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Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
: Turkey or Türkiye, sovereign
Eurasia Eurasia ( , ) is a continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, Physical geography, physiographically, Eurasia is a single supercontinent. The concept of Europe and Asia as distinct continents d ...
n country that stretches across the
Anatolia Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...
n peninsula in
Southwest Asia West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenia ...
and
Thrace Thrace (, ; ; ; ) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe roughly corresponding to the province of Thrace in the Roman Empire. Bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Black Se ...
(
Rumelia Rumelia (; ; ) was a historical region in Southeastern Europe that was administered by the Ottoman Empire, roughly corresponding to the Balkans. In its wider sense, it was used to refer to all Ottoman possessions and Vassal state, vassals in E ...
) at the southeastern tip of the
Balkan Peninsula The Balkans ( , ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throug ...
in
Southern Europe Southern Europe is also known as Mediterranean Europe, as its geography is marked by the Mediterranean Sea. Definitions of southern Europe include some or all of these countries and regions: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, C ...
. Turkey is a democratic,
secular Secularity, also the secular or secularness (from Latin , or or ), is the state of being unrelated or neutral in regards to religion. The origins of secularity can be traced to the Bible itself. The concept was fleshed out through Christian hi ...
,
unitary Unitary may refer to: Mathematics * Unitary divisor * Unitary element * Unitary group * Unitary matrix * Unitary morphism * Unitary operator * Unitary transformation * Unitary representation * Unitarity (physics) * ''E''-unitary inverse semigr ...
, constitutional republic whose
political system In political science, a political system means the form of Political organisation, political organization that can be observed, recognised or otherwise declared by a society or state (polity), state. It defines the process for making official gov ...
was established in 1923 under the leadership of
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...
, following the fall of the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
in the aftermath of
World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
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General reference

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Pronunciation Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. To This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or all language in a specific dialect—"correct" or "standard" pronunciation—or si ...
: * Common English country name:
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
* Official English country name: The Republic of Turkiye * Common endonym(s), i.e., in * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Turkish *
Demonym A demonym (; ) or 'gentilic' () is a word that identifies a group of people ( inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place ( hamlet, village, town, city, region, ...
(s): Turks ''(in
Turkish language Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languag ...
: Türkler)'' *
Etymology Etymology ( ) is the study of the origin and evolution of words—including their constituent units of sound and meaning—across time. In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics, etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. ...
: Name of Turkey * International rankings of Turkey * ISO country codes: TR, TUR, 792 *
ISO region codes ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. The of ...
: See ISO 3166-2:TR *
Internet The Internet (or internet) is the Global network, global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a internetworking, network of networks ...
country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all tw ...
: .tr


Geography of Turkey

* Turkey is: a
country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may refer to a sovereign state, state with limited recognition, constituent country, ...
* Location: **
Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined by humans as being in the same celestial sphere, celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the Solar ...
and
Eastern Hemisphere The Eastern Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth which is east of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and west of the antimeridian (which crosses the Pacific Ocean and relatively little land from pole to p ...
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Eurasia Eurasia ( , ) is a continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, Physical geography, physiographically, Eurasia is a single supercontinent. The concept of Europe and Asia as distinct continents d ...
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Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
(except
Thrace Thrace (, ; ; ; ) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe roughly corresponding to the province of Thrace in the Roman Empire. Bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Black Se ...
) ****
Southwest Asia West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenia ...
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Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
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Southeast Europe Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe is a geographical sub-region of Europe, consisting primarily of the region of the Balkans, as well as adjacent regions and Archipelago, archipelagos. There are overlapping and conflicting definitions of t ...
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Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, Commerce, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between Country, countries and their Administrative division, subdivisions instead of ...
*** Turkey Standard Time ( UTC+03:00), since 2016 ***
Eastern European Time Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer. A number of African countries use UTC ...
( UTC+02:00)
Eastern Daylight Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. * Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behin ...
( UTC+03:00), until 2016. **
Extreme points of Turkey Extreme may refer to: Science and mathematics Mathematics *Extreme point, a point in a convex set which does not lie in any open line segment joining two points in the set *Maxima and minima, extremes on a mathematical function Science *Extremop ...
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Mount Ararat Mount Ararat, also known as Masis or Mount Ağrı, is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in Eastern Turkey, easternmost Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest p ...
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Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...
and
Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...
0 m ** Land boundaries: 2,648 km (1645 mi) :: ( outline) 822 km (511 mi) :: ( outline) 499 km (511 mi) :: ( outline) 352 km (310 mi) :: ( outline) 268 km (167 mi) :: ( outline) 252 km (157 mi) :: ( outline) 240 km (149 mi) :: ( outline) 206 km (5128 mi) :: ( outline) 9 km (6 mi) :*Coastline: 7,200 km (4,474 mi) * Population of Turkey: 82 million 19th most populous country * Area of Turkey: 783,562 km2 (302,455 sq mi) 36th most extensive country * Atlas of Turkey * Cities of Turkey, by population


