Turkey is located in the northern hemisphere between the 36º - 42º northern parallel and the 26º - 45º eastern meridian.

It has an area of 783,562 square km.

Turkey borders the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the Aegean and the Marmara Sea and has a total coastline of 8333 km.

Turkey has land borders of 269 km with Bulgaria, 203 km with Greece, 276 km with Georgia, 325 km with Armenia, 18 km with Azerbaijan (Nahjivan), 529 km. with Iran, 378 km with Iraq and 877 km with Syria.

The highest mountain is Mount Ararat with 5137 m. This is followed by Buzul Mountain (4116 m), Uludoruk (4135 m), Süphan Mountain (4058 m), Erciyes Mountain (3917 m) and Small Mount Ararat (3896 m).

Its biggest lake is Lake Van with 3712 square km. It is followed by Tuz Gölü with 1500 square km.

Its longest river is Kızılırmak with 1355 km. 1263 km of the Euphrates River and 523 km. of the Tigris, both of which originate in Turkey, are located within the country’s borders.