Turkey

Turkey—a country located in Western Asia on the Anatolian Peninsula, and partly in Southeastern Europe as well.

capital: Ankara;
Turkish is the official language;
area: 783,562 km²;
population: 82,835,090;
currency: Turkish lira;
borders Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Azerbaijan;
Turkey is bordered by the Black Sea to the north, the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea (called the White Sea in Turkish) to the south;
A member of NATO since 1952, of the Council of Europe since 1949, and an official candidate for EU membership since 1999.