Turkey is a Tier V nation located south of the Black Sea, Northwest (or part) of the Middle East, and Southeast (or part) of the Balkan Peninsula. It is a transcontinental nation, having most of its lands in a region called Anatolia, which is located in Asia 
, meanwhile East Thrace, also known as Turkish Thrace, dips into the bottom right corner of Europe Europe 
across the Balkan Peninsula.[1]
It's considered to be one of the strongest nations in its region, and as such is frequently seen being played by someone in public servers. This is also supported by the fact that Turkey has one of the most famed after formables in the game, the 
Ottoman Empire. Not to mention its terrain, which makes defending the nation against threats like 
Iran or 
Saudi Arabia much easier.
Its overall strategic location, 
Oil-rich supply of resources, and outstanding base statistics compared to most of its neighbours make Turkey one of the best nations to start as in the game, as it can easily keep itself afloat in the world stage, aswell as easily rise to be an early-game superpower using its military capabilities.
Background
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Long before the arrival of the Turks and Hellenes to Anatolia lived the Hittites, a unique culture with interesting religious practices of taking religious ideals from those they conquer Before being conquered by Greeks the Achaemenid Empire conquered all of Anatolia as well as most of Thrace and Macedonia before their eventual collapse at the hands of Alexander the Great Later on arrived the Greeks who settled in Anatolia for a long time as several kingdoms were established before being conquered by Romans. with Constantinople (now Istanbul) becoming capital under Constantine the Great, establishing the Eastern Roman Empire The Eastern Roman Empire was prominent in Anatolia despite invasions from Caliphates and most of it being lost at the hands of the Seljuks in which the Sultanate of Rûm was later established until the Mongol Conquest, the remains of the Byzantines still existed but however they were divided as a result of the 4th Crusade in which the main splinter state was Nicaea. Although the Byzantines were reunited they had another threat which were the Ottomans who conquered Constantinople in 1453 The Hagia Sophia would become a mosque and for the time to come, Anatolia was controlled by Turks and inhabited mainly by Turks. The Turkey we know today began in 1919, post-WW1. The Ottoman Empire was reduced to a powerless nation. This would lead to the Turkish National Movement. The Turkish National Movement fought in the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923) resulting in victory and independence after a long, painful quarrel against a powerful coalition of five nations. Constantinople was renamed to Istanbul. The movement was led by field marshal Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who was known for his success in many fronts, that also later was chosen to become the first president. Atatürk introduced many reforms to the army, industrializing the country, including mixed-sex education, woman's rights and a secular based constitution. He is basically the Founder, and George Washington of Turkey. And there formed, the Republic of Turkey. |
Base Statistics
Economy
Turkey has a base income of $1,874,468. Most of it comes from taxation, with only about $208,249 coming from resource production.
Resources
Turkey has a decent supply of Oil, aswell as 
Gold, which can help make it Electronic Factories and tanks early into the game without having to spend much on imports.
Military
Turkey starts with 2 divisions of home guards, totalling 200,000 infantry, (100,000 per division) aswell as a base manpower capacity of 731,578 making it a dominant power in the Middle East 
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| Base Manpower Capacity of Turkey per Conscription Law | |
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| The following columns below present the manpower capacity from lowest (Disarmed) to highest (Required). RP stands for "Recruitable Population". | |
| Disarmed [1% RP] |
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| Volunteer [2% RP] |
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| Limited [5% RP] |
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| Extensive [10% RP] |
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| Required [25% RP] |
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Geography
Terrain and Biome
The terrain of Turkey comes in four waves, with the westernmost area around Istanbul and Izmir being flat, the region around Ankara being hilly, the Kurdistan region being Semi-Mountainous and the easternmost area bordering the Caucasus being Mountainous, alongside a small hilly patch above the fertile crescent.
Turkey does not have any biomes except for the default.
Borders
Turkey borders 
Bulgaria and 
Greece to the northwest. In the Southeast, it borders 
Syria and 
Iraq. In the northeast, Turkey borders 
Georgia, 
Armenia, and Iran. It also shares a maritime border with 
Cyprus.
Formables
Current
Turkey currently has three formables, which are the;
Turkey is also considered in being able to form the 
Seljuk Empire in the near future.
Removed
Turkey was once also able to form 
Hittite, but it was removed due to overextension.
Threats
- Iran is able to take Iraq and be a nuisance, and also sometimes invades Turkey itself.
- Saudi Arabia in rare cases can expand North.
Egypt is able to take apart of the Middle East and expand into Africa.- Greece may become a powerhouse and invade Turkey for the
Byzantine Empire, 
Macedonian Empire, or rarely 
Megali's Idea. - Countries such as
Pakistan, while rare, may invade Turkey for the resources, or to form the 
Islamic Caliphate. 
