Official nameTürkiye Cumhuriyeti (Republic of Turkey)CapitalAnkaraPopulation estimate (2015)78·67 millionInternet domain extension.trCurrencyThe unit of currency is the Turkish lira (TRY), which consists of 100 kuruş.TerritoryTurkey is bounded in the west by the Aegean Sea and Greece, north by Bulgaria and the Black Sea, east by Georgia, Armenia and Iran, and south by Iraq, Syria and the Mediterranean.LanguageThe official language is Turkish.Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London Synonyms and related words