World Countries

Turkey

Turkey coat of arms
The flag of Turkey has a red field bearing a large fly-side facing white crescent and a smaller five-pointed white star placed just outside the crescent opening. The white crescent and star are offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.

Common Name: Turkey

Official Name: Republic of Turkey

Geographic Details

CapitalAnkara
Continent(s)Europe, Asia
RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
Landlocked❌
Area783,562 km²
Coordinates(39° 0' N, 35° 0' E)

Demographic and Political Information

Population84,339,067
CurrencyTurkish lira (₺)
TimezonesUTC+03:00
LanguagesTurkish
UN Member✅

Additional Information

Top-level Domain.tr
Calling Code+9
Independent✅
Start of weekmonday
alpha2CodeTR
alpha3CodeTUR