{"id":2947,"date":"2026-04-10T12:17:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:37:04","slug":"key-facts-about-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkiye"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Turkiye Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India and Turkiye held the 12th round of Foreign Office Consultations (FoC) to restore bilateral relations ruptured during the India-Pakistan conflict last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Turkiye<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>transcontinental Eurasian country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The major part of the country lies in the <\/span><b>Anatolian Plateau of Western Asia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while a small part is located on Southeastern <\/span><b>Europe&#8217;s Balkan Peninsula.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is bordered by<\/span><b> Greece and Bulgaria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (northwest), <\/span><b>Georgia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (northeast), <\/span><b>Armenia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (east), <\/span><b>Iraq<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (southeast), <\/span><b>Syria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (south).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nakhchivan,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an exclave <\/span><b>of Azerbaijan, also<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> borders Turkiye to the east.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water Bodies: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is surrounded on three sides by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-black-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Black Sea<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Aegean Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ankara<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Turkiye<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tigras, Kizilirmak, Sakarya, and Euphrates are the most significant rivers,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Lake: Lake Van<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is the largest <\/span><b>alkaline lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mountain Ranges: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes the <\/span><b>Taurus, Koroglu and Pontic ranges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkey&#8217;s highest point is <\/span><b>Mt. Ararat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which peaks at 16,948 ft<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Straits:<\/b> <b>Bosporus, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, and the <\/span><b>Dardanelles,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which connect the Aegean Sea with the <\/span><b>Sea of Marmara.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It mainly consists of <\/span><b>chromite<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, iron ore, coal, lignite, bauxite, and copper.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/possible-thaw-india-turkiye-hold-foreign-office-talks-after-operation-sindoor-tensions\/article70839577.ece#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkiye is a transcontinental Eurasian country. 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