TURKEY

Where is Turkey?

Brief information of Turkey?

• Capital: ANKARA• Largest City: İSTANBUL (14,160,467 People are

living)• Official Language: Turkish• Total Population: 76,667,864 People are living.• Province: 81• Currency: Turkish Lira (1 TL = 1,20 Litas)• Religion: Muslims (90%)• Founder of the Turkey: Mustafa Kemal AtatürkTurkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Iraq and SyriaTurkey is a member of the Council of Europe and NATO

Map of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

1st President and founder of Turkey

Why we love him?

Mustafa Kemal is the first President of Turkish Republic, and he introduced many radical reforms for transforming old Ottoman-Turkish state into a new secular republic.

His surname, Atatürk’s meaning is Father of the Turks.