Turkey is a large, middle - income country with relatively few natural resources. Textiles and Clothing industry's are amongst the largest industrial sector contributing for up to one-third of the industrial employment. The service industry contributes over 50 percent of the country's economy with some of the main produces being textiles, food processing, mining including coal, chromite, copper, and boron. The agricultural industry is very successful accounting for over 30 percent of the economy. The official currency is the Lira. Turkey's economy is dependent on a two different aspects of its country's heritage. While the time-honored agricultural segment is a major contributor, so are the new industrial sectors of banking, transport, and communications.