Country guide
Turkey
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Turkey.
Key facts
- Capital
- Ankara
- Region
- Asia
- Area
- 783,562 km²
- Population
- 85,664,944
Neighboring countries
Turkey has 8 land neighbors in the country data.
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bulgaria
- Georgia
- Greece
- Iran
- Iraq
- Syria
Learn Turkey
Turkey is a useful country to learn because it connects political geography with map-reading. Its shape, flag and capital give learners several memory hooks, while its region in Asia helps place it in the wider world map.
The capital is Ankara. The country covers 783,562 km² and has a population of about 85,664,944. Those figures make it easier to compare Turkey with other countries during area and population stages.
Border practice matters for Turkey because it has 8 land neighbors. The largest neighbor in this set is Iran, which can be a helpful anchor when learning the surrounding map.
In the daily challenge, these same facts appear in smaller steps: recognize the shape, name neighbors, match the capital, identify the flag, then compare area and population. This page keeps the reference version in one place.
Trivia
- Turkish coffee culture is listed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage.
- Turkey produces more than half of the world's hazelnuts, making it the largest hazelnut producer on Earth by a wide margin.
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