Date of foundation: 29 October 1923
Form of government: Republic, divided into 81 provinces
Capital city: Ankara
National currency: Turkishe Lira
Population: approx. 84,7 millions (2021)
Birth rate: 1.1 % (2021)
Country’s territory: 783,562 square kms
Languages: Turkish (official language), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Religions: Islam (99% of the population), Christianity, Judaism
10 most important cities (by population): İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana, Bursa, Gaziantep, Konya, Antalya, Mersin, Diyarbakır
Current state president and chief of government: Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan (since 2014)
National flag: white half-moon and white star on red ground (so called “ayyildiz”)
National hymn: “İstiklar Marşı” (The March of Independence)