Country Information Turkey

Map Turkey:


Capital:	Ankara
Geography Turkey:
Continent:	Asia
Location:	southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria
Area:	814,578 km²
Geographic coordinates:	39 00 N, 35 00 E
Elevation extremes:	lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
	highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m
People Turkey:
Population:	68,893,918 (July 2004 est.)
Language(s):	Turkish
Economy Turkey:
Currency:	Turkish lira (TRL)
Currency code:	TRL
Miscellaneous Turkey:
Country code plate:	TR
Internet country code:	.tr
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