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Country Overview
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Largest Cities
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City
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Population
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Estimated
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Ankara
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3,517,182
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2020
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Istanbul
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11,174,257
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2020
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Izmir
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2,500,603
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2020
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| Region: |
Asia and the Pacific |
| Population: |
86,756,880 |
| Area Total: |
780,580km2 |
| Area Land: |
770,760km2 |
| Coast Line: |
7,200km |
| Capital: |
Ankara |
| Climate: |
Temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior. |
| Languages: |
Turkish; Kurdish, Arabic, Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek, Domani, Romani, Ladino, Serbian and Tartar also spoken |
| Currency: |
Turkish lira |
| Holiday: |
Anniversary of the Republic is 29 October (1923), Victory Day is 30 August, Freedom and Constitution Day is 27 May |
Average Daily Temperature
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| January: |
°C / 36.10°F |
| July: |
°C / 73.30°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 25.7" |
Boundaries
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Syria
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822 km
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Iran
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499 km
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Iraq
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331 km
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Armenia
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268 km
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Georgia
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252 km
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Bulgaria
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240 km
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Greece
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206 km
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Azerbaijan
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9 km
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Ethnic Divisions
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Turkish
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80.00%
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Kurdish
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20.00%
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Religions
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Muslim
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99.80%
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Other
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0.20%
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CountryWire
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