Turkey
Western AsiaAsia
A country on two continents: a small part lies in Europe, the rest in Asia. You will find Turkey in Western Asia. The capital is Ankara. About 83 million people live in the country.
- Capital
- Ankara
- People
- 83 million
- Size
- 780,000 km²
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Istanbul lies on both continents, with the Bosphorus strait running through the middle.
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The capital is Ankara, not Istanbul.
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The tulip came to the Netherlands from Turkey, in the sixteenth century.
Compare with
Size
Turkey780,000 km²
United Kingdom240,000 km²You could fit the United Kingdom into Turkey about 3.3 times.
People
Turkey83 millionUnited Kingdom67 millionAbout as many people live in Turkey as in the United Kingdom.
Its colours are red and white.
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- Ankara
- Istanbul
- İzmir
- Bursa
- Adana
- Gaziantep
- Konya
- Tarsus
- Antalya
- Trabzon
- Diyarbakır
- Mersin
- Samsun
- Kayseri
- Eskişehir
- İzmit
- Malatya
- Şanlıurfa
- Erzurum
- Kahramanmaraş
- Denizli
- Van
- Batman
- İskenderun
- Adapazarı
- Rize
- Elazığ
- Sivas
- Balıkesir
- Adapazarı
- Manisa
- Adıyaman
- Kırıkkale
- Aydın
- Kütahya
- Çorum
- Isparta
- Afyonkarahisar
- Zonguldak
- Ordu
- Antakya
- Uşak
- Nusaybin
- Tokat
- Erzincan
- Karabük
- Edirne
- Tekirdağ
- Karaman
- Siirt
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Neighbours
8 countries border Turkey.
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Georgia
Greece
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Bahrain
Cyprus
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
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