This is Turkey 🇹🇷 — what it is, and what sits on the far side of the planet from it. The antipode is the point you would reach by digging straight through the centre of the Earth.
| Capital | Ankara |
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| Population | about 83.4 million |
| Area | 798,647 km² (308,359 sq mi) |
| Region | Western Asia, Asia |
| Economy | Emerging region: MIKT |
| Income group | Upper middle income |
| Official name | Republic of Turkey |
| Also written | Turquía (es) · Turquie (fr) · 土耳其 (zh) · تركيا (ar) · Турция (ru) · トルコ (ja) |
Start near the middle of Turkey and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 38.6335° S, 144.5451° W, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. That spot is open water; the nearest coast is French Polynesia 🇵🇫, roughly 2,057 km (1,278 miles) south — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 2,396 km (1,489 miles) from the point.
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