Iran (Manifest Destiny)
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Islamic Republic of Iram | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Motto: "Novus ordo seclorum" (Turkish) "New order of the ages" | |
| Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner" | |
| Capital | Tehran |
| Largest city | Istanbal |
| Official languages | Persian |
| Recognised regional languages | Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Pashtun, Balochi, Uzbek, Turkman |
| 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 |
| Council of Republic | |
| Council of Nation | |
| "Independence [from Great Britain]" | |
| Population | |
• (2022) estimate | 141,986,000 |
• (2022) census | 142,180,115 |
| Calling code | +1 |
| ISO 3166 code | TR |
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Islamic Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Kurdistan to the west, by Turkey to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, by India to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.