Area: 779,452 sq km
Population: 78.1 million
Capital City: Ankara
People: Turks (85%), Kurds (12%), 3% other Islamic peoples, Armenians, Jews
Language: Turkish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Kurdish
Religion: Muslim
Time Zone: GMT+2
Dialling Code: 90
Weights & measures: Metric
Member of EU: No
The Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti) is located in South Eastern Europe (the area west of the Bosporus) and South Western Asia. Turkey is bordered by the Aegean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, Greece, Bulgaria, the Black Sea, Azerbaijan, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Iraq and Syria.
Ankara is the capital and second largest city of Turkey. Istanbul is largest city, finance capital and largest port. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, Adana, Gaziantep, Kocaeli (İzmit), Denizli, Kayseri, Mersin (İçel), Trabzon, Antalya, Samsun, Konya, Erzurum, Tekirdağ, Edirne.
Turkey can be divided into seven geographical regions: Marmara (Marmara) Region, Black Sea (Karadeniz) Region, Central Anatolia (Orta Anadolu) Region, the Mediterranean (Akdeniz) Region, Aegean (Ege) Region, Eastern Anatolia (Doğu Anadolu) Region and the South Eastern Anatolia (Güneydoğu Anadolu) Region.
The terrain is mountainous with a central plateau and a narrow coastal plain. Turkey has many rivers including the Fırat, Kızılırmak, Menderes, Sakarya, and Yeşilırmak.
Turkey’s weather varies according to region but is generally hot and dry in the summer and cold in the winters.
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