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Ankara [b] is the capital city of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and 5.8 million in Ankara Province. [5] [4] Ankara is Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul by population, first by urban area (4,130 km 2), and third by metro area (25,632 km 2).
Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, [a] is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey.It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits and the Sea of Marmara to the northwest, and the Black Sea to the north.
Antalya [a] is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. [3] Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, [4] Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Taurus Mountains.
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Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
Belize City was the capital of Belize's predecessor, British Honduras. Berlin Germany: Europe: Bonn was the capital of West Germany and remained the seat of government for reunified Germany until 1999, and is still the primary seat of six ministries. See also Capital of Germany. Bern (de facto) Switzerland: Bishkek Kyrgyzstan: Asia: Bissau ...
The temple of Artemis in Sardis, capital of Lydia Tripolis on the Meander is an ancient Lydian city in Turkey. Büyük Menderes River also known as Maeander is a river in Lydia. Lydia is generally located east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provinces of Uşak, Manisa and inland Izmir. [3]
Hattusa, also Hattuşa, Ḫattuša, Hattusas, or Hattusha, was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age during two distinct periods. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, Turkey, (originally Boğazköy) within the great loop of the Kızılırmak River (Hittite: Marashantiya; Greek: Halys).