Turkey (Manifest Destiny)
Federal Republic of Turkey | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Motto: "Novus ordo seclorum" (Turkish) "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 |
| 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 (Standard and Azerbaijani Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Federal Republic of Turkey (Standard Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti; Azerbaijani Turkish: Türkiyə Federativ Cümhuriyyéti), 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.