Turkey

Basic facts about Turkey

Country name: Turkey
Capital: Ankara
Country code: 413
Continent: Middle East
Currency name: Turkish lira
Independence: 1923-10-29 00:00:00
Independent from: successor state to the Ottoman Empire
Total area (km2): 783,562
Land area (km2): 769,632
Water area (km2): 13,930
Population: 80,694,485
Population note: 80,694,485 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: Turkish
All languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages
Time zone: EET (UTC+2) - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Date format: dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Drive on: right
Calling code: +90
Domain: .tr