Ort: Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria
Geografische Koordinaten: 39° 0' N, 35° 0' E
Küste km: 7,200 km km
Klima: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Gelände: high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges
Höhe: lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m
Natürliche Gefahren: severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van
Währung: Turkish lira (YTL)
Bevölkerung: 70,413,958 (July 2006 est.)
Sprachen: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian
Hauptstadt: Ankara
Bereiche: 81 provinces (iller, singular - il); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Icel (Mersin), Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak