Turkey - Introduction

Here, let us take a look at some of the important facts about the country Turkey. Here, we have some interesting facts about Turkey. Turkey (officially: Republic of Turkey) is a country in Asia, precisely in Western Asia, with a population of about 86.8 Millions inhabitants today (2025-10-08). The capital city of Republic of Turkey is Ankara, and the official country TLD code is .tr. Turkey has cca2, cca3, cioc, ccn3 codes as TR, TUR, TUR, 792 respectively. Check some other vital information below.

Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire by reformer and national hero Mustafa KEMAL, known as Ataturk or "Father of the Turks." One-party rule ended in 1950, and periods of instability and military coups have since fractured the multiparty democracy, in 1960, 1971, 1980, 1997, and 2016. 

Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and NATO in 1952. In 1963, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community; it began accession talks with the EU in 2005. Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a US-designated terrorist organization, began a separatist insurgency in Turkey in 1984, and the struggle has long dominated the attention of Turkish security forces. In 2013, the Turkish Government and the PKK conducted negotiations aimed at ending the violence, but intense fighting resumed in 2015. 

The Turkish Government conducted a referendum in 2017 in which voters approved constitutional amendments changing Turkey from a parliamentary to a presidential system. 

Turkey Space Info
Space agency/agencies
Turkish Space Agency (TUA; established 2018) (2025)
Space program overview
Has an ambitious national space program with a focus on satellites, satellite components, software development, ground station technologies, and building up the country’s space industries; manufactures and operates remote sensing and telecommunications satellites; in recent years has initiated a space launch vehicle (SLV) program with the goal of independently placing satellites into orbit and a probe on the Moon; has established relations with more than 25 foreign space agencies and corporations, including those of Azerbaijan, China, France, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, and the US, as well as the European Space Agency; has state-owned rocket and satellite development companies, including some under the Ministry of Defense; also has a growing private space industry sector, and the Turkish Government has pledged to increase the country's share of the global space market (2025)
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Turkey is found in Western Asia