FACTS & FIGURES

Turkey known officially as the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe.

Area - comparative Land boundaries: Coastline:

780,580 sq km

755,688 square kilometres are in Asia and 23,764 square kilometres in Europe (Transcontinental country, world's 37th largest, about 1/12 of USA) 8 times Azarbeijan, 6 times England total: 2,648 km 7,200 km