Turkey (Manifest Destiny)

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Motto:  "In God We Trust" Other traditional mottos: "E pluribus unum" (Latin) "Out of many, one" "Annuit cœptis" (Latin) "Providence favors our undertakings" "Novus ordo seclorum" (Latin) "New order of the ages"
Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Capital	Ankara
Largest city	Istanbal
Official languages	Turkish
Demonym(s)	Turk, Turkish
Government	Federal semi-presidential constitutional republic
• President	Recep Tayyip Erdogan
• Vice President	Fuat Oktay
• Prime Minister	Ilham Aliyev
• Assembly Speaker	Mustafa Şentop
Legislature	Federal Congress
• Upper house	Council of Republic
• Lower house	Council of Nation
"Independence [from Great Britain]"
Population
• (2022) estimate	470,938,000
• (2022) census	470,938,452
Calling code	+1

Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Republic of Türkiye (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula and the Caucasus in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe, as well as the northern half of Cyprus. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia and Ichkeria to the northeast; Iran to the southeast; The Caspian Sea to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria, Kurdistan and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its largest city and financial centre.