Flag Description
Red with a vertical white crescent (the closed portion is toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening.Currency
The Turkish lira. Astronomy
Today's date is November 22, 2009. There is currently a New Moon. Location
Southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria. Climate
Temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior. Terrain
Mostly mountains; narrow coastal plain; high central plateau (Anatolia). Elevation Extremes
The lowest point is at the Mediterranean Sea (0 m). The highest point is at Mount Ararat (5,166 m). | 
