Turkey is a country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, located between the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

Quick Scoop: Where is Turkey?

  • Turkey lies mainly in Western Asia (the Anatolian Peninsula), with a smaller part in Southeast Europe (Thrace on the Balkan Peninsula).
  • It borders:
    • Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest.
* Georgia to the northeast.

* Armenia, Azerbaijan (Nakhchivan), and Iran to the east.

* Iraq to the southeast.

* Syria to the south.
  • It has coasts on three seas:
    • Black Sea to the north.
* Aegean Sea to the west.

* Mediterranean Sea to the south.

Key geographic facts

  • Capital city: Ankara, in the central part of the country.
  • Largest city: Istanbul, spanning both Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait.
  • Regionally, Turkey sits between the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and the eastern Mediterranean.

Very short answer

Turkey is in the Northern Hemisphere, mostly in western Asia with a smaller part in southeast Europe, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, surrounded by countries like Greece, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Bulgaria.

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