General Information
Location: Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia
Capital: Ankara (5.15 million)
Largest city: Istanbul (~18 million)
Population: approximately 84,120,000
Total area: 783,562 km²
- Land: 769,632 km²
- Water: 13,930 km²
- Coastline: 7,200 km
- Lowest point: Mediterranean Sea (0 m)
- Highest point: Mount Ararat – 5,137 m
Major Cities
- Izmir – 2.94 million
- Bursa – 2 million
- Adana – 1.77 million
- Gaziantep – 1.71 million
- Konya – 1.35 million
- Antalya – 1.3 million
- Diyarbakir – 1.07 million
- Mersin – 1 million
Geographical Features
Major lakes:
- Lake Van – 3,740 km² (saltwater)
- Lake Tuz – 1,640 km² (saltwater)
- Lake Beysehir – 650 km² (freshwater)
- Lake Egridir – 520 km² (freshwater)
Major rivers:
- Euphrates – 3,596 km
- Tigris – 1,950 km
Border countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Syria
