Turkey, Asia
This post was last updated by José of onez on Sunday, 27 April 2025.

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Turkey is a country located in the Western Asia sub‑region of the Asia continent.
Easy learning about Turkey | |
Turkey is located in | Western Asia Asia Continent |
Turkey has a population of | 87,270,501 inhabitants (2023 UN data) Inhabitants of Turkey are called Turks |
The country’s total area is | 780,580 Km2 ( 485,029 sq mi) |
Turkey’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 116 countries Turkey passport ranks in position nº 44 in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
Turkey GDP per capita is | $16,709 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
Turkey ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
Turkey EPI (English Proficiency Index) | is classified as Low Proficiency in English has a score of 497 ranks 65th worldwide (2024 data from EPI) |
Latitude & Longitude | 39° 00' N, 35° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
Turkey Capital city | Ankara |
Neighbouring countries | Syria, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria. |
Turkey Climate | temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior |
Most predominant religion | Muslim (mostly Sunni), |
Second most predominant religion | other (mostly Christians and Jews) |
Currency name & code | Lira (TRY) |
Internet ccTLD | .tr |
Turkey calling code | +90 |
Turkey administrative divisions
81 provinces (iller)- Adana
- Adiyaman
- Afyonkarahisar
- Agri
- Aksaray
- Amasya
- Ankara
- Antalya
- Ardahan
- Artvin
- Aydin
- Balikesir
- Bartin
- Batman
- Bayburt
- Bilecik
- Bingol
- Bitlis
- Bolu
- Burdur
- Bursa
- Canakkale
- Cankiri
- Corum
- Denizli
- Diyarbakir
- Duzce
- Edirne
- Elazig
- Erzincan
- Erzurum
- Eskisehir
- Gaziantep
- Giresun
- Gumushane
- Hakkari
- Hatay
- Igdir
- Isparta
- Istanbul
- Izmir (Smyrna)
- Kahramanmaras
- Karabuk
- Karaman
- Kars
- Kastamonu
- Kayseri
- Kilis
- Kirikkale
- Kirklareli
- Kirsehir
- Kocaeli
- Konya
- Kutahya
- Malatya
- Manisa
- Mardin
- Mersin
- Mugla
- Mus
- Nevsehir
- Nigde
- Ordu
- Osmaniye
- Rize
- Sakarya
- Samsun
- Sanliurfa
- Siirt
- Sinop
- Sirnak
- Sivas
- Tekirdag
- Tokat
- Trabzon (Trebizond)
- Tunceli
- Usak
- Van
- Yalova
- Yozgat
- Zonguldak
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