Ubicación: Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria
Coordenadas geográficas: 39° 0' N, 35° 0' E
Km de línea costera: 7,200 km km
Clima: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Terreno: high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges
Cumbres: lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m
Riesgos naturales: severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van
Moneda: Turkish lira (YTL)
Población: 70,413,958 (July 2006 est.)
Lenguas: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian
Capital: Ankara
División administrativa: 81 provinces (iller, singular - il); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyonkarahisar, Agri, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Duzce, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Icel (Mersin), Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak