# Turkey

Turkey

sovereign state, transcontinental country, Mediterranean country, country, social state, regional power, secular state, successor state| Part of | Balkans, Middle East, Mediterranean Basin, Black Sea Basin, Eurasia  |
| Year dem found am | 29 October 1923  |
| Name in native language | Türkiye Cumhuriyeti  |
| Official name | Türkiye Cumhuriyeti  |
| Native label | Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, Türkiye  |
| Short name | Türkiye, TC  |
| IPA transcription | ˈtyɾ.ci.je  |
| Ethnic group | Turks, Kurds  |
| Participant insyd | Spain–Turkey relations  |
| Official language | Turkish  |
| Anthem | İstiklâl Marşı  |
| Culture | culture of Turkey  |
| Motto text | Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh, Heddwch gartref, heddwch yn y byd  |
| Continent | Asia, Europe  |
| Country | Turkey  |
| Capital | Ankara  |
| Located in time zone | UTC+03:00, Europe/Istanbul, Asia/Istanbul  |
| Located in or next to body of water | Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Aegean Sea, Levantine Sea  |
| Located in/on physical feature | Balkans, West Asia  |
| Coordinate location | 39°0′0″N 36°0′0″E  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 39°39′12″N 44°49′1″E  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 42°6′17″N 27°14′25″E  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 35°48′32″N 36°9′5″E  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 40°7′30″N 25°39′56″E  |
| Highest point | Mount Ararat  |
| Lowest point | Black Sea  |
| Government ein basic form | unitary state, presidential system  |
| Office held by head of state | President of Turkey  |
| State ein head | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan  |
| Office head of government hold | President of Turkey  |
| Government ein head | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan  |
| Has cabinet | Cabinet of Turkey  |
| Executive body | government of Turkey  |
| Legislative body | Grand National Assembly of Turkey  |
| Central bank | Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey  |
| Public holiday | Novruz, Democracy and National Unity Day  |
| Currency | Turkish lira  |
| Driving side | right  |
| Electrical plug type | Schuko, Europlug  |
| Dey replace | Ottoman Empire  |
| Dema official website |   |
| Described at URL |   |
| Hashtag | Turkey, Türkiye  |
| Top-level Internet domain | .tr  |
| Flag | flag of Turkey  |
| Coat of arms | national emblem of Turkey  |
| Geography of topic | Geography of Turkey  |
| Get characteristic | partly free country  |
| History of topic | history of Turkey  |
| ‎most populous urban area | Istanbul  |
| Railway traffic side | right  |
| Economy of topic | economy of Turkey  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of Turkey  |
| Gregorian calendar start date | 26 December 1925  |
| Mobile country code | 286  |
| Country calling code | +90, +36  |
| Trunk prefix | 0  |
| Emergency phone number | 112, 177  |
| GS1 country code | 868-869  |
| Licence plate code | TR  |
| Maritime identification digits | 271  |
| Unicode character | 🇹🇷  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Turkey  |

**Turkey**, officially de **Republic of Türkiye**, be a country wey mainly dey locate insyd Anatolia insyd West Asia, plus relatively small part dem call East Thrace insyd Southeast Europe. E dey border de Black Sea to de north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, den Iran to de east; Iraq, Syria, den de Mediterranean Sea to de south; den de Aegean Sea, Greece, den Bulgaria to de west. Turkey be home to over 85 million people; chaw be ethnic Turks, while ethnic Kurds be de largest ethnic minority. Officially a secular state, Turkey get a Muslim-majority population. Ankara be Turkey ein capital den second-largest city. Istanbul be ein largest city den economic center. Oda major cities dey include İzmir, Bursa, den Antalya.

## Demographics

| Largest cities anaa towns insyd Turkey

TÜİK ein address-based calculation from 31 December 2023 dem publish for 7th of February 2024. |
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| Rank | Name | Pop. | Rank | Name | Pop. |
| 1 | Istanbul | 15,655,924 | 11 | Mersin | 1,938,389 |
| 2 | Ankara | 5,803,482 | 12 | Diyarbakır | 1,818,133 |
| 3 | İzmir | 4,479,525 | 13 | Hatay | 1,544,640 |
| 4 | Bursa | 3,214,571 | 14 | Manisa | 1,475,716 |
| 5 | Antalya | 2,696,249 | 15 | Kayseri | 1,445,683 |
| 6 | Konya | 2,320,241 | 16 | Samsun | 1,377,546 |
| 7 | Adana | 2,270,298 | 17 | Balıkesir | 1,273,519 |
| 8 | Şanlıurfa | 2,213,964 | 18 | Tekirdağ | 1,167,059 |
| 9 | Gaziantep | 2,164,134 | 19 | Aydın | 1,161,702 |
| 10 | Kocaeli | 2,102,907 | 20 | Van | 1,127,612 |

**General OECD Data | Türkiye
* Geographic data related to Turkey at OpenStreetMap

**Tourism Go Türkiye – Türkiye's official tourism portal
* Official website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism

**Government Official website of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
* Official website of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

**Economy Official website of the Ministry of Economy