Turkey
Türkei
Turkey is in Asia. Here you’ll find flag, capital and neighbours to learn.
Borders: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iraq, Iran, Syria
- Capital
- Ankara
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Naher Osten
- Area
- 783,562 km²
- Population
- 85,878,556
- Language
- Turkish
Did you know?
- Geography
Istanbul is the world’s only city of millions that lies on two continents.
- History
Göbekli Tepe is about 11,000 years old and thus humanity’s oldest known monumental sanctuary — older than farming and pottery.
- Culture
In Cappadocia entire underground cities were carved into soft tuff; Derinkuyu could shelter thousands of people.
- Language
In 2022 Turkey registered internationally under the name “Türkiye.”
- Culture
Santa Claus goes back to Saint Nicholas, who was bishop in Myra in present-day Turkey.