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2 days ago · Turkish people or Turks ( Turkish: Türkler) are the largest Turkic people who speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey and Northern Cyprus. In addition, centuries-old ethnic Turkish communities still live across other former territories of the Ottoman Empire.
2 days ago · Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
5 days ago · Turkish delight, jellied confection with origins in the late 18th century. This soft jewel-like sugar treat became popular among the people of Turkey—who know it as lokum —about the turn of the 19th century.
1 day ago · Turkey, country that occupies a unique geographic position, lying partly in Asia and partly in Europe and serving as both a bridge and a barrier between them. The modern Turkish republic was founded in 1923 after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and its capital is Istanbul (formerly Constantinople).
3 days ago · Demographics of Turkey. Demographic features of the population of Turkey include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. As of 31 December 2023, the population of Turkey was 85.3 million with a growth rate of 0.11% per annum. [3]
4 days ago · Timur, [b] also known as Tamerlane [c] (8 April 1336 [7] – 17–18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty.
4 days ago · The exchange rate for Turkish lira to British pounds sterling is currently 0.024 today, reflecting a -0.170% change since yesterday. Over the past week, the value of Turkish lira has remained relatively stable, with a -0.084% decrease compared to its value 7 days ago.
