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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
Population:
65,666,677 (July 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups:
Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20%
Religions:
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)
Languages:
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Area:
total: 780,580 sq km
land: 770,760 sq km
water: 9,820 sq km
Natural resources:
antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulfur, iron ore, arable land, hydropower
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