It is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is the capital, while Istanbul is its largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neolithic sites like Göbekli Tepe, and was inhabited by ancient civilisations
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Economy: It has an emerging market economy. The country is a founding member of the OECD (1961) and the G-20 major economies (1999). Since 1995, It is a party to the EU–Turkey Customs Union. It is often classified as a newly industrialized country by economists and political scientists; It's among the world's leading producers of agricultural products, textiles, motor vehicles, transportation equipment, construction materials, consumer electronics and home appliances
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