Turkiye
location: Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia
Largest City: Istambul (population: estimated 18 milllions)
Capital: Ankara (5.15 millions)
Izmir (2.94 millions)
Bursa (2 millions)
Adana (1.77 million)
Gaziantep (1.71 million)
Kony (1.35 million)
Antaly (1.3 million)
Diyarbakir (1.07 million)
Mersin (1 million)
population: ~ 84,120,000
country area: total: 783,562 km2
39x size of Slovenia
land: 769,632 km2
water: 13,930 km2
Major lakes:
fresh water lake: Lake Beysehir - 650 km2; Lake Egridir - 520 km2
salt water lake: Lake Van - 3,740 km2; Lake Tuz - 1,640 km2
Major rivers (by length in km)
Euphrates river source (shared with Syria, Iran, and Iraq) - 3,596 km;
Tigris river source (shared with Syria, Iran, and Iraq) - 1,950 km
coastline: 7200 km
border countries (8): Armenia 311 km; Azerbaijan 17 km; Bulgaria 223 km; Georgia 273 km; Greece 192 km; Iran 534 km; Iraq 367 km; Syria 899 km
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea (0 m )
highest point: Mount Ararat 5,137 m |
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