Turkey Map Political Regional

Turkey Map Political Regional

Turkey is a Eurasian country amid in Western Asia (mostly in the Anatolian peninsula) and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is belted by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the area of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which calm anatomy the Turkish Straits) circumscribe the abuttals amid East Thrace and Anatolia; they additionally abstracted Europe and Asia.

Turkey is one of the six absolute Turkic states. The all-inclusive majority of the citizenry are Muslims. The country's official accent is Turkish, admitting Kurdish and Zazaki languages are announced by Kurds and Zazas, who comprise 18% of the population.