Turkiye
Turkiye is a country in Europe & Central Asia with a population of approximately ~85.3 million. Its capital is Ankara. This is the complete reference for identifying Turkiye in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Continent / region | Europe & Central Asia |
| Capital | Ankara |
| Population | ~85.3 million |
| ISO codes | TR / TUR |
| Coordinates | 39.72°, 32.36° |
| Bordering countries | None on file (island or maritime) |
How Turkiye appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, Turkiye is identified through the clue sequence: europe & central asia first, then population range (~85.3 million), then bordering countries, then capital (Ankara), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, Turkiye is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Europe & Central Asia.
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Reading Turkiye in MapDash context
Turkiye is one of the data points covered by this site’s country-guessing geography puzzles dataset. The detail above comes directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across recognized sovereign countries.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for Turkiye’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of Turkiye?
The capital of Turkiye is Ankara.
What continent is Turkiye in?
Turkiye is in Europe & Central Asia.
What is the population of Turkiye?
Turkiye has a population of approximately ~85.3 million.
What countries border Turkiye?
Turkiye has no bordering countries on file — likely an island nation or has only maritime neighbors.