Area Total | 783,562 sq km |
Climate | temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior |
Natural Resources | coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower |
Imports | China 10%, Germany 9.1%, Russia 8.4%, US 5.1%, Italy 4.8% (2017) – machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment |
Exports | Germany 9.6%, UK 6.1%, UAE 5.9%, Iraq 5.8%, US 5.5%, Italy 5.4%, France 4.2%, Spain 4% (2017) – apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment |
Government | presidential republic |
Capital | Ankara |
Population | 81,257,239 (July 2018 est.) |
Ethnicity | Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 7-12% (2016 est.) |
Language | Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages |
News about Turkey
- Parents outraged at 'out of touch' Joe Wicks as he reveals how his family stay 'fit and healthy' on holidayon July 15, 2025
Parents have slammed Joe Wicks for his 'out of touch' approach to holidaying abroad with his children - as he shared a no-nonsense routine that prioritises health and fitness.
- How honour killings are STILL happening to this day... and the tales of women who have been targeted over 'dress code and divorce'on July 14, 2025
Seeking a divorce, having sex outside, or defying a dress code can be enough to cost a woman her life in some communities - where the heinous acts are not only accepted but encouraged.
- Ominous message found at the entrance of an ancient Christian church delivers a chilling warning to all who enteron July 14, 2025
A message has been found sprawled out in front of a fifth-century church, left as a warning for all who dared to enter.
- Katie Price shows off her £10k facelift and extreme weight loss in new Instagram photoon July 14, 2025
She's had at least 16 boob jobs, three rhinoplasties and two facelifts and has been sparking concern with her extreme weight loss of late.
- Moment British women are brutally beaten and stamped on by bouncers at 'Mad Boys' restaurant in row over bill at Turkish resorton July 14, 2025
Footage shows the group, including women, being kicked and punched by male employees on a street outside Mad Boys restaurant in Marmaris, Turkey on June 2nd.
- A mother's terrifying premonition... and the riddle of the Bible-obsessed Scots adventurer who went in search of Noah's Ark and was never seen againon July 11, 2025
When she stares out of her living room window, frail pensioner Maggie Jean Mackenzie rarely takes in the old, weathered landscape and low-rise townscape beyond her Hebridean home.
- Kurdistan Workers’ party fighters burn weapons in disarming ceremony – videoon July 11, 2025
Senior PKK figure Bese Hozat read a statement in Turkish outside the mouth of a cave near Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan region of Iraq's north on Friday. 'We voluntarily destroy our weapons, before your presence, as a step of goodwill and determination', she said. The ceremony marks a turning point in the transition of the PKK from armed insurgency to […]
- British female footballer dies after being hit by car travelling 'extremely fast' while on holiday in Turkeyon July 10, 2025
A young female footballer who was the 'life and party' of her team has tragically died after being hit by a car while on holiday in Turkey.
- Inside the horrors of the holiday hotspot dog torture crisis: From canines being raped by humans to 'owners' undertaking 'at-home amputations'on July 9, 2025
The sought after locations of Egypt, Morocco and Turkey are visited by thousands of Brits each year - but at the same time hundreds of animals are mistreated, abused and even killed.
- Katie Price continues to show off her £10k facelift as she goes braless in a plunging dress to model new outfiton July 9, 2025
The former glamour model, 47, is no stranger to going under the knife having undergone a host of procedures over the years.
- Foreign Office issues warning to Brits heading to Turkey over behaviour that could lead to 'prison sentences'on July 8, 2025
Tourists visiting a popular Mediterranean hotspot this summer are being strongly warned against discarding cigarette butts, as this act can easily spark wildfires, especially during the hot and dry summer months.
- Can you tell from a woman's face how often she has sex? One of these women is making love five times a week - one's been celibate for six years. But can YOU guess as they confess all...on July 7, 2025
How often are you having sex? If you're a woman over 50, it seems there's a good chance the answer is not at all.
- I witnessed an in-flight emergency. Here's what really happens... it's nothing like the movieson July 7, 2025
As a health journalist, I've spent years writing about medical emergencies, even those in the air. On a recent cross-country flight, I witnessed my own. Here is why it's nothing like the movies.
- Family lash out in fury after wife stabbed her husband to death while he sat around the campfire with his mates - but then was set free by bombshell 'sleepwalking' revelationson July 7, 2025
Sedar Caliskan, 50, was killed in September 2023 at Mount Disappointment in Victoria's north, when his wife Ilknur stabbed him in the heart.
- Lion’s owners arrested after woman and children injured in attack in Pakistanby Agencies on July 6, 2025
Footage shows animal leaping over wall in Lahore before attack that left victims with face and arm injuriesThe owners of a pet lion that escaped from a farmhouse and injured a woman and her two children in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore have been arrested, authorities said on Sunday.The arrest came after dramatic video footage emerged showing the lion […]
- Mother-of-five's agony trapped in Turkey after £3,500 boob job went wrong - meaning she could now lose one of her breastson July 6, 2025
Mother-of-five Chloe Roiser, 31, went under the knife in a Turkish hospital as a 'confidence boost' but she could now lose her entire breast after a severe infection was revealed.
- ‘Like working in a volcano’: stories from six countries in Europe on a day of extreme heatby Guardian correspondents on July 5, 2025
How chefs, street performers and cheesemongers struggled to get their jobs done in record-busting temperaturesHundreds of millions of people across Europe suffered an extreme heatwave this week, with temperatures smashing records as the continent sweltered.With the human-caused climate emergency pushing the mercury ever higher, early in the summer Europe is […]
- Skye Wheatley has another procedure done on her eyes - following controversial fox eye surgery: 'They're horrible'on July 4, 2025
Skye Wheatley revealed on Friday she recently had another surgery done on her eyes, following her controversial 'fox eye' cosmetic procedure last year.
- Mother's controversial method for securing sunbeds DIVIDES opinion: 'You're part of the problem'on July 4, 2025
Venice Alexandra, from Essex, sparked fierce backlash from on social media after demonstrating her controversial method to bag a prized sunbed whilst on holiday in Tenerife.
- The clampdown 'killing' one of Turkey's most popular holiday towns: How a curfew, ban on dancing and soaring pint prices is 'ruining' Marmaris for Britson July 4, 2025
It is a resort town most popular with Brits. But a restrictive curfew, ban on dancing barmen and hikes in alcohol prices are pushing Brits to say they are 'not coming back'