Environment of Turkey

* Climate of Turkey ** Climate change in Turkey *
Environmental issues in Turkey Turkey hosts more than three thousand endemic plant species, has high diversity of other taxa, and is mostly covered by three of the world's thirty-five biodiversity hotspots. Although some environmental pressures have been decoupled from econom ...
* Ecoregions in Turkey *
Renewable energy in Turkey Renewables supply a quarter of energy in Turkey, including heat and electricity. Some houses have rooftop solar water heating, and hot water from underground warms many spas and greenhouses. In parts of the west hot rocks are shallow enough ...
** Biofuel in Turkey ** Geothermal power in Turkey ** Solar power in Turkey **
Wind power in Turkey Wind power generates about 10% of Turkey's electricity, mainly in the west in the Aegean Region, Aegean and Marmara Region, Marmara regions, and is gradually becoming a larger share of Renewable energy in Turkey, renewable energy in the coun ...
* Geology of Turkey **
Earthquakes in Turkey Turkey has had many earthquakes. This list includes any notable historical earthquakes that have epicenters within the current boundaries of Turkey, or which caused significant effects in this area. Overall, the population in major cities like ...
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National parks of Turkey The following is a list of national parks in Turkey. History The concept of a national park was introduced for the first time in Turkey by :tr:Selahattin_İnal_(müzisyen), Selahattin İnal, who argued that "nature reserves should have the s ...
* Protected areas of Turkey *
Wildlife of Turkey The wildlife of Turkey is abundant and diverse. Turkey is a large country with many geographic and climatic regions and a great diversity of plants and animals, each suited to its own particular habitat. About 1,500 species of vertebrates and 19, ...
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Flora of Turkey The flora of Turkey consists of almost 10,000 species of plants, as well as a number of fungi and algae. Around 32% of Turkey's plants are found only in the country. One reason for the high proportion of endemics is that Anatolia is both mount ...
** Fauna of Turkey *** Amphibians of Turkey *** Birds of Turkey *** Mammals of Turkey *** Reptiles of Turkey


Geographic features of Turkey

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Beaches of Turkey A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shell ...
* Caves of Turkey * Glaciers of Turkey *
Islands of Turkey This is a list of islands of Turkey. There are around 500 islands and islets in Turkey. These islands are located in the Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Turkish lakes. The Turkish words for island/islands are ''ada ...
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Lakes of Turkey Natural lakes Reservoir and dam lakes See also

