| Official name | Republic of Turkey |
| Name in local language | Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (tr) |
| Continent | Asia |
| Subcontinent | Western Asia |
| Population (ranking: 18e) | 82,003,882 inhabitants (2019) |
| Population growth | 1.47 % / year |
| Area | 783,562 km² |
| Density | 104.66 inhabitants / km² |
| GDP (ranking: 19e) | 766.509 billions $USD (2018) |
| GDP/capita (ranking) | 9,311 $USD (2018) |
| GDP growth | 2.60 % / year (2018) |
| Life expectancy (ranking) | 77.40 years (2018) |
| Birth rate | 16.90 ‰ (2013) |
| Fertility rate | 2.14 children / woman (2015) |
| Death rate (ranking) | 4.90 ‰ (2013) |
| Infant mortality rate (ranking) | 10.80 ‰ (2013) |
| Literacy rate | 99.48 % (2015) |
| Official languages | Turkish |
| Currency | Turkish lira (₺ TRY) |
| HDI (ranking: 84e) | 0.806 / 1 (2018) |
| EPI (ranking) | 52.96 (2018) |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic |
| Head of State | President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| National Day | 29 October (Fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1923 and Declaration of Republic) |
| ISO Codes | TR, TUR |
| Demonym | Turkish |
| Tourists (ranking) | 45,628,673 people (2018) |
Turkey is a transcontinental country located on the borders of Asia and Europe. It has borders with Greece, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan (Nakhchivan), Iran, Iraq and Syria. It is bordered on the north by the Black Sea, on the west by the Aegean Sea and on the south by the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. Eastern Thrace, the European part of the country, and Anatolia (Asia) are separated by the Sea of Marmara and the Straits of the Bosphorus (or Istanbul Strait) to the east and the Dardanelles to the west. Turkey is a parliamentary republic, its official language is Turkish and its capital is Ankara.
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Urban areas (2019)
| Urban areas | Population |
|---|---|
| Istanbul | 15,067,724 inhabitants |
| Ankara | 5,503,985 inhabitants |
| Izmir (İzmir ; Smyrna) | 4,320,519 inhabitants |
| Adana-Mersin | 3,975,522 inhabitants |
| Bursa | 2,994,521 inhabitants |
| Antalya | 2,426,356 inhabitants |
| Konya | 2,161,303 inhabitants |
| Gaziantep | 1,974,244 inhabitants |
| Sanliurfa (Şanlıurfa ; Urfa) | 1,940,627 inhabitants |
| Izmit (İzmit ; Kocaeli) | 1,830,772 inhabitants |
| Diyarbakir (Diyarbakır) | 1,673,119 inhabitants |
| Antakya (Antioch) | 1,555,165 inhabitants |
| Manisa | 1,396,945 inhabitants |
| Kayseri | 1,358,980 inhabitants |
| Samsun | 1,295,927 inhabitants |
| Balikesir (Balıkesir) | 1,196,176 inhabitants |
| Kahramanmaras (Kahramanmaraş) | 1,112,634 inhabitants |
| Van | 1,100,190 inhabitants |
| Aydin (Aydın) | 1,068,260 inhabitants |
| Adapazari (Adapazarı) | 976,948 inhabitants |
| Eskisehir (Eskişehir) | 844,842 inhabitants |
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Administrative divisions
| Regions and Provinces | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Adana | 2,220,125 inhabitants | 14,046 km² |
| Adıyaman | 624,513 inhabitants | 7,606 km² |
| Aegean (Ege) (Region) | 10,514,200 inhabitants | 93,139 km² |
| Afyonkarahisar (Afyon) | 725,568 inhabitants | 14,719 km² |
| Ağrı | 539,657 inhabitants | 11,499 km² |
| Aksaray | 412,172 inhabitants | 7,966 km² |
| Amasya | 337,508 inhabitants | 5,704 km² |
| Ankara | 5,503,985 inhabitants | 25,402 km² |
| Antalya | 2,426,356 inhabitants | 20,791 km² |
| Ardahan | 98,907 inhabitants | 4,968 km² |
| Artvin | 174,010 inhabitants | 7,367 km² |
| Aydın | 1,097,746 inhabitants | 7,904 km² |
| Balıkesir | 1,226,575 inhabitants | 14,473 km² |
| Bartın | 198,999 inhabitants | 2,080 km² |
| Batman | 599,103 inhabitants | 4,659 km² |
| Bayburt | 82,274 inhabitants | 3,739 km² |
| Bilecik | 223,448 inhabitants | 4,307 km² |
| Bingöl | 281,205 inhabitants | 8,254 km² |
| Bitlis | 349,396 inhabitants | 7,094 km² |
| Black Sea (Karadeniz) (Region) | 7,973,211 inhabitants | 143,537 km² |
| Bolu | 311,810 inhabitants | 8,323 km² |
| Burdur | 269,926 inhabitants | 7,135 km² |
| Bursa | 2,994,521 inhabitants | 10,886 km² |
| Çanakkale | 540,662 inhabitants | 9,950 km² |
| Çankırı | 216,362 inhabitants | 7,492 km² |