| Ottoman Sultanate of Turkey Türkiye Osmanlı Sultanlığı | ||||||
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| Motto: Devlet-i Ebed-müddet "The Eternal State" |
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| Anthem: İstiklal Marşı "Independence March" Royal anthem: Hamidiye Marşı "March of Hamid" |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Ankara | |||||
| Official languages | Turkish | |||||
| Religion | Islam (Dominant) | |||||
| Demonym | Turkish - Turk | |||||
| Government | Theocratic Unitary constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | Sultan | Osman VI | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Mahmud Fahrid | ||||
| Legislature | Grand National Assembly | |||||
| Establishment | Establishment | |||||
| - | Ottoman State Founded | c. 1299 | ||||
| - | War of Independence | 19 May 1919 | ||||
| - | Government of the Grand National Assembly | 23 April 1920 | ||||
| - | Treaty of Ankara | 24 July 1923 | ||||
| - | Current Constitution | 29 October 1923 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 2 km2 1 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | - | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2025 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | - | ||||
| - | Per capita | $31,000 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2025 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | - | ||||
| - | Per capita | - | ||||
| Gini (2025) | - | |||||
| HDI (2025) | - | |||||
| Currency | Turkish lira (₺) (TRY) |
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| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) | |||||
| Drives on the | Right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .tr | |||||
| Calling code | +90 | |||||
Turkey, officially the Ottoman Sultanate of Turkey, is a country located in Anatolia in West Asia. It borders the Byzantium to the north and west; Georgia, Armenia and Iran to the east; Assyria, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Turkey is home to over 65 million people; most are ethnic Turks, while ethnic Kurds are the largest ethnic minority. Officially a secular state, Turkey has a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center.
