• Accession to the Council of Europe: 1949
  • Area : 780 580 km2
  • Population : 76.67 million inhabitants (2014)
  • Capital : Ankara
  • Official language : Turkish
  • Political Regime : Republican parliamentary democracy
  • Head of state and of government : Recep Tayyip Erdogan, re-elected on June 24th, 2018
  • Head of government : A constitutional review, which came into force after June 24th 2018, put an end to the function of prime minister
  • Currency : Turkish lira
  • International code : + 90
  • National holiday : October 29

Source: Turkish Embassy, Paris