Türkiye

Türkiye

Türkiye ranks 18th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind China, Austria, and Ukraine. Memorable people born in present day Türkiye include Suleiman the Magnificent, Paul the Apostle, and Herodotus. Memorable people who died in Türkiye include Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Heraclitus, and Thales of Miletus. Türkiye has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turks, while ethnic Kurds are the largest ethnic minority. Officially a secular state, Turkey has a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city, while Istanbul is its largest city and economic and financial center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. Read more on Wikipedia