Ethnic minorities
| Name: | Turkey (Turkish Republic) |
| Local name (Turkish): | Türkiye (Tükiye Cumhuriyeti) |
| Former name: | Ottoman Empire (Devlet-i Osmaniye) – until 1923 |
| Bordering countries: | Bulgaria, Greece, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 780.6 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 68 109 ths. |
| Capital: | Ankara |
| Official language: | Turkish |