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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: New Turkish Lira
Currency Symbol: TRY
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 References: Middle East
Area: total: 783,562 sq km ; land: 769,632 sq km ; water: 13,930 sq km
Area - Comparative: slightly larger than Texas
Terrain: high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m ; highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 2,816 km ; border countries: Armenia 311 km, Azerbaijan 17 km, Bulgaria 223 km, Georgia 273 km, Greece 192 km, Iran 534 km, Iraq 367 km, Syria 899 km
Coastline: 0 km; note - Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea (1,768 km)
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
Geography - Note: strategic location controlling the Turkish Straits (Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles) that link Black and Aegean Seas; Mount Ararat, the legendary landing place of Noah's ark, is in the far eastern portion of the country