The area of our country is 783,562 square kilometers. It is quite a large area compared to most countries in Europe. When we compare countries with a much larger area than us, we look like a city of those countries.
It is not easy to understand this when we look at the world map, but when we take the map of that country from one end of the world and place it on our country, we have the opportunity to make a clearer comparison and our horizons are opened.
This opportunity is offered by a wonderful website called thetruesize.com. We compared Turkey with some countries and listed the examples that you will be surprised by:
The United Kingdom is 3.23 times smaller than Turkey in terms of surface area.
In terms of population, it is less than the population of Istanbul, but it is 3.90 times larger economically.
We have a surface area 2.19 times larger than Germany. Its economy is 5.32 times bigger than ours. The population is almost the same.
Italy, where we are 2.60 times larger in area and 1.35 times (23 million) in population, is 2.66 times larger than us economically.
France is 1.22 times smaller than us. Economically, it is 3.69 times larger than us.
Moreover, although it has as many disadvantages as an Istanbul population.
We are 1.55 times larger than Spain, another European country.
We are 36 million more in population, but Spain is still 1.81 times larger than us economically.
China not only covers us, but also Central and Eastern Europe, part of the Middle East and the Caucasus, and even part of Central Asia.
Or where would 1.5 billion people fit in, right?
We would be in Russia what Konya was to us. It’s such a big size.
Japan covers quite a lot of latitude and longitude at an angle of 45 degrees. Still, it has a surface area twice as small as Turkey.
52 million people in South Korea live in this area. Its face measurement is 7 times smaller than Turkey.
It is 2 times stronger than us economically.
Those living in the northernmost part of Chile would perhaps even be able to see the aurora, while those living in the southernmost would experience the desert heat.
We have a face measurement about 10 times smaller than Australia.
the area of Azerbaijan; It is slightly more than the total area of Ankara, Konya and Eskişehir.
About 11 million people live in the country.
Even if we combined Israel, Denmark, the Netherlands, Croatia, Switzerland, Austria, Serbia and the Czech Republic, Turkey would still be larger in terms of area.
But some of them have a much stronger economy than Turkey.
Comparison of Monaco, one of the smallest countries in the world, with Istanbul.
As much as a district of Istanbul.
Comparison of Liechtenstein, another small country, with Izmir.
It appears to be as large as a few central districts.
We are 12 times smaller in size than the United States, where we are 4 times smaller in population.
Economically, it has the power of 30 Turkey.
When we take Turkey to the USA, it is seen that it is the size of a few states.
Let’s take Turkey north this time. The actual size on the map may look different due to the latitude difference. So we would be much bigger if we were in the north.
(Probably also in terms of modernity.)
In fact, when we take it as far as Greenland, it looks many times larger and its shape is distorted.
Fortunately we are not, even in the Mediterranean climate, we have difficulties in paying the gas bills.
When we land at the equator, we shrink a little.
We are heading there economically, if not geographically.