<Tr> <Th> Internet TLD </Th> <Td>. tr </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website www.turkiye.gov.tr </Td> </Tr> <P> Turkey (/ ˈtɜːrki / (listen); Turkish: Türkiye (ˈtyɾcije)), officially the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help info); pronounced (ˈtyɾcije d͡ʒumˈhuɾijeti)), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . Turkey is bordered by eight countries with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south . The country is encircled by seas on three sides with the Aegean Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . The Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, which together form the Turkish Straits, divide Thrace and Anatolia and separate Europe and Asia . Ankara is the capital while Istanbul is the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre, classified as a leading global city . Major urban areas include İzmir, Antalya, Bursa, Eskişehir, Mersin, Konya, and Adana, among others . </P> <P> Approximately 70 - 80% of the country's citizens identify themselves as ethnic Turks . Kurds are the largest minority at about 20% of the population, and other ethnic minorities include Circassians, Albanians, Arabs, Bosniaks, and Laz . The official language is Turkish, which is the most widely spoken Turkic language in the world . Minority languages spoken today in Turkey include Kurmanji, Bosnian, Arabic, Zaza, Kabardian, and several others . </P>

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