Asia · Western Asia
Türkiye
60 cities in the atlas · 51 airports with scheduled flights
- Capital
- Ankara
- Currency
- TRY
- Turkish Lira
- Local time
- Türkiye Standard TimeUTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +90
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F
Facts
Türkiye in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Ankara
- Currency
- Turkish Lira TRYToday's indicative rate: TRY 10 ≈ USD 0.202Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: TurkishSpoken: Turkish, Kurdish, Zaza, Azerbaijani and Avaric
- Time zones
- Türkiye Standard TimeUTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +90
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112coast guard, disasters, fire and police177fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 85,878,556 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 780,580 km²
- Internet domain
- .tr
When to go
Climate across Türkiye
In May to October, more than half of the 44 cities with figures in Türkiye have a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankara | 2° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 21° | 26° | 30° | 31° | 25° | 18° | 11° | 4° |
| Istanbul | 8° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 21° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 10° |
| İzmir | 12° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 30° | 33° | 34° | 29° | 23° | 18° | 13° |
| Bursa | 7° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 26° | 20° | 14° | 9° |
| Antalya | 11° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 31° | 35° | 36° | 31° | 25° | 19° | 13° |
| Adana | 13° | 15° | 19° | 23° | 28° | 33° | 37° | 37° | 34° | 28° | 21° | 15° |
| Trabzon | 10° | 11° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 17° | 12° |
| Gaziantep | 7° | 10° | 15° | 20° | 26° | 33° | 38° | 37° | 32° | 25° | 15° | 9° |
| Kayseri | 1° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 24° | 29° | 29° | 24° | 17° | 10° | 4° |
| Konya | 4° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 22° | 27° | 31° | 31° | 26° | 19° | 12° | 6° |
| Cities good for going, of 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 40 | 37 | 24 | 23 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 0 |
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
Cities
Cities in Türkiye
All 60 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
- AnkaraCapital3,517,182
- IstanbulGuide15,701,602
- BursaBursa Province3,101,833
- İzmirİzmir Province2,938,292
- Gaziantep2,222,415
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır Province1,833,684
- Adana1,816,750
- Kayseri1,452,458
- Konya1,433,861
- Antalya1,335,002
- Eskişehir921,630
- Erzurum767,848
- Malatya750,491
- Mersin537,842
- NilüferBursa Province536,365
- Van525,016
- Bornovaİzmir Province452,479
- Batman452,157
- SanliurfaŞanlıurfa449,549
- Elazığ443,363
- BeylikdüzüIstanbul415,290
- AntakyaHatay399,045
- Samsun394,050
- Kahramanmaraş384,953
- Uşak369,433
- AlanyaAntalya364,180
- SultanbeyliIstanbul358,201
- TarsusMersin350,732
- Aksaray327,575
- Denizli313,238
More cities · 14
Airports
Airports in Türkiye
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
- ISTİstanbul AirportIstanbul
- SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportIstanbul
- ESBEsenboğa International AirportAnkara
- ADBAdnan Menderes International Airportİzmir
- GZTGaziantep Oğuzeli International AirportGaziantep
- ASRKayseri Erkilet International AirportKayseri
- KYAKonya AirportKonya
- AYTAntalya International AirportAntalya
- AOEHasan Polatkan AirportEskişehir
- GNYŞanlıurfa GAP AirportSanliurfa
- COVÇukurova International AirportTarsus
- NAVNevşehir Kapadokya AirportNevşehir
- EDOBalıkesir Koca Seyit AirportEdremit
- BJVMilas Bodrum International AirportBodrum
- DLMDalaman International AirportDalaman
Medium airports · 36
- DIY · Diyarbakır
- ERZ · Erzurum
- MLX · Malatya
- VAN · Van
- BAL · Batman
- EZS · Elazığ
- HTY · Antakya
- SZF · Samsun
- KCM · Kahramanmaraş
- DNZ · Denizli
- ADF · Adıyaman
- VAS · Sivas
- TZX · Trabzon
- BZI · Balıkesir
- OGU · Ordu
- TEQ · Çorlu
- KZR · Kütahya
- ISE · Isparta
- ERC · Erzincan
- CKZ · Çanakkale
- MQM · Mardin
- TJK · Tokat
- BGG · Bingöl
- KFS · Kastamonu
- AJI · Ağrı
- RZV · Rize
- MZH · Amasya
- ONQ · Zonguldak
- IGD · Iğdır
- KSY · Kars
- MSR · Muş
- YKO · Hakkâri
- NKT · Şırnak
- NOP · Sinop
- YEI · Yenişehir
- GZP · Gazipaşa
Photographs
Türkiye in pictures
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its author, with its licence.
IstanbulPhoto: Ail Subway · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnkaraPhoto: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
İzmirPhoto: Rafaela Ely · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
NevşehirPhoto: NuriCanY · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Guides
Our guides in Türkiye
From the journal
Related reading
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
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