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Turkiye

Turkiye (or Republic of Turkiye) is a transcontinental country located in Europe and at the west of Asia. The country has 76 667 864 inhabitants. Capital city of Turkiye is Ankara. Before, the land was a part of the Byzantine Empire, which lasted until 1453 and also a part of the Seljuq Empire. Then came the Ottoman Empire that lasted until just after the World War I. The empire then after the World War I was divided by the occupation forces until the Turkish war of independence 1919-1922. The country "Republic of Turkey" then has been established right after the traits in Lausanne 1923. In 2022, Turkey changed its name from Turkey to Turkiye.


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