Turkiye:
India and Turkiye held 12th round of Foreign Office Consultations (FoC) to restore bilateral relations ruptured during the India-Pakistan conflict last year.
- Turkiye is a transcontinental Eurasian country.
- The major part of the country lies in the Anatolian Plateau of Western Asia while a small part is located on Southeastern Europe’s Balkan Peninsula.
- It is bordered by Greece and Bulgaria (northwest), Georgia (northeast), Armenia and Iran (east), Iraq (southeast), Syria (south).
- Nakhchivan, an exclave of Azerbaijan also borders Turkiye to the east.
- It is surrounded on three sides by the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Aegean Sea.
- Capital: Ankara
- Geographical Features of Turkiye:
- Rivers: Tigras, Kizilirmak, Sakarya, and Euphrates are the most significant rivers,
- Major Lake: Lake Van which is the largest alkaline lake in the world
- Mountain Ranges: It includes the Taurus, Koroglu and Pontic ranges.
- Highest Point: Turkey’s highest point is Ararat
- Straits: Bosporus, which connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, which connect the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara.
- Natural Resources: It mainly consists of chromite, iron ore, coal, lignite, bauxite, and copper.
