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Turkey

Location

Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria

Area

Total: 783,562 sq km

Land: 769,632 sq km

Water: 13,930 sq km

Climate

Temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in the interior

Terrain

High central plateau (named Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges

Elevation

Highest point: Mount Ararat 5,137 m

Lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m

Population

82,482,383 (July 2021 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 7-12% (2016 est.)

Religions

Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)