Turkey in Brief Official Name : The Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti) Founder : Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK (1881-1938) Capital : Ankara Government : Turkey is democratic, secular and social state governed by the rule of law; committed to the nationalism of Atatürk and based on the principle of the separation of powers : Population : Officially 70,586,256 as of 1st January 2008 Language : Turkish (uses Latin Alphabet) Currency : Turkish Lira (TL) Location: Eastern Mediterranean. Located on two contitents Europe and Asia. The European part of Turkey is called Thrace, while the Asian part is called Anatolia or Asia Minor. Electricity : 220 volts a.c. throughout Turkey Climate : Climate: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior.
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