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The Republic of Turkey (Turkish Türkiye Cumhuriyeti) with its capital Ankara covers 783,562 km². It spans across the two continents Asia (Asien) and Europe (Europa). The Asian part Anatolia makes up 97%, while the European part East Thrace in the far northwest of the country only accounts for 3%, where the main part of Istanbul is also located.

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The state borders Greece (Griechenland) and Bulgaria (Bulgarien) to the northwest, Georgia (Georgien), Armenia (Armenien), and Azerbaijan (Aserbaidschan) to the northeast, Iran (Iran) to the east, and Iraq (Irak) and Syria (Syrien) to the southeast. The politically divided island of Cyprus with the Republic of Cyprus (Zypern) and the internationally unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is located 70 kilometers off the southern coast. Near the Turkish mainland in the west are the Greek islands Chios (Chios), Kos (Kos), Symi, and Rhodes (Rhodos). Turkey is geographically divided into seven areas or regions.

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