Country: Turkey



Population: 72,561,312
Capital: Ankara
Currency: New Turkish Lira (TRY )
Top level domain: .tr
Int. Phone access: 90
ISO2 code: TR
ISO3 code: TUR
IOC code: TUR


Turkey



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Turkey

Languages:
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian

Religions:
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)

United Nations member since: 1945-10-24

Olympic achievements

Olympic Summer Games: 20 times.   Medals: gold  37   silver  23   bronse   22
Olympic Winter Games: 15 times.   Medals: gold  0   silver  0   bronse   0

Provinces / Regions


Adiyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Agri, Amasya, Antalya, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Giresun, Hatay, Icel, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Kahramanmaras, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Ordu, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sinop, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Sanliurfa, Usak, Van, Yozgat, Ankara, Gumushane, Hakkari, Konya, Mardin, Nigde, Siirt, Aksaray, Batman, Bayburt, Karaman, Kirikkale, Sirnak, Adana, Cankiri, Gaziantep, Kars, Zonguldak, Ardahan, Bartin, Igdir, Karabuk, Kilis, Osmaniye, Yalova, Duzce,

Major Cities


Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Bursa, Gaziantep, Konya, Mersin (Içel), Antalya, Diyarbakir, Kayseri, Eskisehir, Sanliurfa, Samsun, Malatya, Gebze, Denizli, Sivas, Erzurum, Tarsus, Kahramanmaras, Elâzig, Van, Sultanbeyli, Izmit (Kocaeli), Manisa, Batman, Balikesir, Sakarya (Adapazari), Iskenderun, Osmaniye, Çorum, Kütahya, Hatay (Antakya), Kirikkale, Adiyaman, Trabzon, Ordu, Aydin, Usak, Edirne, Çorlu, Isparta, Karabük, Kilis, Alanya, Kiziltepe, Zonguldak, Siirt, Viransehir, Tekirdag, Karaman, Afyon, Aksaray, Ceyhan, Erzincan, Bismil, Nazilli, Tokat, Kars, Inegöl, Bandirma,