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Full country name: Republic of Turkey
International phone dialing code: 90
People population: 78,785,548 (July 2011 est.)
Total area: 783,562 sq km, sea area: 13,930 sq km
Total area: Land boundaries: 2,648 km, coastline: 7,200 km
Most known cities: Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Istanbul, Izmir, Konya
Geographic coordinates: 39 00 N, 35 00 E
Turkey is situated in 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
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