Turkey Map

CAPITAL: Ankara

SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Multiparty Republic

AREA: 779,452 Square Kilometers (300,948 Square Miles)

ESTIMATED POPULATION: 68,000,000

LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: Turkey is on the Anatolian Peninsula in West Asia and Eastern Thrace. The Agean Sea it to the west, Bulgaria and the Black Sea to the north, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia and Iran to the east and Iraq, Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

PEOPLE: The largest group are the Turks who account for most of the population.

LANGUAGES: The official language is Turkish which is spoken by most of the population.