Country Overview
Largest Cities
|
City
|
Population
|
Estimated
|
Ankara
|
3,517,182
|
2020
|
Istanbul
|
11,174,257
|
2020
|
Izmir
|
2,500,603
|
2020
|
Region: |
Asia and the Pacific |
Population: |
86,756,880 |
Area Total: |
780,580km2 |
Area Land: |
770,760km2 |
Coast Line: |
7,200km |
Capital: |
Ankara |
Climate: |
Temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior. |
Languages: |
Turkish; Kurdish, Arabic, Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek, Domani, Romani, Ladino, Serbian and Tartar also spoken |
Currency: |
Turkish lira |
Holiday: |
Anniversary of the Republic is 29 October (1923), Victory Day is 30 August, Freedom and Constitution Day is 27 May |
Average Daily Temperature
|
January: |
°C / 36.10°F |
July: |
°C / 73.30°F |
Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 25.7" |
Boundaries
|
Syria
|
822 km
|
Iran
|
499 km
|
Iraq
|
331 km
|
Armenia
|
268 km
|
Georgia
|
252 km
|
Bulgaria
|
240 km
|
Greece
|
206 km
|
Azerbaijan
|
9 km
|
Ethnic Divisions
|
Turkish
|
80.00%
|
Kurdish
|
20.00%
|
Religions
|
Muslim
|
99.80%
|
Other
|
0.20%
|
CountryWire
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