Türkiye

Official name: Republic of Turkey
Also known as: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (Turkish)

Turkey Map Outline
Capital: Ankara
Total Area: 783,562 km² (302,535 mi²) (37th)
Approximate population: 85,664,944 (17th) - (2024 est.)
Location: West Asia and Southern Europe
Languages: Turkish, Kurdish
Religions: Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim
Currency: Turkish lira () (TRY)
Time zone: UTC+3 (TRT)
Calling code: (+90)
Organizations: United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Border countries (8): Armenia 328 km (204 mi), Azerbaijan 17 km (11 mi), Bulgaria 259 km (161 mi), Georgia 276 km (171 mi), Greece 212 km (132 mi), Iran 560 km (350 mi), Iraq 378 km (235 mi), Syria 911 km (566 mi).
Coastline: 7,200 km (4,500 mi)
Maritime boundaries: Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea

Turkey is divided into (81) provinces:
Adana, Adıyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Ağrı, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bilecik, Bingöl, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Çanakkale, Çankırı, Çorum, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Edirne, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkâri, Hatay, Isparta, Mersin, Istanbul, İzmir, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kırklareli, Kırşehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Manisa, Kahramanmaraş, Mardin, Muğla, Muş, Nevşehir, Niğde, Ordu, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sivas, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Şanlıurfa, Uşak, Van, Yozgat, Zonguldak, Aksaray, Bayburt, Karaman, Kırıkkale, Batman, Şırnak, Bartın, Ardahan, Iğdır, Yalova, Karabük, Kilis, Osmaniye, Düzce

Cities, towns, and villages

  • Ankara (Ancyra) — the capital of Turkey and its second-largest city
  • Antalya (Attalia) — the fastest growing city, hub to an array of beach resorts
  • Bodrum (Halicarnassus) — a trendy coastal town in the Southern Aegean which turns into a crowded city in the season when it serves as a playground for Turkish and international holidaymakers alike, featuring a citadel, Roman ruins, trendy clubs, and a number of villages surrounding the peninsula each with a different character from classy to rustic
  • Bursa (Prousa) — the first capital of the Ottoman Empire
  • Edirne (Adrianople) — the second capital of the Ottoman Empire
  • Istanbul (Constantinople) — Turkey's largest city, the former capital of both the Ottoman and Byzantine Empires, and the only major city in the world to straddle two continents
  • Izmir (Smyrna) — Turkey's third-largest city
  • Konya (Iconium) — a quite large city that is the heartland of the mystic Sufi order, the site of Rumi's tomb, and with some elegant Seljuq architecture, all surrounded by vast steppes
  • Trabzon (Trebizond) — the wonderful Sümela Monastery is just outside the city and it is a great gateway to exploring the Turkish Northeast
  • Urfa (Edessa) — a magical city with beautiful architecture and extremely friendly locals at the gates of the Eastern World; where Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic and Persian cultures mingle
  • Diyarbakır (Diyarbakir) — Turkey's 9th largest city with the world's second largest walls, ancient sites, and is one of the major cities of Southeastern Anatolia.
  • Cappadocia (Kapadokya) — an area in the central highlands best known for its unique moon-like landscape (the "fairy chimneys"), underground cities, cave churches and houses carved in the rocks.

Interesting facts:
- Istanbul is the only city in the world which straddles two continents: Europe and Asia.
- Istanbul (Constantinople) was once Capital of the Ottoman Empire. It changed its name to Istanbul in 1930 after the War of Independence.
- Turkey has over 82,000 mosques, with around 3,000 in Istanbul alone.
- Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar has 64 streets and 4,000 shops

Natural resources: coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower.
Administrative divisions of Turkey