Turkey

About Turkey

Turkey is a large peninsula that bridges the continents of Europe and Asia. Turkey is surrounded on three sides by the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea. Turkey is home to one of the oldest settlements in the world. Built 8,800 years ago, Catalhoyuk was a labyrinth of 150 mud houses. The city of Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453 and Turkey became part of the Ottoman Empire. In 330 AD, Constantine became Roman Emperor and founded a new capital called Constantinople. After the fall of the Roman Empire, it became part of the Byzantine Empire.

Facts About Turkey

Official Name: Republic of Turkey

Form of Government : Parliamentary democracy

Capital : Ankara

Population : 81,257,239

Currency / Money : Turkish lira

Languages: Turkish

Area: 302,535 square miles (783,562 square kilometers)

Major Rivers: Kızılırmak ‘Red River’ is the longest river, Sakarya River

Language: English,Turkish (main), Other: Arabic, Zazaki, Circassian and Armenian,