What is the area and population of Turkey?

Turkey has a land area of 783,600 square kilometers and a population of 80,745,020 (2017).

The Ottoman Empire, established in Turkey's heyday, covers three continents: Europe, Asia, Africa and most of the territories and possessions in southern Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa, the Strait of Gibraltar in the west, the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf in the east, Austria and Slovenia in the north and Sudan and Yemen in the south today. After the demise of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople was its capital, renamed Istanbul, and claimed to be the successor of the Eastern Roman Empire. 19 14 In August, the Ottoman Empire joined the Allies in World War I and was defeated in 19 18. Losing a large territory, the empire fell apart.

Turks are the main ethnic groups in the modern Republic of Turkey. They all moved from Central Asia to Asia Minor after 1 1 century. Most of them believe in Sunni Islam, and a few believe in Shia Islam. Turks account for more than 80% and Kurds account for about 15%. Kurds are the most populous minority in Turkey, with 6.5438+0.4 million people, of whom about 7 million people live in vast areas in the east and southeast. Kurds in Turkey are mostly Muslims, which are quite different from Turks in language, culture and family traditions.

Turkey is a country across Europe and Asia, bordering the Black Sea in the north, the Mediterranean Sea in the south, Syria and Iraq in the southeast, the Aegean Sea in the west, Greece and Bulgaria in the east, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran in the east. Turkey's geographical location and geopolitical strategic significance are extremely important, and it is a crossroads connecting Europe and Asia. The capital Ankara.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Turkey