Localisation: Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria
Coordonnées géographiques: 39° 0' N, 35° 0' E
Côte: 7,200 km km
Climat: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Relief: high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges
Sommets: lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m
Risques naturels: severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van
Monnaie: Turkish lira (YTL)
Population: 70,413,958 (July 2006 est.)
Langues: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian
Capitale: Ankara
Découpage administratif: 81 provinces (iller, singular - il); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyonkarahisar, 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 (Mersin), 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, Zonguldak