Russia, while rare, may expand south through the Caucasus and invade Turkey.- At rare times,
Mongolia may want to invade Turkey to form the 
Mongol Empire. - Many European powers require parts of North Africa
for colonial formables. - At rare times,
China may invade pieces of Europe , and at very rare times, invade Turkey itself. 
India may want lots of resources, so it may invade the Middle East mainly for Oil.
Strategy
This strategy will help you dominate the Middle East and Balkans. It'll also give you more resources and manpower, a population boost and more money in the beginning, and control of the canals of Istanbul and Suez.
- You start by justifying on Syria and
Lebanon in the beginning of the game, split your Home guard into four 50k divisions and use them to invade both countries (TURN REINFORCEMENTS OFF! They will waste the manpower you will use for your tanks!). Don't worry if Lebanon is a player, they're too small to defend against you. If Syria is a player, try to rush their square cities to prevent them from producing tanks, they should fall pretty easily due to your army size. Make one of each factory (except Aircraft and Civilian) in seperate square cities for a bonus 250k income. Once you seize the treasury of both countries, start to produce tanks and build two civilian factories. If your home guard is strong enough, use them to invade Cyprus and then disband them. - Once you start to produce consumer goods, try to sell them to countries willing to buy them. Use the previously trained tanks to invade
Jordan, 
Israel and 
Palestine. If Egypt is a player, train enough around 3-4 tank divisions from each of your square cities to invade them, Egypt has a smaller population and less square cities so it should be easily to overwhelm them and annex them. Just make sure you don't blindly auto capture if they show that they're skilled, especially if they place a fort in Cairo, If they do, get destroyers and artillery to wear out the garrison there. - If Iran is a player and have taken Iraq, leave them, It's very painful to invade Iran and is just time consuming, you can go for them later once you have a stronger income and manpower gain. If Iraq hasnt been taken, invade them with around 2-3k tanks along with
Kuwait. - Almost never does a Saudi Arabian player invade North instead of South, if they do, leave them for now, Saudi Arabia is one of those countries that has spacious cities leading to attrition.
- It is recommended you go Socialism then Communism. Since you're invading lots of countries with high population, you need Socialism to ensure you don't run out of consumer goods and to ensure your war exhaustion doesn't spike fast.
- If you have all the territory needed for Ottoman Empire in Asia, then you can go for the Balkan countries needed, being Greece, Bulgaria,
North Macedonia, 
Albania, 
Montenegro, 
Serbia, and 
Bosnia and Herzegovina. If any of them are players, you should be able to overpower them easily. If 
Italy has taken a few Balkan countries, you can either invade them or try to gain the territory diplomatically. - If you want to increase your resources, population and manpower gain rather than waste time in the semi mountainous terrain of the Balkans (You can do this if you have already formed Ottoman Empire). You can invade North Africa to
Morocco. If any of the North African countries have been invaded by Europeans, you can invade them (excluding 
France and the 
United Kingdom). If you're aiming for Islamic Caliphate, then you can take 
Spain as well. - You can then go for the Arabian peninsula If it hasn't been invaded by anyone so far, then turn your full focus to Iran,
Afghanistan and Pakistan. They require massive amounts of Infantry to invade (excluding Pakistan), It'd take too long to invade them with Tanks due to the terrain. Expect significant losses. - Once you've formed the Islamic Caliphate, you should likely be one of the leading powers in the world, both militarily and economically. You can either go for India (If they're AI), Central Asian countries, or invade Europe if you for complete world domination. To summarize, you can pretty much expand freely.
Trivia
- Turkey has a city called "Batman" for all of you funny faction name lovers.
- Istanbul starts as the most populated city in both Europe and The Middle East depending on where you place it.
- Turkey officially renamed its name in a UN meeting to "Türkiye" in 2022, but not many people really acknowledge the official name change, despite the nation having been called the Republic of Türkiye for over a hundred years.[2][3]
- Turkey is one of the few countries that is transcontinental (has land in 2+ continents), the others being Russia, Egypt, Spain, and (debatably)
Panama. - Once, Tsar Nicholas II called the Ottoman Empire "the sick man of europe". Ironically, the
Russian Empire fell to a revolution 2 years before the Ottoman Empire was dissolved at the end of WWI. - The original legend of Saint Nic, (Santa Claus) came from Turkey.
- Tulips and coffee were most likely introduced to europe by Ottoman/Turkish merchants.
- Turkey once participated in WWII, but near the end of it.
- There was a theory that a Turkish man invented a steam engine 200 years before the industrial revolution only to use it to make a donor kebab spin.
- ↑ The modern-day definition for Anatolia does not include Southeastern and Eastern Anatolia, since they are regions within Turkey. As such, Anatolia does not cover the entirety of Asian Turkey according to modern definitions.
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Turkey#Official_name
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey#Republic_of_Turkey