*Geography of Turkey *Regions of Turkey *Rivers of Turkey *List of dams and reservoirs in Turkey, Dams and reservoirs of Turkey *Turkish Lakes Region, in southwest Anatolia {{Turk ...
* Mountains of Turkey **
Anti-Taurus Mountains The Anti-Taurus Mountains (from ) or Aladaglar are a mountain range in southern and eastern Turkey, curving northeast from the Taurus Mountains. At , Mount Erciyes ( Turkish: Erciyes Dağı) is the highest peak not just in the range but in ce ...
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Pontic Mountains The Pontic Mountains or Pontic Alps (, meaning 'North Anatolian Mountains'), form a mountain range in northern Anatolia, Turkey. They are also known as the "Parhar Mountains" in the local Turkish and Pontic Greek languages. The term ''Parhar'' ...
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Sultan Mountains The Sultan Mountains (), also known as Sultan Dagh range or Sultan Dag, is a short mountain range on the western edge of the Anatolian Plateau, Turkey with highest elevation of . The town of Sultandağı is their namesake. They are made up of m ...
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Taurus Mountains The Taurus Mountains (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar,'' Greek language, Greek'':'' Ταύρος) are a mountain range, mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coastal reg ...
** Yalnızçam Mountains ** Yıldız Mountains ** Volcanoes of Turkey * Rivers of Turkey **
Büyük Menderes River The Büyük Menderes River ("Great Meander", historically the Maeander or Meander, from Ancient Greek: Μαίανδρος, ''Maíandros''; ), is a river in southwestern Turkey. It rises in west central Turkey near Dinar before flowing west thr ...
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Euphrates The Euphrates ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (). Originati ...
** Kızılırmak ** Meriç **
Sakarya River The Sakarya (; ; ; ) is the third longest river in Turkey. It runs through the region known in ancient times as Phrygia. It was considered one of the principal rivers of Asia Minor (Anatolia) in Greek classical antiquity, and is mentioned in th ...
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Tigris The Tigris ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian Desert, Syrian and Arabia ...
* Waterfalls of Turkey * Valleys of Turkey * World Heritage Sites in Turkey


Regions of Turkey

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Aegean Region The Aegean region () is one of the 7 Geographical regions of Turkey, geographical regions of Turkey. The largest city in the region is İzmir. Other big cities are Manisa, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla, Afyonkarahisar and Kütahya. Located in w ...
* Black Sea Region * Central Anatolia Region *
Eastern Anatolia Region The Eastern Anatolia region () is a geographical region of Turkey. The most populous province in the region is Van Province. Other populous provinces are Malatya, Erzurum and Elazığ. It is bordered by the Black Sea Region and Georgia in th ...
* Marmara Region * Mediterranean Region * Southeastern Anatolia Region


Ecoregions of Turkey

List of ecoregions in Turkey


Administrative divisions of Turkey

Administrative divisions of Turkey *
Provinces of Turkey Turkey is divided into 81 provinces (). Each province is divided into a number of districts of Turkey, districts (). Each provincial government is seated in the central district (). For non-Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan munic ...
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Districts of Turkey The Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the ''qadaa, kaza''. Most provinces bear the s ...
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Belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish. All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...
(semi-rural) ***
Villages A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...
(rural) ***
Neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
(urban)


=Municipalities of Turkey

= * Municipalities of Turkey **
Capital Capital and its variations may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** Capital region, a metropolitan region containing the capital ** List of national capitals * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Econom ...
of Turkey:
Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
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Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey There are 81 provinces in Turkey (). Among the Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces, 30 provinces are designated metropolitan municipalities (). Metropolitan municipalities are subdivided into districts (), where List of districts in Turkey, each dist ...
** Cities of Turkey


Statistical divisions of Turkey

NUTS of Turkey


Demography of Turkey

Demographics of Turkey Demographic features of the population of Turkey include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. the population of Turkey was 85.7 mill ...
* Census in Turkey


