Turkey

Localization of Turkey

Turkey is best know as Republic of Turkey, it is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe.

*It capital is Ankara and the largest city is Istanbul      
*The official language is Turkish
*Turkey began full membership negotiations with the European Union in 2005, having been an associate member of the European Economic Community

*The Anatolian peninsula , comprising most of modern Turkey, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited regions in the world.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
the prime minister

*Turkey is a parliamentary representative democracy
*The population of Turkey stood at 72.5 million with a growth rate of 1.45% per annum, based on the 2009 census.
*The most crowded city is Istanbul
*The low figures for women are mainly due to the traditional customs of the Arabs and Kurds who live in the southeastern provinces of the country

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul

*Turkey is a secular state with no official state religion, but About 99 % of the population is registered as Muslim