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Map of Turkey, Middle East


Fairy Chimneys rock formation near Göreme, Turkey
Fairy Chimneys rock formation near Göreme, in Cappadocia in central Turkey. Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Image: Benh LIEU SONG

About Turkey


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The map shows Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, a country on the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia with a small enclave in Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. The main portion of the Turkish state is located on the Anatolia peninsula, also known as Asia Minor, the westernmost part of Asia. Turkey is a unitary state with a central government.

Turkey is bounded by the Aegean Sea in the west, by the Mediterranean Sea in the south and by the Black Sea in the north. The country is bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Azerbaijan (exclave of Nakhchivan) in the east, by Georgia in the northeast, by Bulgaria and Greece in the northwest, and by Iraq, and Syria in the southeast. Turkey shares maritime borders with Cyprus, Egypt, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine.

There are two narrow straits in northwestern Turkey, the Bosporus, which connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, which connect the Aegean arm of the Mediterranean Sea with the Sea of Marmara.
The highest mountain in Turkey is Ağrı Dağı or Mount Ararat at 5,137 m (16,854 ft).

With an area of 783,562 km², the country is more than twice the size of Germany or slightly smaller than the U.S. states of Texas and Louisiana combined.

Turkey has a population of 82 million people (in 2018), largest city is Istanbul, second largest city and the national capital is Ankara, spoken languages are Turkish (official), Kurdish, and Arabic.


Map of Turkey

Political Map of Turkey
Political Map of Turkey

The map shows the Republic of Turkey and surrounding countries with international borders, administrative boundaries, the national capital Ankara, province capitals, major cities, main roads, and major airports.

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