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Türkiye: map, flag, capital and key facts

Türkiye is a country in Asia, in Middle East, with about 85.9 million people (2025) and an area of 785,350 square kilometres. Its capital is Ankara, and it shares land borders with 8 countries.

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Flag of Türkiye
Flag of Türkiye
Map showing where the country sits among its neighbours
Türkiye in solid, land neighbours outlined, capital marked.

Key facts about Türkiye

CapitalAnkara
ContinentAsia
RegionMiddle East
Population85,878,556 2025, World Bank. 18th of 195.
Area785,350 km² (303,225 sq mi) World Bank, surface area. 36th largest of 195.
Population density109 people per km²
Land neighbours8: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, SyriaBulgaria borders a part of Türkiye away from its main territory.
Official nameRepublic of Turkiye
UN statusMember state
Capital coordinates39.93° N, 32.86° E Ankara, Natural Earth.

Land neighbours

Türkiye borders 8 countries on land. Each links to its own page.

ArmeniaYerevanAzerbaijanBakuBulgariaSofiaGeorgiaTbilisiGreeceAthensIranTehranIraqBaghdadSyriaDamascus

From the Geography app

The app teaches each country through short hand written lenses: PLACE for physical geography, STORY for history and identity, NOW for the news, and THREAD for the ties between countries. Here is one of Türkiye's 17, in full.

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A fault line that moves toward Istanbul

The North Anatolian Fault runs about 1,500 kilometers across northern Turkiye, from the Karliova junction in the east to the Aegean. Since the Erzincan earthquake of 1939 it has ruptured in a sequence of seven large shocks that stepped steadily westward, reaching Izmit in 1999, which killed more than 18,000 people. The next unbroken segment lies beneath the Sea of Marmara, immediately south of a city of roughly 16 million.

More on Sea of Marmara

The fault splays into strands under the Marmara and the strand nearest Istanbul has not produced a major rupture since 1766, so strain has been accumulating for over two centuries. Turkish building codes tightened after 1999, but successive construction amnesties legalized millions of noncompliant structures, which is the reason the risk is argued about in political terms rather than geological ones.

16 more lenses on Türkiye in the app

  • PLACE Türkiye sits where regions collide
  • STORY Modern Türkiye is built on rupture as much as inheritance
  • THREAD A NATO member with its own script
  • NOW Türkiye is attempting an economic stabilization that defies its own instincts
  • PLACE Anatolia is where empires have always converged
  • STORY The Kurdish question runs through Turkish politics
  • PLACE A country on two continents
  • STORY The summer of 2002
  • NOW A return that lasted three matches
  • THREAD The diaspora pipeline
  • PLACE The intercontinental derby
  • STORY Football as a bridge
  • NOW A loud league and a young core
  • THREAD Where Europe meets Asia
  • NOW An economy that runs on imported energy
  • THREAD A bloc of Turkic states and a corridor

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Common questions

What is the capital of Türkiye?
The capital of Türkiye is Ankara. Placed in Asia here, following the UN geoscheme (Western Asia). A small part of the country, including part of Istanbul, lies in Europe. Ankara lies at about 39.9 degrees north and 32.9 degrees east.
What is the population of Türkiye?
About 85.9 million people live in Türkiye, according to the World Bank figures for 2025. That makes it the 18th most populous of the 195 countries. With an area of 785,350 square kilometres, that is about 109 people per square kilometre.
What countries border Türkiye?
Türkiye shares land borders with 8 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq and Syria. Bulgaria touches a part of Türkiye that lies away from its main territory. The map on this page outlines each of them around Türkiye.
How big is Türkiye?
Türkiye covers 785,350 square kilometres, or about 303,225 square miles. That makes it the 36th largest of the 195 countries. The figure is total surface area, which includes inland water such as lakes and rivers. Its population of about 85.9 million gives a density of 109 people per square kilometre.

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