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Turkey

Partly European and partly Asian country, the Republic of Turkey is a link between these two continents through the Dardanelles and the Bosporus, the sea route between the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Ankara

Crossroad of civilizations - Ankara is the capital city of the Republic of Turkey since 1923 and the second largest in the country with about 4.5 million people, right after Istanbul.