Most of Turkey is in Asia, on the peninsula of Asia Minor, also known as Anatolia. A small portion, Turkish Thrace, is in southeastern Europe. Turkey is bounded by the Black Sea to the north, Georgia and Armenia to the northeast, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east, Iraq and Syria to the southeast, the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas to the southwest and west, and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Ankara is the capital, and Istanbul is the largest city and seaport.
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