The location of Turkey is southeastern Europe and southwest Asia. The Geographic coordinates are 39 00 north and 35 00 East. Turkey is considered to be an Middle Eastern country. The total area of the country is 780,580 sq km. The total of land is 770,760 sq km and the total of water is 9820 sq km. The climate of the country is hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters. The Terrain of the country is high central Plateau which is located in Anatolia, a narrow plain, and with several mountain ranges. The elevation extremes of the country lowest point is Mediterranean Sea at 0 m and the highest point is Mount Ararat at 5,166 m. Some environmental issues that the country has are very dangerous earthquakes, water pollution from contaminating the water with chemicals and dangerous detergents, air pollution,oil spills and deforestation. Some natural resources of the country are coal, copper, mercury, gold, iron ore, limestone, hydro power, and marble. Down below i have provided a image of the land of Turkey.
References: http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcturkey.htm
Image: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=izmir+city&tbm=isch&tbs=simg:CAQSWwkSPORV-UvV5BpHCxCwjKcIGjUKMwgBEg0hKDwbFgOhAjOlAqsCGiD5uSaDJnIFV6nFYLmHp7tnaJ22mlfV31qaamyJv2ekUQwLEI6u_1ggaAAwhja_1ZI0_10AS8&sa=X&ei=c1g5UaSDMorUqAG4m4DoBw&ved=0CCgQwg4&biw=1092&bih=533
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