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 Entity
 Turkey 
 Main prefix
 TA 
 Time zone
 +2 h 
 Continent
 Asia 
 
          Turkey          
 
 Turkey 

 Turkey - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Turkey          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Red with a vertical white crescent (the closed portion is toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening.
 
          Turkey          
 
 Turkey 
 Capital: 
Ankara
 Administrative
 divisions: 
81 provinces (iller, singular - il): Adana, Adiyaman, Afyon, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Icel, Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, and Zonguldak.
 Population: 
67,308,928 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
39° 00' N, 35° 00' E
 Area total: 
780,580 sq. km
 Land area: 
770,760 sq. km
 Water area: 
9,820 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
2,648 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km
 Coastline: 
7,200 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Mediterranean Sea 0 m - Mount Ararat 5,166 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.tr
 Currency: 
Turkish lira (TRL)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Turkey
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Turkey
 Name - local
 long form: 
Turkiye Cumhuriyeti
 Name - local
 short form: 
Turkiye
 Independence: 
29 October 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman Empire)
 Constitution: 
7 November 1982
 Government
 type: 
republican parliamentary democracy
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 29 October (1923)
 
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