovative health and technology companies
- International investments have led to increase in medicine available throughout the country
- Methods of distribution are limited to rural areas
- Cities, where the health crisis broke out, have improved dramatically, but the diseases have spread to rural areas
- Death toll has risen to slightly above 9,000

Economic
- Large amount of foreign investment
- Inflation still high at 45%
- Unemployment has risen to 40%
- Economy has entered a prolonged recession (~3 months) and shrunk by 8%
- Foreign investment in the country has fallen

Agriculture
- Shortage this year domestically
- Likely to be okay in the long-term
- Will hurt exports in the short term

Energy
- Energy supplies have been depleted by 15%, notably from shortages in oil reserves.
- Infrastructure development throughout Turkey’s southern border has begun, but is making slow progress

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