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Capital:Ankara

Geography
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 km˛
Geographic coordinates:39 00 N, 35 00 E
Elevation extremes:lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m

People
Population:68,893,918 (July 2004 est.)
Language(s):Turkish

Economy
Currency:Turkish lira (TRL)
Currency code:TRL

Miscellaneous
Country code plate:TR
Internet country code:.tr