Location
Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria.
Istanbul is the only city in the world to straddle two continents.
Climate
Temperate;
Hot, dry summers with mild,
Wet winters;
Harsher in interior
Natural Resources
Coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower
3.People & Society
Population
81,257,239 (July 2018 est.)
Nationality
Turkish
Languages
Official: Turkish (official)
Minority Languages: Kurmanji, Arabic, Zazaki, Pomak Bulgarian, Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Laz
Main Immigrant Languages:Adyghe, Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Crimean Tatar,[a] Georgian, Kabardian
Religion
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni)
Other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Life Expectancy
Total population: 75.3 years (2018 est.)
Male: 72.9 years (2018 est.)
Female: 77.7 years (2018 est.)
Gdp-$851.5 billion (2017 est.)
GDP growth-7.4% (2017 est.)
CPI GOWTH -11.14 % (2017 est.)
5.Economy
Agriculture
Tobacco
Cotton
Grain
Olives
Sugar
Beets
Hazelnuts
Pulses
Citrus
Livestock
Industries
Textiles
Food processing
Automobiles
Electronics
Mining (coal,chromate, copper, boron)
Steel
Petroleum
Sonstruction
Lumber
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6.Top Universities
State Universities:
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
Middle East Technical University
Hacettepe University
7.Some Important Figures
Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin