Türkiye: flag, capital & map
Get to know Türkiye, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Ankara
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 85,878,556
- Area
- 783,562 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Turkish
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Turkish Lira (TRY)
Ankara is Türkiye’s capital. Istanbul, its largest city, stretches across Europe and Asia.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Türkiye
The flag of Turkey has a red field bearing a large fly-side facing white crescent and a smaller five-pointed white star placed just outside the crescent opening. The white crescent and star are offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.
Where it is
Türkiye is grouped in Western Asia, within Roam’s Asia region. Its land-border list includes 8 countries in this atlas: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Syria. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Türkiye has a recorded area of 783,562 square kilometres. Among the 17 countries assigned to Western Asia in this dataset, it ranks 2 by area, from largest to smallest. Saudi Arabia is immediately above it in that ordering, at 2,149,690 km². Yemen is immediately below it, at 527,968 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 85,878,556 people for Türkiye in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 110 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Turkish. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Turkish Lira (TRY). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Türkiye?
Reveal answer
Ankara. Ankara is Türkiye’s capital. Istanbul, its largest city, stretches across Europe and Asia.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Türkiye?
Reveal answer
The flag of Turkey has a red field bearing a large fly-side facing white crescent and a smaller five-pointed white star placed just outside the crescent opening. The white crescent and star are offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.
Which land neighbours of Türkiye are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. The source classifies Türkiye as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Türkiye?
Reveal answer
Turkish. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Türkiye.
Which currency codes are listed for Türkiye?
Reveal answer
Turkish Lira (TRY). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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