i/ˈtɜrki/ (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: 
Türkiye
Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a
contiguous transcontinental country,
located mostly on Anatolia in Western Asia, and on East Thrace in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by
eight countries: Bulgaria to the
northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the
northeast; Armenia, Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea is to the south; the Aegean Sea is to the west; and
the Black Sea is to the north.
The Sea of Marmara,
the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form
the Turkish Straits)
demarcate the boundary between Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe
and Asia.[7]
Turkey's location at the crossroads of Europe and Asia makes it a country of
significant geostrategic importance.[8][page needed][9][10]
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