Location and Area

Turkey has an area of 783 602 square kilometers, the land border stands at 2875 kilometers in length, and maritime borders stands at 8333 kilometers.

The greater part of Turkey (97% Anatolia region) is located in the western part of the continent of Asia, while the other part (3% Trakya region) is located in the southeast of the European continent.

Turkey is located on the latitude 36 ° - 42 ° north, and on the longitude 26 ° - 45 ° to the east, overlooking the three water bodies, Black Sea from the north, Mediterranean Sea from the south, and the Aegean sea from the west, it is also overlooking the Straits of "Canak Castle" and the Bosphorus which are symbols of Turkey's geographical characteristics.

Turkey’s neighboring borders from the east are Middle Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran. From the west Bulgaria, and Greece. And Syria and Iraq from the south.

It is the intersection between the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, which makes it one of the most strategic countries in the world in terms of its geopolitical.

 

Nature and terrain

Turkey has a variety of flat plains, and features towering heights, where average height of 1132 meters above sea level, surrounded by high mountains from the north and south.

One of the main mountain ranges in Turkey is North Anatolian Mountains along the Black Sea in the north and the Taurus Mountains to the south, Mount Agri is the highest mountain in Turkey and has a height of 5137 meters.

Turkey is located within the Alpine belt and Himalayan seismic belt, which is one of the most important seismic belts in the world.

 

Population

The population of the Republic of Turkey according to 2012 figures is 75,627,384 people, Distributed by 50.2% for males and 49.8% for females, it is expected to reach the population of, 94,585,000 people in 2050.

Turkish society

Around 98% of the Turkish citizens embrace the Islamic religion, most of whom are Sunni (Hanafi), and the rest are of minorities such as alawi, but nevertheless, the Turkish Constitution does not provide the official religion of the Turkish state, but guarantees freedom of belief and religion of Turkish citizens as they want without coercion or oblige.

Turkish Community consists of a variety of different races, the vast majority are of the Turkish race, then the Kurds, and in the third rank comes other ethnicities such as Arabs, Circassians,  Laz, Chechens, Armenians, Assyrians (Syriacs), Georgians, and Aladhiran. In addition, there are Greek and Jewish minorities as well.