Dig straight down through Turkey 🇹🇷 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of French Polynesia 🇵🇫. Below are Turkey's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Capital | Ankara |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Taken from the middle of Turkey, that point sits at 38.6335° S, 144.5451° W. 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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