Türkiye
Republic of Türkiye · Western Asia
Türkiye is a country in Western Asia, with Ankara as its capital, home to about 85,878,556 people. Türkiye shares land borders with 8 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Ankara |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Asia |
| Currency | Turkish lira (TRY ₺) |
| Calling code | +90 |
| ISO codes | TR / TUR / 792 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇹🇷 |
| Population | 85,878,556 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 783,562 km² |
| Languages | Turkish |
| Internet domain | .tr |
| Demonym | Turkish |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Türkiye mean?
Turkey's red field with a white star and crescent is inherited almost unchanged from the flag used by the Ottoman Empire from 1844 onward, itself building on star-and-crescent designs that appeared on Ottoman flags from the late 18th century. No official or historically confirmed explanation exists for what the crescent and star originally represented; several popular legends circulate but are not treated as historical fact by reference sources. What is documented is the flag's continuity: the new Turkish republic kept the last Ottoman flag design in 1923, and its exact proportions and shade of red were only fixed by law in 1936.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Turkey
About Türkiye
Türkiye, officially Republic of Türkiye, is a United Nations member state in Western Asia. Its capital and seat of government is Ankara. It shares land borders with 8 countries. The official currency is the Turkish lira (₺), using the code TRY.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Türkiye for Ankara’s own facts and history.
To call Türkiye from abroad, dial the country code +90. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes TR (alpha-2) and TUR (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 85,878,556.
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How Türkiye compares
- Area: 783,562 km², ranking 36 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 85,878,556, ranking 18 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 110 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 8, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Türkiye
6 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.