Outline of Turkey

The Emblem of Turkey
The location of Turkey

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Turkey:

Turkey sovereign Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Southwest Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) at the southeastern tip of the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe.[1] 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

An enlargeable basic map of Turkey

Geography of Turkey

An enlargeable topographic map of Turkey
Main article: Geography of Turkey
 Syria 822 km
 Iran 499 km
 Iraq 352 km
 Armenia 268 km
 Georgia 252 km
 Bulgaria 240 km
 Greece 206 km
 Azerbaijan 9 km
Coastline: 7,200 km

Environment of Turkey

An enlargeable satellite image of Turkey

Natural geographic features of Turkey

Regions of Turkey

Ecoregions of Turkey

Main articles: List of ecoregions in Turkey and Ecoregions in Turkey

Administrative divisions of Turkey

Provinces of Turkey
Main article: Provinces of Turkey

Turkey is divided into 81 provinces, called iller in Turkish

Districts of Turkey

The provinces of Turkey are divided into 923 districts (ilçeler; sing. ilçe).

Demography of Turkey

Government and politics of Turkey

Main article: Government of Turkey and Politics of Turkey

Branches of the government of Turkey

Main article: Government of Turkey

Executive branch of the government of Turkey

Legislative branch of the government of Turkey

Judicial branch of the government of Turkey

There are three supreme courts in Turkey:

Foreign relations of Turkey

Foreign relations of Turkey, by country

International organization membership

The Republic of Turkey is a member of:[1]

Law and order in Turkey

Military of Turkey

History of Turkey

Main article: History of Turkey and Timeline of Turkish history

History of Turkey, by period

History of Turkey, by subject

Culture of Turkey

Main article: Culture of Turkey

Art in Turkey

Religion in Turkey

Main article: Religion in Turkey

Sports in Turkey

Economy and infrastructure of Turkey

Main article: Economy of Turkey

Education in Turkey

Main article: Education in Turkey

See also

Turkish language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Main article: Turkey

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Turkey". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 14, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Turkey

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