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 |
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Area |
total: 780,580 sq km
land: 770,760 sq km
water: 9,820 sq km |
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Land boundaries |
total: 2,648 km
border countries: Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km
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Climate |
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
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Natural resources |
coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower
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Geography - note |
strategic location controlling the Turkish Straits (Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles) that link Black and Aegean Seas; Mount Ararat, the legendary landing place of Noah's Ark, is in the far eastern portion of the country
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Government type |
republican parliamentary democracy
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Currency - Currency code |
Turkish Lira - TL
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Internet country code: |
.tr
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Internet users: |
5.5 million (2003)
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