ocr: TURKEY 450 - - I Official Name: Republic ofTurkey Capital: Anlcara Population: 584 million Currency: Turkish lira Official language: Turkish AS SECULAR ISLAI MIC STATE, Turkey occupies Turkey's strategiclocation gives it significant the peninsula of. Asia Minor and the region of influence in the Mediterrane: an, Black Sea and Eastern Thrace in Europe. It thus controls the Middle East. Since the breakup of the USSR, entrance to the Black: Sea. The majority of Turks live Turkey has also been developing trading links in the western half of the country. The eastern and with Central Asia. southeast ...