Climate of Turkey

Climate of Turkey


Government and politics of Turkey

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Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a m ...
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Unitary Unitary may refer to: Mathematics * Unitary divisor * Unitary element * Unitary group * Unitary matrix * Unitary morphism * Unitary operator * Unitary transformation * Unitary representation * Unitarity (physics) * ''E''-unitary inverse semigr ...
presidential
constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed. When these pri ...
al
republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...
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Capital Capital and its variations may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** Capital region, a metropolitan region containing the capital ** List of national capitals * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Econom ...
of Turkey:
Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
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Flag of Turkey The national flag of Turkey, officially the Turkish flag (), is a red flag featuring a white crescent and star on its emblem, based on the 18th-century Ottoman Empire flag. The flag is often called "the red flag" (), and is referred to as "the ...
* Corruption in Turkey * Elections in Turkey * Political parties in Turkey ** Justice and Development Party (AKP) **
Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal ...
(CHP) ** Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) ** Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) **
Good Party The Good Party (Turkish language, Turkish: ''İYİ Parti'') is a Turkish nationalism, nationalist, Kemalism, Kemalist and Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, established on 25 October 2017 b ...
** Worker's Party **
Democracy and Progress Party The Democracy and Progress Party (, DEVA) is a Turkish political party founded on 9 March 2020 under the leadership of Ali Babacan, a former economy minister under the AKP. The official abbreviation is "DEVA" (''Remedy'' in Turkish) accordi ...
** Communist Party **
Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism and social justice. Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...
** Future Party *
Orders, decorations, and medals of Turkey Orders, decorations, and medals of Turkey are Civil awards and decorations, civil and Military awards and decorations, military state decorations regulated and bestowed by the Turkey, Turkish Republic. Civil decorations Civil decorations were es ...
* Political divisions of Turkey * Taxation in Turkey * Voting rights in Turkey


National government

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Constitution of Turkey The Constitution of Turkey, formally known as the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye (), and informally as the Constitution of 1982 (), is Turkey's fundamental law. It establishes the organization of the government, and sets out the pr ...


Legislative branch

* Parliament of Turkey **
Speaker of the Grand National Assembly This article lists the speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The name of the parliament of Turkey, originally and currently the Grand National Assembly of Turkey () since its establishment on 23 April 1920, has for short periods be ...


Executive branch

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Head of state A head of state is the public persona of a sovereign state.#Foakes, Foakes, pp. 110–11 "
he head of state He or HE may refer to: Language * He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads * He (pronoun), a pronoun in Modern English * He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana) * Ge (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter cal ...
being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...
and
Head of government In the Executive (government), executive branch, the head of government is the highest or the second-highest official of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presid ...
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President of Turkey The president of Turkey, officially the president of the Republic of Türkiye (), is the head of state and head of government of Turkey. The president directs the executive branch of the national government and is the commander-in-chief of the ...
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus ...
(12th) *
Vice President of Turkey The vice president of Turkey, officially the vice president of the Republic of Türkiye (), is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Turkey, after the president. The vice president is also a statutory member o ...
: Fuat Oktay (1st) *
Cabinet of Turkey The Cabinet of Turkey () or Presidential Cabinet () is the body that advises the President of Turkey on executive affairs. It is composed of the President, Vice President and the heads of the ministries. After the Council of Ministers was abol ...


Judicial branch

* Turkey national courts **
Constitutional Court of Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey ( Turkish: ''Anayasa Mahkemesi'', sometimes abbreviated as ''AYM'') is the highest legal body for constitutional review in Turkey. It "examines the constitutionality, in respect of both form and substance, of law ...
*** Chief Justice of Turkey ** High Court of Appeals of Turkey ** Supreme Council of Public Accounts ** Court of Jurisdictional Disputes


Foreign relations

* Diplomatic missions in Turkey *
Diplomatic missions of Turkey This is a list of embassies and consulates of Turkey in countries around the world, representing Turkish interests and providing consular services to Turkish citizens abroad. These diplomatic missions serve as a vital link between Turkey and the ...
* Foreign policy of Turkey


International organization membership

* Member state of the Group of Twenty (G20) * Member state of Council of Europe * Member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization * Member state of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation * Member state of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development * Member state of the United Nations * Member state of the Turkic Council


Military

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Turkish Army The Turkish Land Forces () is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for Army, land-based military operations. The army was formed on November 8, 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Significant campaigns since the ...
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Turkish Gendarmerie The Gendarmerie General Command () is the national gendarmerie force of the Republic of Turkey. It is a service branch of the Turkish Ministry of Interior responsible for the maintenance of the public order in areas that fall outside the jurisdi ...
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Turkish Air Force The Turkish Air Force () is the Air force, air and space force of the Turkish Armed Forces. It traces its origins to 1 June 1911 when it was founded as the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons, Aviation Squadrons by the Ottoman Empire. It was composed ...
* Turkish Coast Guard


