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Turkey
Turkey straddles Asia and Europe across the Bosphorus, ruling once-imperial Istanbul, the Cappadocian fairy chimneys and a Mediterranean Riviera, with a population approaching 85 million.
- Capital
- Ankara
- Population
- 85M
- Currency
- Turkish Lira (TRY)
- Continent
- Asia
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Twenty-eight at random from all fifty states plus the District of Columbia and the territories — capitals, statehoods, mottoes, populations and flags.
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