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'''Turkey''' (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental Eurasian country located mainly on the Anatolian peninsula in Western [[Asia]], with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern [[Europe]]. East Thrace, the part of Turkey in Europe, is separated from Anatolia by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus and the Dardanelles (collectively called the Turkish Straits). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul Istanbul], which straddles Europe and Asia, is the largest city in the country, while [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara Ankara] is the capital. | '''Turkey''' (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental Eurasian country located mainly on the Anatolian peninsula in Western [[Asia]], with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern [[Europe]]. East Thrace, the part of Turkey in Europe, is separated from Anatolia by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus and the Dardanelles (collectively called the Turkish Straits). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul Istanbul], which straddles Europe and Asia, is the largest city in the country, while [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara Ankara] is the capital. | ||
− | Turkey is bordered on its northwest by [[Country:Greece|Greece]] and [[Country:Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]; north by the Black Sea; northeast by [[Georgia]]; east by [[Armenia]], the [[Azerbaijan]]i exclave of Nakhchivan and [[Iran]]; southeast by [[Iraq]]; south by [[Syria]] and the Mediterranean Sea; and west by the Aegean Sea. | + | Turkey is bordered on its northwest by [[Country:Greece|Greece]] and [[Country:Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]; north by the Black Sea; northeast by [[Country:Georgia|Georgia]]; east by [[Armenia]], the [[Azerbaijan]]i exclave of Nakhchivan and [[Iran]]; southeast by [[Iraq]]; south by [[Syria]] and the Mediterranean Sea; and west by the Aegean Sea. |
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Revision as of 14:29, 27 September 2020
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Continent | Europe |
Number of zones | 30 |
Maximum PPH | 30 |
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental Eurasian country located mainly on the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe. East Thrace, the part of Turkey in Europe, is separated from Anatolia by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus and the Dardanelles (collectively called the Turkish Straits). Istanbul, which straddles Europe and Asia, is the largest city in the country, while Ankara is the capital.
Turkey is bordered on its northwest by Greece and Bulgaria; north by the Black Sea; northeast by Georgia; east by Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran; southeast by Iraq; south by Syria and the Mediterranean Sea; and west by the Aegean Sea.
Zones
There are 30 turfzones in the country all belonging to the same and only region, Turkey. Seventeen of these are counted as world heritage sites and three as castle zones.
- Ani (2017)
- AntalyaBeach (2013)
- Aphrodisias (2018)
- AtatürkSquare (2013)
- Bursa (2015)
- Çatalhöyük (2015)
- DivriğiMosque (2015)
- Diyarbakır (2016)
- Ephesus (2016)
- GrandBazaar (2014)
- Göreme (2015)
- HaliSaha (2019)
- Hattusha (2015)
- Hierapolis (2015)
- IstanbulAir (2019)
- Kalesi (2015)
- Karsilama (2013)
- KemerPark (2013)
- Kizilkule (2015)
- MiniZone (2013)
- NemrutDağ (2015)
- OldIstanbul (2015)
- Pergamon (2015)
- SabihaGökçen (2014)
- Safranbolu (2015)
- Selimiye (2015)
- SideApollon (2015)
- SidePath (2015)
- Troy (2015)
- Xanthos (2015)
Updated: 2020-07-10
Country specific medals
No country specific medals