The Government of Turkey
Overview
- Capital: Ankara
- Administrative regions: 81 provinces
- Government & legal system: Presidential republic; civil law system. (government site)
- Head of state / government: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President (official page)
- Official language(s): Turkish (official)
- National Day: October 29 (Republic Day, 1923)
- Independence: Not a colonial-independence case; the Turkish War of Independence concluded in 1923 with the founding of the Republic
- Other official holidays: National Sovereignty and Children’s Day (Apr 23), Victory Day (Aug 30), Atatürk Commemoration Day (Nov 10)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (official site)
- Regional / international memberships: UN, NATO, OECD, G20, Council of Europe, OSCE, Organization of Turkic States; EU candidate
- Visa / entry requirements: E-Visa system available for eligible nationalities. (visa info)
- Currency: Turkish lira (TRY) — Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s portrait appears on the obverse of every denomination, with scientific and cultural figures on the reverse.
- Flag symbolism: Red field with a white crescent moon and five-pointed star — long-standing symbols in Turkish and Ottoman military tradition.
