Largest Cities

City

Population

Estimated

Istanbul

9,291,300

2002

Ankara

3,370,000

2002

Izmir

2,367,200

2002

Key Data

Population:

71,374,700 October 2002

Area Total:

780,580 km²

Area Land:

770,760 km²

Coast Line:

7,200 km km

Capital:

Ankara

Climate:

Temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior.

Languages:

Turkish; Kurdish, Arabic, Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Greek, Domani, Romani, Ladino, Serbian and Tartar also spoken

Currency:

Turkish lira (TL$)

Holiday:

Anniversary of the Republic, 29 October (1923)

Average Daily Temperature

Capital:

Ankara

January:

-1.3°C / 29.7°F

July:

23°C / 73.4°F

Annual Rainfall:

451.2mm / 17.8''

Boundaries

Syria:

822km

Iran:

499km

Iraq:

331km

Armenia:

268km

Georgia:

252km

Bulgaria:

240km

Greece:

206km

Azerbaijan:

9km