Outline of Turkey
overview of and topical guide to Turkey
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Turkey:
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, sovereign Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in West Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) at the southeastern tip of the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe. Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic whose political system was established in 1923 under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I.
General reference
Pronunciation:
Common English country name: Turkey
Official English country name: The Republic of Türkiye
Common endonym(s), i.e., in Turkish: Türkiye
Official endonym(s):
Adjectival(s): Turkish
Demonym(s): Turks (in Turkish language: Türkler)
Etymology: Name of Turkey
International rankings of Turkey
ISO country codes: TR, TUR, 792
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:TR
Internet country code top-level domain: .tr
Geography of Turkey
Turkey is: a country
Location:
Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
Eurasia
Asia (except Thrace)
Southwest Asia
Europe
Southeast Europe
Time zone
Turkey Standard Time (UTC+03:00), since 2016
Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+03:00), until 2016.
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