Republic of Türkiye Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Timeline: Nihon no heiwa | ||||||
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Anthem: İstiklal Marşı (Turkish) "The Independence March" |
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Türkiye (green)
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Capital | Ankara | |||||
Largest city | Constantinople | |||||
Official languages | Turkish | |||||
Demonym | Turkish • Turk | |||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary republic | |||||
- | President | Muharrem İnce | ||||
- | Prime Minister | Faik Öztrak | ||||
Legislature | Grand National Assembly | |||||
Establishment | ||||||
- | Ottoman Empire | c. 1299 | ||||
- | War of Independence | 19 May 1919 | ||||
- | Government of the Grand National Assembly | 23 April 1920 | ||||
- | Treaty of Lausanne | 24 July 1923 | ||||
- | Republic declared | 29 October 1923 | ||||
- | Constitution | 20 April 1924 | ||||
Population | ||||||
- | 2022 estimate | 86,109,540 | ||||
Currency | Euro (€) (EUR ) |
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Drives on the | right |
Türkiye, officially the Republic of Türkiye (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country located in both southeastern Europe and Western Asia. It shares land borders with Iraq and Syria to the south; North Greece to the west; the Soviet Union to the northeast; and North Iran and South Iran to the east. It also shares overseas borders with Cyprus to the south; and South Greece to the southwest.