Location : southeastern europe and southwestern asia (that portion of turkey west of the bosporus is geographically part of europe). bordering the black sea. between bulgaria and georgia. and bordering the aegean sea and the mediterranean sea. between greece and syria Geographic Coordinates
: 39 00 n. 35 00 e Map Reference : middle east Area :
total: 780.580 sq km land: 770.760 sq km water: 9.820 sq km Area Comparative: slightly larger than texas
Turkey More Facts
Land boundaries :
total: 2.648 km border countries: armenia 268 km. azerbaijan 9 km. bulgaria 240 km. georgia 252 km. greece 206 km. iran 499 km. iraq 352 km. syria 822 km coastline
: 245 Maritime Claims : territorial sea: 6 nm in the aegean sea; 12 nm in black sea and in mediterranean sea exclusive economic zone: in black sea only: to the maritime boundary agreed upon with the former ussr Climate:
temperate; hot. dry summers with mild. wet winters; harsher in interior Terrain
: high central plateau (anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges Elevation extremes : lowest point: mediterranean sea 0 m highest point: mount ararat 5.166 m Natural Resources
:coal. iron ore. copper. chromium. antimony. mercury. gold. barite. borate. celestite (strontium). emery. feldspar. limestone. magnesite. marble. perlite. pumice. pyrites (sulfur). clay. arable land. hydropower Land use : arable land: 30.93% permanent crops: 3.31% other: 65.76% (2001) Irrigated Lands
: 42.000 sq km (1998 est.)
