Outline of Turkey
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Turkey: Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, sovereign Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in West Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) at the southeastern tip of the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe. Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic whose political system was established in 1923 under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I. == General reference == Pronunciation: Common English country name: Turkey Official English country name: The Republic of Türkiye Common endonym(s), i.e., in Turkish: Türkiye Official endonym(s): Adjectival(s): Turkish Demonym(s): Turks (in Turkish language: Türkler) Etymology: Name of Turkey International rankings of Turkey ISO country codes: TR, TUR, 792 ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:TR Internet country code top-level domain: .tr == Geography of Turkey == Turkey is: a country Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere Eurasia Asia (except Thrace) Southwest Asia Europe Southeast Europe Time zone Turkey Standard Time (UTC+03:00), since 2016 Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+03:00), until 2016.