Recognised as Country
Turkey
- TR
- Asia
- TRY
- .tr
Turkey (TR/TUR) is a country in Asia with its capital at Ankara. It covers about 783,562 km² with a population of roughly 85,300,000, uses the TRY, dials on +90, owns the .tr internet domain and keeps its capital on Europe/Istanbul. It borders 8 countries.
Identity
Official short nameTurkey
CapitalAnkara
ContinentAsia
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TUR
Internet TLD.tr
Calling code+90
Currency codeTRY
Geography
Latitude38.9637° N
Longitude35.2433° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area783,562 km²302,535 square miles
Land neighbours8
Distance from London3,061 kmto the approximate centre of Turkey, not to Ankara. ESE, bearing 103.1°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalEurope/Istanbulthe IANA zone for Ankara; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+03:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+03:00
Offset in JulyUTC+03:00
Current offsetUTC+03:00
Local time now13 Sept 2026, 13:12
Hours ahead of UTC3
Population & scale
Population85,300,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density108.9 per km²≈
Share of world population1.053%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset36 of 196
Population rank in this dataset18 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Bulgaria921 km centre to centre
Georgia779 km centre to centre
Armenia849 km centre to centre
Azerbaijan1,065 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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