Turkish flag in Ho Chi Minh City. Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a transcontinental country, mostly located in Western Asia and partly located in Southeast Europe.

Turkish flag in Ho Chi Minh City. Turkey has borders with 8 countries: Bulgaria in the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia in the northeast; Armenia, Iran and the Nakhchivan region of Azerbaijan in the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. Mediterranean in the south; Aegean Sea to the West; and the Black Sea to the north. The Marmara Sea, the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits demarcate between Thrace and Anatolia, and also divide Europe and Asia. Its position at the intersection of Europe and Asia makes Turkey of significant geostrategic importance.

Turkey had inhabitants from the Paleolithic era, After being conquered by Alexander the Great, the region was Hellenized, the process continued under Roman Empire rule and then the Empire. Eastern Rome. The Seljuk Turks began to migrate to the area in the eleventh century, initiating the process of Turkishization.
Beginning in the late thirteenth century, the Ottomans unified Anatolia and established an empire that encompassed many territories in Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia, and North Africa, becoming a major power in Eurasia and Africa. in the early modern period. The empire reached its peak of power in the XV-XVII century. Tanzimat reforms in the nineteenth century to modernize the Ottoman were not enough, and failed to prevent the empire from falling apart. The Ottoman Empire participated in World War I in the Central Alliance and eventually defeated. The Turkish independence war was initiated by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his associates in Anatolia, which led to the establishment of the modern Turkish Republic in 1923, with Atatürk as the first president. Turkish flag in Ho Chi Minh City.

Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, and constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage.

The official language of the country is Turkish, which is the natural language of approximately 85% of the inhabitants. 70–80% of the population is of Turkish ethnicity; The rest consists of ethnic minorities like the Kurds. The vast majority of residents are Muslims. Turkey is a member of the United Nations, NATO, OECD, OSCE, OIC and G-20. After becoming one of the first members of the European Commission in 1949, Turkey became an associate member of the EEC in 1963, joining the EU Customs Union in 1995 and starting the full membership rights negotiations with the European Union in 2005. Turkey's growing economy and diplomatic initiatives made it a recognized regional power.