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Turkey
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Turkey
Republic of Turkey Türkiye Cumhuriyeti
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Motto: [] "Egemenlik, kayıtsız şartsız Milletindir" (Turkish) "Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation" Anthem: "İstiklal Marşı" (English: "Independence March")
Capital
Ankara [1] 39°55′N 32°50′E Largest city Istanbul [2] 41°1′N 28°57′E Turkish
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Official languages Ethnic groups ( )
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70–75% Turks 18% Kurds 7–12% others
Demonym Government - President - Prime Minister - Speaker of the Parliament - President of the Constitutional Court
Turkish Unitary parliamentary republic Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Cemil Çiçek Haşim Kılıç
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Legislature Grand National Assembly
Succession to the Ottoman Empire - Treaty of Lausanne - Declaration of Republic Area - Total 783,562 km2 (37th) 302,535 sq mi 1.3 Population - 2013 estimate - Density 75,627,384
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24 July 1923 29 October 1923
- Water (%)
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97/km (108th) 239.8/sq mi 2012 estimate $1.306 trillion $17,279
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GDP (PPP) - Total - Per capita GDP (nominal) - Total - Per capita Gini
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2012 estimate $794.468 billion (17th) $10,609 (62nd) 39.0 medium · 58th 0.722 high · 90th Currency Time zone Turkish lira (TRY) EET (UTC+2) EEST (UTC+3) dd/mm/yyyy (AD) right 90 TR .tr a []
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The Turkish lira (Türk Lirası, TL) replaced the Turkish new lira on 1 January 2009.
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey ( Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Wikipedia:Media helpFile:Tur-Türkiye_Cumhuriyeti.ogg), is a transcontinental country, located mostly on Anatolia in Western Asia and on East Thrace in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by
Citations: References History • Findley, Carter Vaughn (2004)