TURKEY Adana

President         :           Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Prime Minister :           Ahmet Davutoglu

Land area        :           297,591 sq mi (770,761 sq km);

Total area        :           301,382 sq mi (780,580 sq km)

Population       :           81,619,392

Capital City       :           Ankara, 4.194 million

Largest cities   :           Istanbul, 11.253 million;

           Izmir, 2.927 million;

                                    Bursa, 1.713 million;

           Adana, 1.468 million,

           Gaziantep 1.198 million.

Monetary Unit  :           Lira

Language         :           Turkish

Religious          :           Islam

Flag Colors       :           Red and White

Geography

Turkey is at the northeast end of the Mediterranean Sea in southeast Europe and southwest Asia. To the north is the Black Sea and to the west is the Aegean Sea. Its neighbors are Greece and Bulgaria to the west, Russia, Ukraine, and Romania to the north and northwest (through the Black Sea), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east, and Syria and Iraq to the south. The Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus divide the country.