Turkish Statistical Institute

{{Short description|Turkish government agency}}

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|nativename = Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu

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|headquarters = Ankara, Turkey

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|formed = {{start date and age|1926|04|25|df=yes|paren=yes}}

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|chief1_name = Erhan Çetinkaya

|chief1_position = President

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|website = {{URL|tuik.gov.tr}}

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Turkish Statistical Institute (commonly known as TurkStat; {{langx|tr|Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu}} or TÜİK) is the Turkish government agency commissioned with producing official statistics on Turkey, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Erdoğan sacks two vice chairmen at TurkStat |url=https://www.turkishminute.com/2022/03/17/ogan-sacks-two-vice-chairmen-at-turkstat/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=Turkish Minute |date= 17 March 2022|language=en-US}} It was founded in 1926 and headquartered in Ankara. Formerly named as the State Institute of Statistics (Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü (DİE)), the institute was renamed as the Turkish Statistical Institute on November 18, 2005.

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