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Turkey
known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye
Cumhuriyeti), is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia
(mostly in the Anatolian peninsula) and in East Thrace in
Southeastern Europe.
Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the
northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast;
Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the
east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea
and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea is to the west; and
the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus
and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits)
demarcate the boundary between East Thrace and Anatolia; they
also separate Europe and Asia.
The capital city of Turkey is Ankara. The territory of Turkey is
subdivided into 81 provinces for administrative purposes. The
provinces are organized into 7 regions for census purposes;
however, they do not represent an administrative structure. Each
province is divided into districts, for a total of 923
districts.
Provinces usually bear the same name as their provincial
capitals, also called the central district; exceptions to this
custom are the provinces of Hatay (capital: Antakya), Kocaeli
(capital: Izmit) and Sakarya (capital: Adapazari). Provinces
with the largest populations are Istanbul (13 million), Ankara
(5 million), Izmir (4 million), Bursa (3 million) and Adana (2
million).
The biggest city and the pre-Republican capital Istanbul is the
financial, economic and cultural heart of the country.[79] An
estimated 75.5% of Turkey's population live in urban
centers.[80] In all, 19 provinces have populations that exceed 1
million inhabitants, and 20 provinces have populations between 1
million and 500,000 inhabitants. Only two provinces have
populations less than 100,000.
Turkey has a very diverse culture that is a blend of various
elements of the Central Asian Turkic, Anatolian, Ottoman (which
was itself a continuation of both Greco-Roman and Islamic
cultures) and Western culture and traditions, which started with
the Westernization of the Ottoman Empire and still continues
today. This mix originally began as a result of the encounter of
Turks and their culture with those of the peoples who were in
their path during their migration from Central Asia to the West.
As Turkey successfully transformed from the religion-based
former Ottoman Empire into a modern nation-state with a very
strong separation of state and religion, an increase in the
modes of artistic expression followed. During the first years of
the republic, the government invested a large amount of
resources into fine arts; such as museums, theatres, opera
houses and architecture. Diverse historical factors play
important roles in defining the modern Turkish identity. Turkish
culture is a product of efforts to be a "modern" Western state,
while maintaining traditional religious and historical values.
The climate in Turkey has a vast diversity depending on the
diverse topography and latitude. Aegean and Mediterranean
coastal areas enjoy the typical Mediterranean climate. There is
hardly a drop of rain during the sunny and hot summer (May to
October). Winters are mild and rainy in these regions, and it
very rarely snows at coastal areas, with the exception of
mountainous areas higher than 2000 meters of these regions,
which are very snowy and are frequently not passable. The water
temperature in the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas is warm during
the long summer season (May to October) which constitutes the
swimming season and fluctuates between 23° and 28°C from north
to south.
