What kind of country is Turkey and what kind of country is Turkey?

Turkey is a country spanning Asia and Europe, with a land area of 780,000 square kilometers and a total population of about 83 million, with its capital in Ankara.

Turkey is geographically important, at the crossroads of Eurasia. It is bordered by the Black Sea in the north, the Mediterranean Sea in the south, and the Aegean Sea in the west, with a coastline of 7,200 kilometers, bordering 8 countries such as Syria, Greece, and Georgia, especially the Turkish Strait, which is the only shipping route connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.

Turkey's topography is complex and varied, including plains, grasslands, plateaus, mountains and hills, with the highest peak in the country being the 5,165-meter Aare Mountains, which are densely networked and numerous rivers, including the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.

Turkey's mineral resources mainly include chromium, iron, copper, bauxite and coal. In particular, water resources, forest resources and fishery resources are very abundant. But oil and gas reserves are not large and need to be imported.

Turkey is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, with a GDP of $519 billion in 2021. Agriculture, automobile manufacturing, food processing and the steel industry, as well as tourism, are the main pillars of Turkey's economy.

Turkey is a Muslim country of the European model.

The Muslim countries of the East find Turkey indecent.

European countries feel that Turkey is still a Muslim country anyway, so they are more reluctant to join the EU.

Although Turkey is an Asian country, it implements the European model in the political, economic, cultural and other fields, and is a candidate for the European Union. The Constitution states that Turkey is democratic, secular and governed by the rule of law.

The Republic of Turkey is a country straddling Europe and Asia, with extremely important geographical location and geopolitical strategic significance, and is a crossroads connecting Europe and Asia, implementing the European model in the political, economic, cultural and other fields, and is also a candidate country for the European Union. Turkey is a member of NATO, a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and a member of the G20. With a strong industrial base, it is one of the world's fastest-growing emerging economies and one of the fastest growing countries in the world.

The Turkish Constitution defines Turkey as a democratic, secular and governed by the rule of law. Turkey was once a typical moderately developed country, with a per capita GDP of $10,743 in 2016, while the per capita GDP of Chinese was about $8,113 at that time; In 2019, the per capita GDP of Chinese is about 10,000 US dollars, and the per capita GDP of Turkey is about 9100 US dollars, the gap is not very large, and the whole belongs to a level and has a certain comparability. The monthly salary of Turks is about 5,137 yuan, which is about the same as some second- and third-tier cities in China.

In 2018, the salary of a bus driver in Turkey was about 800 US dollars (equivalent to 5528 yuan, 1 US dollar = RMB), 1200-2000 US dollars for civil servants, and about 1500 US dollars for police officers. In Turkey, it is estimated that $700 can live well in the capital Istanbul for a month, but the gap between rich and poor in Turkey is small.

The Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti) is a country that straddles Europe and Asia, including the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia and the Eastern Thrace region of the Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Syria and Iraq to the southeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, Greece and Bulgaria, and Georgia, Armenia, Azi, Saibaijan and Iran to the east.

Between the Anatolian Peninsula and Eastern Thrace, are the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles. The capital is Ankara, located on the Anatolian Plateau. Ninety-nine per cent of the population are Muslims.

The Republic of Turkey, referred to as Turkey, is a country straddling Europe and Asia, bordered by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Syria and Iraq to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, Greece and Bulgaria to the east, and Georgia or Tanrugia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east.