Travelling Club - Turkey

Map of Turkey

• Geographic coordinates: 39 00 N, 35 00 E
• 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
• Terrain: high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges
• Area: total: 780,580 sq km
• Population: 70,413,958 (July 2006 est.)