Turkey Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Turkey with its capital Ankara is located in Asia (Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea). It covers some 780,581 square kilometres (slightly larger than Texas) with 71,892,000 citizens. Turkish, Kurdish, Azerbaijani and Avaric are the languages used by people in Turkey (consider regional differences). Syria, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Bulgaria are bordering countries.

Turkey is on the Mediterranean, in the Anatolian region of West Asia, with a small section in Southeastern Europe separated by the Turkish Straits (Bosphorus, Sea of Marmara, and Dardanelles). As a general rule, most museums and sites of ancient cities in Turkey are closed on Mondays, although there are numerous exceptions to this. At the crossroads of civilizations, all parts of Turkey are full of a mindblowing number of ancient ruins. While Turkey is rightly renowned for its warm Mediterranean beaches, wintersports, especially skiing, is very much a possibility—and indeed a popular activity—in the mountainous interior of the country between October and April, with a guaranteed stable snowcover and constant below freezing temperatures between December and March. Some more eastern resorts have longer periods of snowcover.

Pictures from Capital (Ankara)

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About Turkey

The topography featureshigh central plateau (Anatolia) with narrow coastal plain and several mountain ranges. The average density of population is about 92 per km². The climate in Turkey can be described as temperate with hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters, harsher in interior. Potential natural disasters are severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van.

To reach someone in Turkey dial +90 prior to a number. There are 16,534,000 installed telephones. And there are 62,780,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".tr". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 81 regions/states in Turkey we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Turkish population grew at a rate of 1.27% (or by 988,890 citizens). With 474,605 deaths and 1,422,259 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.22%. 41,236 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Turkey: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.