Intelligence organizations

* National Intelligence Organization (MİT) * KDGM *
General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces The General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces ( Turkish: ''Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri Genelkurmay Başkanlığı'', ''abbreviation: TSK Gnkur. Bşk.lığı'') is the highest staff organization in the Turkish Armed Forces. Chief of the General S ...
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Gendarmerie Intelligence Organization Jandarma İstihbarat ve Terörle Mücadele or Jandarma İstihbarat Teşkilatı (abbr. ''JİTEM'' or ''JİT''; English: "Gendarmerie Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism" or "Gendarmerie Intelligence Organization") is the intelligence department of ...


History of Turkey


History of Turkey, by period

* Ancient period * Ancient settlements in Turkey * Ancient kingdoms of Anatolia *
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
* Rebellions in the Ottoman Empire


History of Turkey, by subject

* Constitutional history of Turkey *
Economic history of Turkey The economic history of the modern Republic of Turkey has four eras. The first era's development policy was defined by the transition from an agricultural imperial Ottoman economy into a diversified more industrialized economy. It emphasized on p ...
* Genetic history of the Turkish people * History of the Jews in Turkey * Military history of Turkey * History of Turkish navies


Culture of Turkey

* Architecture of Turkey, Architecture * :Anatolian Beyliks architecture, Anatolian Beylik Architecture ** Ottoman architecture ***Early Ottoman architecture ***Classical Ottoman architecture ***Tulip Period architecture ***Ottoman Baroque architecture ***Ottoman architecture in the 19th–20th centuries, Late Ottoman architecture ** Anatolian Seljuk architecture, Seljuk architecture ** First national architectural movement, Turkish Neoclassical architecture ** List of Turkish architects ** List of castles in Turkey ** List of cathedrals in Turkey ** List of clock towers in Turkey ** List of Seljuk hans and kervansarays in Turkey, List of hans and kervansarays in Turkey ** List of libraries in Turkey ** List of palaces in Turkey * Cuisine of Turkey, Cuisine ** Ottoman cuisine ** Beer in Turkey ** Tea in Turkey ** List of Turkish desserts, Turkish desserts ** Turkish wine * Languages of Turkey, Languages ** Adyghe language, Adyghe (Circassian) ** Kurmanji, Northern Kurdish ** Judaeo-Spanish, Ladino ** Turkish language, Turkish *** Turkish dialects#Anatolian dialects, Regional Turkish ** Turkish Sign Language ** Western Armenian * Media in Turkey, Media **List of newspapers in Turkey, Newspapers **List of radio stations in Turkey, Radio stations **Television in Turkey, Television * Museums in Turkey, Museums * Public holidays in Turkey, Public holidays * Traditions of Turkey, Traditions ** Turkish carpet, Carpets ** Turkish dance, Folk dances ** Shadow play#Turkey, Shadow play * Turkophilia ** Turquerie * List of World Heritage Sites in Europe#Turkey, World Heritage Sites in Turkey


Art in Turkey

* Cinema of Turkey, Cinema ** International Antalya Film Festival, Golden Orange Awards ** List of Turkish actors, Turkish actors ** List of Turkish film directors, Turkish directors ** Lists of Turkish films, Turkish films ** List of film production companies, Turkish production companies ** Cinema of Turkey#Scriptwriters, Turkish scriptwriters * Turkish literature, Literature ** List of Turkish writers, Turkish novelists ** List of contemporary Turkish poets ** List of Turkish short story writers, Turkish short story writers *List of museums in Turkey, Museums * Music of Turkey, Music ** List of composers of classical Turkish music, Classical composers ** List of Turkish composers, Composers * Theater of Turkey, Theater ** List of playwrights by nationality and year of birth#Turkey, Turkish playwrights *Television in Turkey, Television ** List of Turkish television series, Television series *Visual arts of Turkey, Visual arts ** List of painters from Turkey, Turkish painters ** Photography in Turkey, Turkish photographers ** List of Turkish artists, Turkish sculpturist


