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Turkey (country), officially the Republic
of Turkey (in Turkish, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), south-eastern
Europe and south-western Asia, bordered on the north-west
by Bulgaria and Greece; on the north by the Black Sea; on
the north-east by Georgia and Armenia; on the east by Iran;
on the south by Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea; and
on the west by the Aegean Sea. The capital of Turkey is Ankara.
The area of Turkey is 779,452 sq km (300,948 sq mi).
Capital city - Ankara
Population - 62,697,000
Ethnic Groups - 80%Turkish, 19%Kurdish, 1%Other
including Arabs, Greeks, and Armenians
Languages – Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic,
other minority languages
Religions - 99%Islam mainly Sunni, 1%Other
including Eastern Orthodoxy, other Christian denominations
Local Time Zone - GMT+0300

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