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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.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea (and Cyprus) to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
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The National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation is a ceremony that takes place at the White House every year shortly before Thanksgiving. The president of the United States is presented with a live domestic turkey by the National Turkey Federation (NTF), usually males of the Broad Breasted White variety. The early years also included a joint ...
Azerbaijan ( outline) 9 km (6 mi) Coastline: 7,200 km (4,474 mi) Population of Turkey: 82 million 19th most populous country. Area of Turkey: 783,562 km 2 (302,455 sq mi) 36th most extensive country. Atlas of Turkey. Cities of Turkey, by population.
Turkey has no official national emblem, but the crescent and star ( Turkish: ay-yıldız, lit. 'crescent-star') design from the national flag is in use on Turkish passports, Turkish identity cards and at the diplomatic missions of Turkey . The crescent and star are from the 19th-century Ottoman flag (1844–1923) which also forms the basis of ...
Turkish cuisine ( Turkish: Türk mutfağı) is the cuisine of Turkey and the Turkish diaspora. Although the cuisine took its current rich form after numerous cultural interactions throughout centuries, it should not be confused with other cuisines such as Ottoman cuisine (Osmanlı mutfağı) or Seljuk cuisine.
Heritage turkey. Heritage turkeys of various breeds on a farm in Maryland. A heritage turkey is one of a variety of strains of domestic turkey which retains historic characteristics that are no longer present in the majority of turkeys raised for consumption since the mid-20th century. Heritage turkeys can be differentiated from other domestic ...
The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America. There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo) of eastern and central North America and the ocellated turkey ( Meleagris ocellata) of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Males of both turkey species have a distinctive fleshy wattle, called a ...