Turkey

Why it sticks

1. 1

   Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus, with neighbourhoods in both Europe and Asia; about 3% of Turkey lies in Europe.

2. 2

   In 2022 the UN accepted the country's request to be called Türkiye.

3. 3

   Göbekli Tepe, about 11,600 years old, is one of the oldest known monumental sites, older than Stonehenge.

4. 4

   Atatürk made Ankara the capital in 1923 when he founded the republic.

• Turkish Latin alphabet with ç, ğ, ı, İ, ö, ş, ü.
• White plates with a blue 'TR' strip; they start with a two-digit province code (34 = Istanbul).
• Mosques with slender pencil-shaped minarets; drives on the right.
• Brown and yellow-white road signs in Turkish; 'Dikkat' means caution.