Key country data
Capital: | Ankara |
Area: | 783.5 k km2 |
Population: | 78 mln |
Languages: | Turkish, Kurdish, other minority languages |
Currency: | Turkish new lira (TRY) |
Voltage: | 230V/50Hz, Plug type C/F |
Time zone: | UTC+2 |
Political system: | Parliamentary republic |
Main religions: | Muslim (mostly Sunni) |
About
The Ottoman Empire started to decline from the beginning of the 19thcentury. It led to a rise of nationalist movements among different people populating the empire. The Ottoman Empire joined World War I on the side of the Central Powers and was defeated.
The modern Repulic of Turkey was created after the World War I from the Ottoman Empire by a movement lead by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk who became the first president of the republic after abolishment of the Sultanate ending over six century of that rule.
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