Turkey 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 to the west; and the
Black Sea is to the north.
The Sea of Marmara, the
Bosporus and the Dardanelles
(which together form the
Turkish Straits) demarcate
the boundary between East
Thrace and Anatolia; they
also separate Europe and
Asia.
Turkey is one of the six
independent Turkic states.
The vast majority of the
populations are Muslims. The
country's official language
is Turkish, whereas Kurdish
and Zazaki languages are
spoken by Kurds and Zazas,
who constitute 18% of the
population.
