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Republic of Turkey
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti
Flag
Motto:
Egemenlik, kayıtsız şartsız Milletindir[1]
"
Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the
Nation"
Anthem:
İstiklal Marşı
Independence March
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Capital Ankara
39°55′
N 32°50′E
Largest city Istanbul
41°
1′N 28°57′E
Official languages Turkish
Ethnic groups (2008[2])
70–75%
Turks
18%
Kurds
7–12% others
Demonym
Turkish
Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
-
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
-
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
- Speaker of the
Parliament Cemil Çiçek
Legislature
Grand National Assembly
Succession to the
Ottoman Empire
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Government of the Grand National Assembly 23
April 1920
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Treaty of Lausanne 24 July 1923
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Declaration of
Republic 29 October 1923
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Current constitution
7 November 1982
Area
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Total 783,562 km2 (37th)
302,535 sq mi
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Water (%) 1.3
Population
-
2013 census 76,667,864 [3] (
18th)
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Density 100 [3]/km2 (108th)
259/sq mi
GDP (
PPP) 2014 estimate
-
Total $1.512 trillion[4] (17th)
-
Per capita $19,556[4] (
61st)
GDP (nominal) 2014 estimate
- Total $
813.316 billion[4] (18th)
- Per capita $10,518[4] (67th)
Gini (
2010) negative increase 40.2[5]
medium · 56th
HDI (2013)
Steady 0.759[6]
high ·
69th
Currency Turkish lira (Turkish lira
symbol black
.svg) (
TRY)
Time zone
EET (
UTC+2)
-
Summer (
DST)
EEST (
UTC+3)
Date format dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Drives on the right
Calling code +90
ISO 3166 code TR
Internet TLD .tr
Turkey (Listeni/ˈtɜr.ki/; Turkish:
Türkiye, pronounced [tyrkije]), officially the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, pronounced [tyrkije d͡ʒumhurijeti] ( listen)), is a contiguous transcontinental parliamentary republic largely located in
Western Asia with the smaller portion of
Eastern Thrace in
Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries:
Bulgaria to the northwest;
Greece to the west;
Georgia to the northeast;
Armenia,
Iran and the
Azerbaijani exclave of
Nakhchivan to the east; and
Iraq and
Syria to the southeast. The
Mediterranean Sea is to the south; the
Aegean Sea to the west; and the
Black Sea to the north.
The Sea of Marmara, the
Bosphorus and the
Dardanelles (which together form the
Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between
Thrace and
Anatolia; they also separate
Europe and
Asia.[7] Turkey's location at the crossroads of Europe and Asia makes it a country of significant geostrategic importance.[8]
Turkey has been inhabited since the paleolithic age,[9] including various
Ancient Anatolian civilizations,
Aeolian and
Ionian Greeks, Thracians and Persians.[10][11][12] After
Alexander the Great's conquest, the area was Hellenized, which continued with the
Roman rule and the transition into the
Byzantine Empire.[11][13]
The Seljuk Turks began migrating into the area in the
11th century, starting the process of Turkification, which was greatly accelerated by the Seljuk victory over the Byzantines at the
Battle of Manzikert in 1071.[14] The
Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm ruled Anatolia until the
Mongol invasion in 1243, upon which it disintegrated into several small Turkish beyliks.