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2 days ago · Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea (and Cyprus) to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
3 days ago · Turkey, country that occupies a unique geographic position, lying partly in Asia and partly in Europe. Throughout its history it has acted as both a barrier and a bridge between the two continents. Turkey. Turkey is situated at the crossroads of the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, and eastern Mediterranean.
3 days ago · On 6 February 2023, Türkiye suffered one of the most devastating events in its post-war history: a pair of 7.8- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that ravaged the country’s southeastern region, killing more than 50,000 people in 11 provinces. With over 160,000 buildings severely damaged or destroyed, 100,000 people injured and 3 million ...
2 days ago · Every Friday TRT World Research Centre will publish a comprehensive digest of Turkey’s top stories, analysed through the editorial lens of Ömer Carullah Sevim and the TRT World Research Centre experts. Our newsletter offers incisive insights and engaging commentary on Turkish politics, culture and more. Stay informed with Türkiye in Focus.
1 hour ago · Turkiye, meanwhile, has criticised recently announced plans by Greece to declare areas in the Ionian and Aegean seas as marine parks to conserve aquatic life. Turkiye objects to the one-sided declaration in the Aegean, where some areas remain under dispute, and has labelled the move as a step that sabotages the normalization process.
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5 days ago · Religion in Turkey. Religion in Turkey consists of various religious beliefs. While it is known that Islam is the most common religion in the country, published data on the proportion of people belonging to this religion are contradictory. The state registering everyone as Muslim by birth misleads the percentage of Muslims in Turkey.
4 days ago · Istanbul. / 41.01361°N 28.95500°E / 41.01361; 28.95500. Istanbul [a] is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic, cultural and historic capital. The city has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of ...