Law in Turkey

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Constitution of Turkey The Constitution of Turkey, formally known as the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye (), and informally as the Constitution of 1982 (), is Turkey's fundamental law. It establishes the organization of the government, and sets out the pr ...
** Separation of church and state#Turkey, Separation of church and state in Turkey ** Separation of powers#Turkey, Separation of powers under the Turkish Constitution ** Civil liberties in Turkey *** Abortion in Turkey *** Assisted suicide in Turkey *** Human rights in Turkey#Freedom of assembly, Freedom of assembly in Turkey *** Human rights in Turkey#Freedom of association, Freedom of association in Turkey *** Access to public information in Turkey, Freedom of information in Turkey *** Freedom of movement under Turkish law *** Mass media in Turkey#Censorship and media freedom, Freedom of the press in Turkey *** Freedom of religion in Turkey *** Freedom of speech in Turkey *** LGBT rights in Turkey *** Polygamy in Turkey *** Prostitution in Turkey * Criminal law in Turkey ** Criminal law procedure in Turkey ** Capital punishment in Turkey ** Crime in Turkey ** Human trafficking in Italy ** Organized crime in Italy ** Terrorism in Italy ** Public-order crime, Crimes against the public *** Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority, Sumptuary law in Turkey **** Alcohol laws of Turkey **** List of smoking bans#Turkey, Smoking ban in Turkey ** Property crime, Crimes against property *** Corruption in Turkey, Bribery in Turkey *** Embezzlement in Turkey *** Gambling in Turkey *** Intellectual property, Intellectual property violation *** Tax evasion in Turkey ** Crimes against animals in Turkey *** Animal cruelty laws in Turkey * Family law in Turkey ** Marriage in Turkey *** Marriageable age ** Dissolution of marriage in Turkey *** No-fault divorce in Turkey *** Child custody laws in Turkey *** Child support in Turkey *** Parenting coordinator in Turkey *** Grandparent visitation rights in Turkey ** Adoption in Turkey ** Surrogacy in Turkey ** Child protective services in Turkey ** Emancipation of minors in Turkey ** Juvenile law in Turkey * Intellectual property law in Turkey ** World Intellectual Property Organization ** Copyright law in Turkey *** Public domain in Turkey * Commercial law in Turkey ** Bankruptcy in Turkey ** Consumer protection in Turkey ** Securities regulation in Turkey *** Capital Markets Board of Turkey *** Financial Regulation in Turkey * Jurisprudence in Turkey ** Judicial review in Turkey ** Practice of law in Turkey * Law making in Turkey ** Ballot measures in Turkey ** Executive orders in Turkey ** Legislative rulemaking in Turkey ** List of treaties of Turkey, Treaties of Turkey ** Statutory law *** Acts of Parliament in Turkey * Law enforcement in Turkey


Religion in Turkey

* Bahá'í Faith in Turkey * Buddhism in the Middle East, Buddhism * Christianity in Turkey ** Catholic Church in Turkey *** Latin Church **** Roman Catholic Archdiocese of İzmir, Archdiocese of İzmir **** Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia **** Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul *** Armenian Catholic Church **** Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Istanbul, Archeparchy of Istanbul *** Greek Byzantine Catholic Church **** Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul, Greek Catholic Exarchate of Istanbul *** Syriac Catholic Church **** Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey, Syriac Catholic Exarchate of Istanbul *** Chaldean Catholic Church **** Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Amida, Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Istanbul ** Greek Orthodox Church *** Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople *** Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch *** Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate, Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate ** Church of the East, Nestorian Church of the East *** Assyrian Church of the East ** Christianity in Turkey#Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenina Apostolic Church *** Armenian Apostolic Church **Protestantism in Turkey, Protestanism *** Armenian Evangelical Church *** Protestant Church in Germany *** Greek Evangelical Church *** Christianity in Turkey#Anglican Church, Anglicanism *** Christianity in Turkey#The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Islam in Turkey, Islam ** Alevism ** Islam in Turkey#Quranism, Quranism ***Islam in Turkey#Shia Islam, Shi’a Islam *** Islam in Turkey#Alawites, Alawites *** Islam in Turkey#Ja'faris, Twelver ** Islam in Turkey#Sufism, Sufism ** Islam in Turkey#Sunni Islam, Sunni Islam * Judaism in Turkey, Judaism ** Karaite Judaism, Karaite ** Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox *** Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic *** Modern Orthodox Judaism, Modern Orthodox * List of Tengrist movements, Tengrism * Yazidis#Turkey, Yazidism


