what country is turkey in

Turkey is a country that occupies a unique geographic position, lying partly in Asia and partly in Europe. It is mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in West Asia, with a small portion called East Thrace on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Turkey is bordered by the Black Sea to the north, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east, Iraq to the southeast, Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is off the south coast. Ankara is Turkeys capital and second-largest city, while Istanbul is its largest city and economic and financial center.