ABSTRACT
The Turkish Republic is situated mainly in Western Asia and partly in Southeastern Europe. Its geographical location over two continents serves as a bridge between East and West culturally, economically, and politically. The country is bordered in the east by Georgia, Armenia, and Iran, in the south by Iraq and Syria, and in the west by Greece and Bulgaria. Inland Turkey is 297,000 square miles and is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the south, the Aegean in the west, and the Black Sea in the north.
