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Turkey

Country in West Asia and Southeast Europe

Also known as Republic of Türkiye · Republic of Turkey

Capital
Area
Currency
Head of government

Overview

Economy & society

Over time

Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source

Population
Human Development Index
Life expectancy · years
Female population
Male population

All data

1,141 statements · 35% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Coordinates of southernmost point
  • 35.8088°N, 36.1515°E
Ethnic group
Emergency phone number
Number of out-of-school children
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Diplomatic relation
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Replaces
Native label
Demonym
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Geoshape
  • Data:Turkey.map
Coordinates of northernmost point
  • 42.1047°N, 27.2402°E
Total fertility rate
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Retirement age
  • 60 years old applies to part: man
  • 58 years old applies to part: woman
Age of majority
Coordinates of easternmost point
  • 39.6532°N, 44.8170°E
Member of
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Mains voltage
  • 230 V frequency: 50 Hz
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Life expectancy
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Shares border with
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Highest point
Short name
Lowest point
Coordinates of westernmost point
  • 40.1250°N, 25.6655°E
Located in or next to body of water
Official name
Social media followers
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  • 122,094(January 8, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 148671983
Democracy Index
Hashtag
  • Turkey
  • Türkiye
Human Development Index
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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
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Name in native language
  • Türkiye Cumhuriyeti
IPA transcription
Birth rate
  • 14.468(2022)
  • 14.678(2021)
  • 15.033(2020)
  • 15.594(2019)
Male population
  • 42.6M(2022)
  • 42.2M(2021)
  • 41.8M(2020)
  • 41.4M(2019)
Death rate
  • 5.101(2022)
  • 6.398(2021)
  • 6.378(2020)
  • 5.084(2019)
Rural population
  • 19.5M(2022)
  • 19.7M(2021)
  • 19.9M(2020)
  • 20.1M(2019)
Female population
  • 42.4M(2022)
  • 42M(2021)
  • 41.6M(2020)
  • 41.2M(2019)
Urban population
  • 65.5M(2022)
  • 64.4M(2021)
  • 63.5M(2020)
  • 62.5M(2019)
Annual number of weddings
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Motto text
  • Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh literal translation: Heddwch gartref, heddwch yn y byd, Peace at Home, peace in the World
  • Heddwch gartref, heddwch yn y byd
Coordinates of geographic center
  • 38.9637°N, 35.2433°E

On other databases

250 identifiers linking Turkey across the web's reference databases