Welcome to Turkey

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General Description : Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is known to be a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey borders eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest, Greece to the west, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia, Azerbaijan (the Nakhichevan exclave), and Iran to the east, Iraq and Syria to the southeast. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, and the Black Sea to the north. Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara, that is used by geographers to mark the border in the range of Europe and Asia, thus making Turkey transcontinental.

CLIMATE : Notwithstanding the fact that Turkey is situated in a geographical location where climatic conditions are and have always been quite temperate, the diverse nature of the landscape, and the existence in particular of the mountains that run parallel to the coasts, result in important differences in climatic conditions from one region to the other. While the coastal regions enjoy milder climates, the inland Anatolia plateau experiences hot summers and cold winters with limited rainfall.

Population Stats Population: 71,158,647 (July 2007 est.)