Turkey is a country located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, with the main part being on the Anatolian Peninsula side in Western Asia, with a smaller portion (called Thrace) in Southeastern Europe.
Bordered by eight countries, Turkey is nest to Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia, Azerbaijan (Nakhchivan exclave), Iran to the east, and Iraq and Syria to the south.
Turkey is also surrounded by three seas, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
The capital city of Turkey is Ankara, while Istanbul is its largest city and a major cultural and economic hub, famously spanning both Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait.
Turkey is divided in regions and subregions:
Aegean Region, Black Sea Region, Central Anatolia Region, Eastern Anatolia Region, Marmara Region, Mediterranean Region
