Official Name: Republic of Turkey Location: Southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus Strait 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. Capital: Ankara Area: total: 780,580 sq km land: 770,760 sq km water: 9,820 sq km Lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m. Highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m.

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Population: 71,158,647 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Turk(s) Ethnic groups: Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20%. Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews). Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek.

Temperate. Hot dry summers with mild wet winters. Harsher in the interior.

Government type: Republican parliamentary democracy. Independence: 29 October 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman Empire). National holiday: Independence Day, 29 October (1923).

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