Sports in Turkey

Sports in Turkey * Football in Turkey * List of football clubs in Turkey, Football clubs in Turkey * Turkey at the Olympics


Economy and infrastructure of Turkey

* List of countries by GDP (nominal), Economic rank, by nominal GDP(2021): 20th * List of countries by GDP (PPP), Economic rank, by GDP (PPP) (2021): 11th * Currency, Currency of Turkey: ₺ Turkish lira ** ISO 4217: Turkish lira, TRY *Banking in Turkey ** Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Central Bank ** List of banks in Turkey * Telecommunications in Turkey ** Internet in Turkey *** RIPE NCC, Regional Internet Registry for Europe (RIPE NNC) *
Economic history of Turkey The economic history of the modern Republic of Turkey has four eras. The first era's development policy was defined by the transition from an agricultural imperial Ottoman economy into a diversified more industrialized economy. It emphasized on p ...
** National debt of Turkey * Energy in Turkey ** Energy policy of Turkey ** Electricity sector in Turkey *** Coal in Turkey **** ***Nuclear energy in Turkey ***
Renewable energy in Turkey Renewables supply a quarter of energy in Turkey, including heat and electricity. Some houses have rooftop solar water heating, and hot water from underground warms many spas and greenhouses. In parts of the west hot rocks are shallow enough ...
**** Geothermal power in Turkey **** Solar power in Turkey ****
Wind power in Turkey Wind power generates about 10% of Turkey's electricity, mainly in the west in the Aegean Region, Aegean and Marmara Region, Marmara regions, and is gradually becoming a larger share of Renewable energy in Turkey, renewable energy in the coun ...
** Energy conservation in Turkey ** Energy policy of Turkey *** Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Turkey), Department of Energy *** Energy law#Turkey, Turkish energy law * Health care in Turkey * Turkish Industry and Business Association, Industry trade groups in Turkey * Tourism in Turkey ** List of shopping malls in Turkey, Shopping malls in Turkey * Transport in Turkey, Transportation in Turkey ** Transport in Turkey#Air transport, Air transportation in Turkey *** List of airports in Turkey, Airports in Turkey ** List of highways in Turkey, Highway system in Turkey ** Rail transport in Turkey *** High-speed rail in Turkey *** History of rail transport in Turkey * Trade policy of Turkey ** European Union Customs Union ** Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ** World Trade Organization * Wealth in Turkey ** Household income in Turkey ** Income inequality in Turkey ** Personal income in Turkey ** Poverty in Turkey ** Social security in Turkey, Welfare in Turkey * Water supply and sanitation in Turkey


Education in Turkey

* Higher education in Turkey ** Medical education in Turkey ** Legal education in Turkey * List of high schools in Turkey, List of schools in Turkey ** :Private schools in Turkey, List of private schools in Turkey *** List of international schools#Turkey, List of international schools in Turkey *** List of yeshivas in Turkey ** List of public schools in Turkey ** Lists of universities and colleges *** List of law schools in Turkey *** List of medical schools in Europe#Turkey, List of medical schools in Turkey * Anti-schooling activism in Turkey * Ministry of National Education (Turkey), Department of Education in Turkey ** Council of Higher Education (Turkey), Board of education in Turkey ** Compulsory education#Ottoman Empire (Turkey), Compulsory education in Turkey * Foreign language education in Turkey * Homeschooling international status and statistics#Turkey, Homeschooling in Turkey


See also

*Topic overview: **Index of Turkey-related articles * * * * * *


References

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