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Region: Asia and the Pacific

Capital: Ankara

Population: 86,756,880

Area Total: 780,580

Area Land: 770,760

Climate: Temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior.



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Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Ankara 3,517,182 2020
Istanbul 11,174,257 2020
Izmir 2,500,603 2020

Other Key Data
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%

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